I recently made my first visit to Spain. I was fascinated by the way art and design styles over Spain’s long history are combined, intermingled and found adjacent to one another. Sometimes the result is harmonious and other times I perceived a disruptive clash as the rational and emotional sometimes conflict.
The addition to the Thyssen-Bornemisza art museum is contemporary without a strong visual relationship to the primary building, an early 19th century palace.
Neo-classical congress sits next to a contemporary building.
The Museo Reina Sofia (Queen Sofia Museum) was built in an old hospital. It has an addition of a glass elevator in the front and a contemporary addition on the opposite side. The museum houses 20th and 21st century art.
Oct 162014