After he has been closed to the public for about a year, the new Museum of Manhattan will reopen this fall with more than double the gallery space and a major exhibition with the work of more than 150 artists. The long -awaited reopening follows the temporary closure of the new museum for the public last March for the construction of $ 82 million of an adjacent seven floors extension.
Designed by Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas from the Oma company in collaboration with architect Cooper Robertson, the new building of 60,000 square foot on 231 Bowery will appear on the outside, since a clearly individual polygonal counterpart will increase the existing several hours.
Inside, the new building will connect to the predetermined structure without interruption, the expansion of the second, third floor of the museum on the second, third floor with 9,600 square feet and the lobby on the ground floor and seventh floor panoramic heaven spaces.
The first representation of the museum led to a few critical reactions online by those who characterized the addition as “hostile” and “business -like”, and compared the design to something that would “look more like a prostate -MRI than on the Bowery.” Some local Lower East Siders also expressed dissatisfaction with the new building and describe it as an “oversized hulk” and “from character” for the neighborhood.
The expansion will also locations for artists’ residence and public programming, extra lifts and terraces on the top floor with a view of the Bowery, a full-service restaurant, and the “New Inc” cultural incubator, with workspaces and production facilities and production facilities and production facilities and production facilities, with more than the annual programs, on the annual program, and the “New Inc”, with a view of the annual program.
Right: Precious Okoyomon, “Lamb Girl” (2024) (© Precious Okoyomon, photo by Benedetta Mascalchi)
To inaugurate his new look, the new museum with the exhibition Heropenen will be for the public New people: Memories of the futureExploring the always Morphing relationship between humanity and technological evolution in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Although a complete list of artists who have been included in the show has not yet been released, the museum confirmed that contemporary works Daria Martin, Philippe Parreno and Wangechi Mutu will be in dialogue with pieces by historical artists, including Francis Bacon, Salvador Dalí and Kiki Kogelnik.
In addition to the exhibition, on three floors of the museum, there will be several location -specific committees, including a work entitled “Venus Victoria” by Sarah Lucas, who is the inaugural receiver of the Biannual Hostetler/Wigley Sculpture Award. The prize, which aims to support the production of new sculpture by female artists, will offer receivers a subsidy of $ 400,000 to create an installation and exhibition on the soon completed public square of the museum on the Bowery.
