What’s So New About the New Museum Building?
The New Museum in New York will reopen to the public on March 21 after a two-year closure for an $82 million expansion designed by OMA, debuting this week to mixed reactions. The reopening includes three site-specific commissions and a large exhibition titled “New Humans: Memories of the Future,” featuring 732 artworks. Board president James-Keith Brown called the project “a transformative moment” developed over a decade, while Artistic Director Massimiliano Gioni noted the building was finished so recently that masking tape and unfinished panels were still visible at the press preview. The new addition connects to the museum’s SANAA-designed building and features Tschabalala Self’s facade work “Art Lovers” (2025), along with changes such as a new seven-floor atrium stairway and relocated coat check and gift shop.
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