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Shore Magazine April 2009
Shore Magazine espouses beauty and green at GRAM.

Town and Country Magazine October 2008
In case you did not see the Avedon and "Must-See" Saarinen features in Town & Country.Read more...


April 2008
Museums tend to be famous for what's on their walls. But at the new Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) in Michigan, the art has taken a back seat to the walls themselves.
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MSNBC-March 2008
A Fascination with Disaster: The colorful images of famous people and everyday objects made Andy Warhol one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, yet there was also a darker side. See article...

March 2008
Warhol Gets More Than '15 Minutes' at GRAM: Senior curator Rick Axsom speaks with Kaomi Goetz about the exhibition and the complexity of Warhol's portfolios. See article...

December 2007
International acclaim: Grand Rapids Art Museum named one of world’s six best new buildings of 2007 by Newsweek’s architecture critic Cathleen McGuigan. See article…

November 2007
Ending the era of the Starchitect: Grand Rapids Art Museum is one of three new museum buildings praised for their beautifully minimalist design. See article…

Oct 2007
Both good for the environment and pleasing to the eye: Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin describes the features and aesthetics of the Grand Rapids Art Museum. See article…

October 2007
The first built green LEED-certified art museum in the world: Images and diagrams of green features illustrate this cover story about the Grand Rapids Art Museum and its principal architect Kulapat Yantrasast. See article…

October 2007
Museums are becoming more sensitive to the environment: The Grand Rapids Art Museum leads the way as the first to go newly built green. See article…

March 2007
Adding an art museum to the list of LEED-rated buildings is especially difficult: The Grand Rapids Art Museum protects delicate works of art in a climate controlled environment while still being environmentally friendly. See article…



 




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The Inaugural Book is a great source to find the answer to these questions and more:

Why a green art museum?
Who are the architects?
How much did it cost?
It's privately funded, is there a list of donors?
Who are the trustees?
Who created Blue White?

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