The Clifford Still Museum, Funded through Private Donations will be Home to more than 2,400 Pieces of Still’s Work around 94% of what Still Created. The Museum Design, by Architect Brad Cloepfil of Portland Oregon will be a 30,000 square feet low lying rectiliner building located just West of Denver Art Museum’s Hamilton Building on Bannock between West 12th and 13th Street in The Golden Triangle, Denver’s Art & Museum District. The Museum is Now Scheduled to Open in Mid 2011.
See the Video Below about a Clyfford Still Painting on the Antique Roadshow
The Golden Triangle – Home is Where The Art Is
This is My Neighborhood, I Live Here, Work Here and I Love It!!
An evolving Arts and Residential district adjacent to Denver’s Civic Center Located on the east end of Downtown Boardered by Colfax, Speer and Lincoln, The Golden Triangle is becoming the city’s architectural core it is home to The Gio Ponti Designed Art Museum, The Hamilton Wing Expansion designed by Daniel Liebskind, The Acoma Plaza of the Arts, The Colorado History Museum, the Public Library designed by Michael Graves, and the soon to be built Clyfford Still Museum.
The Golden Triangle has a Walk Score of 97, Located in Downtown Denver only 4 Blocks to the Central Business District also Walk to Art Museun, The State Capital & City & County Building. An 8 Minute Bus Ride to Cherry Creek, Leave Your Car at Home and Reduce your Carbon Footprint. Tony’s Market is in the Golden Triangle along with the Updated King Soopers
Groundbreaking Celebration for The Clifford Still Museum In The Golden Triangle, December 14th, 2009
At The Time of His Death in 1980, it was revealed that Still had retained 2,400 of his Artworks. 94% of everything he ever created. The Terms of his Estate specified that this body of work be left “To An American City that will agree to build or assign and maintain permant headquarters exclusively for the Collection.”
In 2004, the City of Denver won the Competition to be That American City.
The Groundbreaking Event was Attended by About 300 People,and it culminated with a backhoe ripping off a corner of one of the two buildings, along with fireworks.
The Clyfford Still Museum is Scheduled to Open my Mid 2011
In Denver’s Art & Museum District | The Golden Triangle
