Museum reborn in ‘bathtub’

AN enormous white bathtub made out of bullet-proof material is to catapult Amsterdam’s world-famous Stedelijk modern art museum back into the 21st century after an absence of almost 10 years.

The museum that over 70 years ago set the trend for the now ubiquitous white gallery walls reopened in September, adorned with its 100m bathtub-shaped extension that architect Mels Crouwel describes as “shiny, flashy ... and white”.