Fire breaks out at Oslo 's Astrup Fearnley
Museum
The blaze on the new building's top floor was quickly put
out Monday afternoon and no art or staff was in danger
By Clemens Bomsdorf. Web only
Published online: 14 May 2012
Only months before its scheduled opening, a fire broke out
at the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art’s new building in Oslo , designed by Renzo Piano.
Monday afternoon, a fire went up on the top floor, but
firefighters had it under control by around 4pm. The museum reported via
Twitter that no art or museum personnel had yet been moved into the building.
The new museum is still under construction and is due to
house the privately-owned collection of modern and contemporary art, including
works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Matthew
Barney, Olafur Eliasson and Jeff Koons. The opening was scheduled for September
this year.
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