New is the New Museum
The New Museum of Contemporary Art
reopens its doors this Saturday, with Target sponsoring 30-hours of
free admission.* The building itself is a spectacle on the Bowery,
designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (known as SANAA). The stacked white boxes give a clear suggestion of the raw interior galleries, though details abound inside.
The opening also reaffirms The New Museum's status as a global and educational resource, most notably with its Museum as Hub
partnership, which connects the museum with four other arts
organizations in South Korea, Egypt, the Netherlands, and Mexico. On a
simpler level, they also align themselves with students by offering
half-off tickets (with a valid school ID).
New Museum
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002
212.219.1222
* As of this posting advanced tickets for the Target 30 Free Hours are sold out,
but the website states "it may be possible for visitors to show up
during the course of the marathon event and get a ticket on the spur of
the moment; but there is absolutely no guarantee!"
It opened in November, eh? In New York City, eh? Something tells me those exterior walls aren't quite that white anymore. ;)
Posted by: Patrick | Wednesday, January 09, 2008 at 11:15 PM