fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 weeks agoFrance's Bonnat-Helleu museum reopens after 14-year renovation with new discoveries and 2,500 loans from the Louvre
Soon after, the French architectural firm BLP was entrusted with renovating it and bringing natural light back into the original three-story building, designed in an eclectic style by the architect Charles Planckaert. The idea "was to open it to the city and make it more accessible to the public", says the museum's head of collections Hélène Ferron. The central patio's glass roof has been restored and a mosaic by Giandomenico Facchina that lay behind layers of plaster has been uncovered.
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