New Museum Expands with $125M OMA-Designed Building
Set to open in Fall ‘25, the expansion will launch with ‘New Humans,’ a 150-artist exhibition.
The New Museum in NYC is set to unveil its biggest expansion yet. In Fall 2025, its new 60,000-square-foot addition, designed by OMA with Cooper Robertson, will open, doubling gallery space and improving accessibility with new elevators, an atrium stairway and an outdoor plaza.
It will also create dedicated spaces for artist residencies and give NEW INC, the museum’s cultural incubator, a permanent home. The $125 million USD project, with $82 million USD going toward construction, is named in honor of the late philanthropist Toby Devan Lewis, whose $30 million USD gift is the largest in the museum’s history.
The inaugural exhibition, New Humans: Memories of the Future, will take over the expanded space, featuring more than 150 artists exploring how history and the future intersect. Sarah Lucas will also debut VENUS VICTORIA, a site-specific sculpture on the entrance plaza, as the first recipient of the Hostetler/Wrigley Sculpture Award.
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