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NEW ART GALLERY

Almost eight decades aer construction began,

the world’s largest digital art centre is set to open in the

French ci of Bordeaux. Not that the builders who drew the

first blueprints had any such intention. A German and Italian

submarine base in WWII, the structure was brutal both in its design

and purpose. Today it has been repurposed as the Bassins de Lumières,

set to open on 17 April, with exhibitions including artworks projected onto the

walls of the old U-boat docks. It’s hard to think of an artist whose sle shows a

greater contrast to this uncompromising space than Gustav Klimt. e concrete now

acts a canvas for the dazzling gold and rich details of paintings such as Portrait of Adele

Bloch-Bauer I (seen here on the le) – the subject of a famous case about the legacy of Nazi art

plunder, and now reflected serenely in the rippling waters. £12; bassins - lumieres.com

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