The concrete and steel rising next to the Chazen Museum of Art soon will be home to paintings, films and sculpture, but itâ??s also a big piece of something more: a vision for a revitalized UW-Madison arts district.
The $43 million expansion, funded entirely by private donations, will more than double the amount of art the Chazen can display, with new galleries dedicated to African, Asian and Upper Midwestern art, as well as classrooms, a film theater and an outdoor sculpture garden. The new building is set to be completed in May 2011 with a grand opening that October.