Overview
- The public opening and Community Day take place on Nov. 15 at 144 West 125th Street, marking the museum’s return after a seven-year closure.
- Designed by Adjaye Associates with Cooper Robertson, the new facility features a street-facing stoop, a light-filled central stair, and a rooftop terrace landscaped by Studio Zewde.
- The $300 million project was fully fundraised, with roughly a quarter from public sources, and includes the institution’s first $50 million endowment.
- Inaugural programming includes a major Tom Lloyd presentation, From Now: A Collection in Context from the nearly 9,000-work collection, From the Studio: Fifty-Eight Years of Artists in Residence, and To Be a Place from the archives.
- Program capacity increases include more than 50% additional exhibition space, expanded artist-in-residence studios and dedicated education areas, plus curated furnishings by designers such as Ini Archibong, Stephen Burks, Mac Collins and Peter Mabeo that embed the mission in daily use.