Metropolitan Museum breaks ground on long-awaited new wing for Modern and contemporary art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, 15 September, for its Tang Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art, a five-storey, 126,000-square-foot addition scheduled to open in 2030. The wing is designed by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, the first woman to design a wing in the Met’s 156-year history. The museum said it has raised $670 million for construction and operations, and the wing is named for trustee and financier Oscar Tang and archaeologist and art historian Agnes Hsu-Tang, who donated $125 million—the largest cash gift in the Met’s history. Met director Max Hollein and officials including city comptroller Mark Levine and parks commissioner Tricia Shimamura emphasized that the project will better connect the museum to Central Park and the Upper East Side through more open landscaping.

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