Art is in the eye of the beholder, and never was that truism more obvious than in the reviews of the new Frederic C. Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum.
From The New York Times to Time magazine, numerous critics have weighed in on the new building, some enthusiastic and others far more skeptical of the city’s latest addition.
Here are links to several of the reviews.
New York Times (registration required)
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW | ‘DENVER ART MUSEUM’
A Razor-Sharp Profile Cuts Into a Mile-High Cityscape
By Nicolai Ouroussoff
Published: October 12, 2006
Bold forms and tortured geometries dominate Daniel Libeskind’s addition to the Denver Art Museum, creating mesmerizing architecture and a daunting place to install or view art.
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Chicago Tribune (registration required)
ARCHITECTURE
Rocky Mountain highs — and lows
Libeskind’s Denver Art Museum addition is a spectacular urban presence but doesn’t soar as a showcase
By Blair Kamin, Tribune architecture critic
Published October 8, 2006
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Los Angeles Times
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW
Denver Art Museum: Pointedly different
Architect Daniel Libeskind’s angular building, his first in the U.S., is a good fit with the Colorado capital.
By Christopher Hawthorne, Times Staff Writer
September 30, 2006
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Los Angeles Times
ART REVIEW
Tilted funhouse isn’t so fun inside
By Christopher Knight, Times Staff Writer
September 30, 2006
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Time Magazine
From the Magazine | Arts
As Sharp As It Gets
With his explosive addition to the Denver Art Museum, Daniel Libeskind makes his point
By Richard Lacayo/DENVER
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Newsweek
What Little Town Blues?
For 21st-century design, it’s smaller cities that rule.
By Cathleen McGuigan
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New Yorker
MILE-HIGH
by Paul Goldberger
After the World Trade Center furor, Daniel Libeskind moves on.
Issue of 2006-08-28
Posted 2006-08-21
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