New Museum
- Architects
- Kazuyo Sejima Ryue Nishizawa
- Year
- 1977
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The New Museum of Contemporary Art at 235 Bowery on the Lower East Side was founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker. Designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA, it moved through several homes before settling on the Bowery, including the New School's Graduate Center, the Astor Building in SoHo, and a stint at the Chelsea Art Museum.
the architect
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, working together as SANAA, are Pritzker Prize-winning architects.
significance
The museum has exhibited artists from countries including Argentina, Brazil, China, India, and South Africa, and in 2003 formed an affiliation with Rhizome, an online platform for global new media art. In 2005 it was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to share a $20 million Carnegie Corporation grant.
nearby
- 222 Bowery
- Germania Bank Building
- Fourteenth Ward Industrial School of the Children's Aid Society (Astor Memorial Building)
- University Settlement Society of New York
- St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
- Puck Building