Brooks’ location: ‘the intersections of river, city and art’
The Brooks Museum’s new riverfront location will include a free-to-access rooftop park. (Rendering courtesy OLIN)
Carl Person
Carl Person is the CEO and Founder of Customized Solutions and the president of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art board of directors.
“The temporary restraining order on the Downtown site gave us an invaluable opportunity to reiterate our mission of bringing our community together,” says Carl Person, board president of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
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“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a world-class new home for Memphis’ art collection,” the museum’s executive director said. “Right now, Memphis is known for music, barbecue and the Grizzlies. In 2026, it will also be known for its history, present and future, as a world-class, visual arts destination.” In advance of today’s groundbreaking, Brooks raises $135M for Downtown museumRelated story:
Brooks Museum faces mediation over planned site
Friends for Our Riverfront, a local group dedicated to protecting the city’s riverfront promenade for public use, is legally challenging the museum’s right to build at the Downtown site.
Bluffwalk at new Brooks Museum can be in the eye of the beholder
The director of the Brooks says on “Behind The Headlines” the controversy over the bluffwalk on the river side of the museum being built Downtown depends on your definition of the public walkway atop much of the riverbluff.
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