Met Museum Breaks Ground on New Modern and Contemporary Wing

The Metropolitan Museum of Art broke ground on September 15 for its Tang Wing for modern and contemporary art, designed by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo. At a ceremony in the museum’s European Sculpture Court, Escobedo referenced the Spanish phrase la primera piedra (“the first stone”) and connected it to uncarved stone blocks on the Met’s Fifth Avenue facade—remnants of Richard Morris Hunt’s 1894 expansion plan. The 126,000-square-foot wing will replace the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing at the museum’s southwest corner and is slated to open in 2030. The Met said the project will expand its 20th- and 21st-century galleries by nearly 50%, adding 69,500 square feet of exhibition space while improving accessibility and reducing energy consumption.

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