Our Critics Say the New Museum Finally Has a Building to Match Its Ambitions
ARTnews critics reported that the New Museum in New York has reopened after nearly two years closed, unveiling an expansion designed by OMA that they say finally makes the institution’s architecture match its ambitions. The new addition adds 60,000 square feet and is organized around a spiral staircase, with a sculpture by Klára Hosnedlová hanging through its center. The reopening is anchored by the group exhibition “New Humans: Memories of the Future,” organized by the museum’s curatorial team under artistic director Massimiliano Gioni, spanning more than a century and featuring more than 200 artists. In a dialogue-format review, senior editors Maximilíano Durón and Alex Greenberger contrast the improved navigation and functionality of the OMA expansion with longstanding complaints about the earlier SANAA-designed building.
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