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New Museum

The New Museum is located at 235 Bowery, New York, NY. The museum was founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker. It is dedicated to contemporary art and is known for showcasing emerging artists and new art practices. The museum is housed in a striking building designed by the architectural firm SANAA, featuring a stack of offset rectangular boxes. Notable exhibitions have included “Chris Ofili: Night and Day,” “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon” and “Here and Elsewhere,” which focuses on contemporary art from the Arab world. The New Museum also offers educational programs, artist residencies and public events, providing a dynamic platform for contemporary art and ideas. Read more about Museums.

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The New Museum Will Reopen on March 21 With Massimiliano Gioni’s “New Humans”

When we spoke to the artistic director, he shared plans for the reopening exhibition, which brings together more than 150 artists, writers, scientists, architects and filmmakers in an ambitious, cross-disciplinary, cross-generational, encyclopedic presentation.
By Elisa Carollo
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Observer’s Curators to Watch in 2026

Their work extends beyond interpretation into institutional development, creative stewardship and the shaping of the cultural frameworks that will ultimately define our era's art history.
By Elisa Carollo and The Editors
A wide view of Paula Cooper Gallery’s main room shows four large abstract oil paintings by Jay DeFeo hanging on white walls under a high wooden ceiling with exposed beams. The concrete floor reflects the muted light, emphasizing the tension between the dark, moody compositions and the open, minimal space.

Five Groundbreaking Postwar Women Artists Lead New York’s Fall Art Season

As the art world makes long-overdue progress toward gender parity, the market for work by women artists has been steadily rising.
By Elisa Carollo

The Best Gifts From Museum Shops

By Merin Curotto
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The New Futures Production Fund Links the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation and NYC’s New Museum

By Elisa Carollo
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This Fall’s Must-See Gallery Shows in New York

By Elisa Carollo
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DESTE’s Summer Convergence Offers the Art World a Rare Pause Between Market Frenzies

By Elisa Carollo
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To Make an Exhibition, Make A Library: An Interview With the New Museum’s Massimiliano Gioni

By Thalia Stefaniuk

The Art Stars at Cipriani South Street: Inside the New Museum’s Spring Gala

By Christa Terry
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The New Museum Will Debut Its Expansion With ‘New Humans, Memories of the Future’

By Elisa Carollo
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The Most Anticipated Art Museum Openings and Expansions of 2025 (Updated)

By Christa Terry and Elisa Carollo
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These Are the Women Who Founded Some of New York’s Greatest Art Museums

By Mary Gregory
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Lee Bul’s Unsettling Guardians Now Grace the Met’s Facade

By Elisa Carollo

The Ultimate Guide to New York’s Lower East Side

By Rachel King

Rhizome’s 7×7 Models a Deeper Collaboration Between Art and Science

By Christa Terry
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Activism Through Art: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova On the Legacy of Judy Chicago

By Rob LeDonne

Don’t Miss: The Wangechi Mutu Retrospective at the New Museum

By Nadja Sayej

Fall Arts Preview 2022: Museum Shows You Won’t Want to Miss

By Emma Burleigh

Gifts for Your Mother, Brother, Lover, and Friends From New York’s Museum Stores

By Observer Staff

Wong Ping’s Work Reflects on Primitive Instinct, the Internet, and Desire

By John Reed

Stunning Sweep for the UAW: Three More New York City Museums Unionize With Local 2110

By Annie Levin

Guggenheim Staffers Are Putting Plans in Motion to Join a Union

By Helen Holmes

Fred Moten Is Still Figuring Out How to Live, Just Like Everyone Else

By Helen Holmes

Amidst Ongoing Turmoil, the Guggenheim Museum Has Hired Its First Black Chief Curator

By Helen Holmes
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