Overview
- City and state officials held a ribbon cutting Friday, with a free Community Day opening the building to the public on Nov. 15.
- The purpose-built design adds expanded artists-in-residence studios and galleries with 16- to nearly 30-foot ceilings to accommodate heavy works and large commissions.
- Inaugural exhibitions include a survey of Tom Lloyd, revisiting the museum’s first 1968 solo show.
- Signature public artworks feature David Hammons’s red, black and green flag and Houston Conwill’s The Joyful Mysteries time capsules scheduled to be opened in 2034.
- Golden framed the reopening as part of broader gains for Black artists now regularly shown at major New York museums.