The New Museum, Manhattan’s solely Museum devoted solely to up to date artwork, revealed that its 60,000 sq ft constructing growth designed by OMA / Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas in collaboration with Cooper Robertson will open within the fall of 2025.
As a hub for new artwork and concepts, the New Museum has experimented and advanced since its founding in 1977, increasing its footprint at key moments to serve artists and the general public higher.
Its OMA-designed growth will complement the New Museum’s current SANAA-designed flagship constructing on the Bowery at Prince Road whereas doubling its gallery area. Along with including three elevators, a stairway within the atrium, and an entrance plaza, the Museum additionally created new areas for artist residencies and public applications, in addition to constructing a purpose-built dwelling for its cultural incubator, NEW INC, in addition to many different new and expanded options, marking a transformational time for each the Museum and the town.
Speaking in regards to the opening, Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis, Director of the New Museum, acknowledged: “The New Museum has all the time been a future-facing museum—not a spot for preserving and recording historical past, however a spot the place historical past is made” additional including “We’re thrilled to be working with Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas on OMA’s first public constructing in New York Metropolis, ushering in a brand new period of prospects for the New Museum as a significant civic useful resource for New Yorkers and the worldwide arts group.”
