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Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Details
- Hours of operation: Through April 4, 2010, The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art presents "12 + 7: Artists and Architects of CityCenter."
Beginning May 1, BGFA opens its exhibit, "Figuratively Speaking: A Survey of the Human Form" featuring artists Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein, Judith Shea, Yoshitomo Nara and many others.
Hours are Sunday - Tuesday, Thursday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Last admission is sold 30 minutes prior to closing.
Trained museum guides are available five days a week (Wednesday through Sunday) and on a first-come, first-served basis. Limited to the first 20 attendees, each tour begins promptly at 3:30 p.m. and lasts approximately 45 minutes. Tours are complimentary with the purchase of any admission. - Cost: $15 for visitors 13 and older; $12 for Nevada residents and seniors 65 and older; $10 for military, teachers and college students;
Children 12 years old and younger are free. Annual memberships are also available. An audio tour of the gallery is included
in the price of the exhibit.
Every Wednesday from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Las Vegas residents can purchase tickets for $8. Every third Wednesday of the month, locals also have the opportunity to enjoy curatorial tours of the exhibition led by the gallery's director or the curatorial advisor. Please call for more details. - Payment options: Cash, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover.
- Reservations: Tickets are available 30 days in advance. Purchasing advance tickets is encouraged; call (702) 693-7871 or (877) 957-9777. The gallery can also arrange private parties and events. Please call for more details.
- Location: Located inside the Bellagio hotel-casino at the intersection of Flamingo Road and the Las Vegas Strip.
- Age/Height/Weight restrictions: You must be 18 years of age or a registered hotel guest to enter the Bellagio. Guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Strollers are not allowed inside the gallery.
Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Review
The Bellagio hotel boasts some of Las Vegas’ biggest artistic masterpieces. The hotel lobby's ceiling is adorned with a Dale Chihuly sculpture, commissioned exclusively for Bellagio. The piece, called Fiori di Como, is made of 2,000 colorful hand-blown glass flowers. The Picasso restaurant inside the Bellagio not only offers gourmet cuisine, but also surrounds diners with an extensive collection of original Picasso artwork.
But by far the largest display of art in the hotel can be found in the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art. The gallery presents world-class exhibitions of art and objects drawn from internationally known museums and private collections. Past exhibitions have included Monet masterworks, Andy Warhol’s celebrity portraits, Faberge treasures from the Kremlin and Alexander Calder mobiles.
Starting Sept. 17, 2009, The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art presents "12 + 7: Artists and Architects of CityCenter." The exhibit features sculpture, drawings, paintings and models by 12 contemporary artists and seven of the master architects whose work will change the Las Vegas Strip landscape in December 2009. The exhibition offers a sneak peek at the highly-anticipated CityCenter development, showcasing artwork by artists featured in CityCenter's Fine Art Collection. These artists include Maya Lin, Jenny Holzer, Antony Gormley, Tony Cragg, Nancy Rubins, Peter Wegner and Richard Long, among others.
Visitors can also see early sketches and architectural models of CityCenter's soaring towers, along with its retail and entertainment district designed by architects Pelli Clarke Pelli, Helmut Jahn, Studio Daniel Libeskind, Rafael Viñoly, Kohn Pederson Fox, Foster + Partners and Rockwell Group.
Artworks on display include Claes Oldenburg's "Typewriter Eraser" (1977), a tabletop version of the large-scale sculpture of the same name to be installed by CityCenter; Jenny Holzer’s “Four Corner: Truisms, Living” (2004), four electronic LED signs emblazoning selected phrases from her Truisms and Living series; Peter Wegner’s Day for Night, Night for Day (2009), a study of the solar- and lunar-themed paper installation to be featured at CityCenter; and Antony Gormley’s “Bodies in Space VIII” (2009), a sculpture of forged steel balls forming the molecular structure of a human body.
The exhibition also features early models of the Pelli-designed, 61-story ARIA Resort & Casino; drawings of Rafael Viñoly’s distinctive, crescent-shaped Vdara hotel; and drawings and models of the Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed Mandarin Oriental. The Mandarin Oriental hotels are considered to be some of the most prestigious properties in the world.
This exhibit is on display through April 4, 2010.
-- Staff Report
