James Simon Gallery opens on Berlin's Museum Island.
Follow artnet News on Facebook: Want to stay ahead of the art world? The James Simon Gallery, located at Eiserne Brücke, 10178 Berlin, will open to the public on Friday, June 13. The terrace of the James-Simon-Galerie, which faces southwest and offers a view over the Kupfergraben, will be another new Open Space f accessible to the public. James Harris "Jim" Simons, né en 1938 à Newton (Massachusetts), est un mathématicien et trader américain. Beginning Friday, visitors will enter Berlin's Museum Island via the spectacular James Simon Gallery designed by star architect David Chipperfield. The James-Simon-Galerie is the visitor centre for the Museum Island. After a long time of waiting, a new contemporary museum building has opened in Berlin: The James Simon Gallery by David Chipperfield Architects. Built in 2018, the modern building is an architectural counterpoint to the historic buildings of the Pergamon Museum, the Bode Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie, the Altes Museum and the Neues Museum.
As a continuation of Friedrich August Stüler’s forum architecture, the James-Simon-Galerie serves as the new entrance building for Museum Island, completing the ensemble between the Kupfergraben canal and Neues Museum. The James Simon Gallery - Highlight on the Museum Island. The building will serve all visitors (individuals, tourist groups, and school groups) and will contain ticket desks selling tickets for all museums, information desks, a café, and the central museum gift shop.
Source: Simon Menges/David Chipperfield Architects . The James Simon Gallery is a centrally located visitor center and art gallery between the reconstructed Neues Museum and the Kupfergraben arm of the Spree river on Museum Island in Berlin, Germany.Designed by architect David Chipperfield, the gallery is named after the maecenas Henri James Simon (1851–1932) who brought worldwide fame to the Berlin State Museums with his lavish …
The James-Simon-Gallery is the central hub of Museum Island and, as such, connects the various museums for which it serves as an entrance hall.
Between the Neues Museum and the James-Simon-Galerie, the New Courtyard is being created. Built in 2018, the modern building is an architectural counterpoint to the historic buildings of the Pergamon Museum, the Bode Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie, the Altes Museum and the Neues Museum.
The building will serve all visitors (individuals, tourist groups, and school groups) and will contain ticket desks selling tickets for all museums, information desks, a café, and the central museum gift shop. By naming its new central entrance building after James Simon, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin pays tribute to the most important patron in its history.