PreviewNew Museum Triennial
New Museum 2021 triennial will explore themes of impermanence
The show takes its title, Soft Water Hard Stone, after a Brazilian proverb about perseverance and the impact of incessant actions over time
NewsExhibitions
Fulfilling a legendary curator’s vision, New Museum will present an exhibition on grief in black communities
Show conceived by Okwui Enwezor will unite works by 37 artists exploring mourning and loss as a response to violent injustice
Newsreopenings
New York clears the way for the city's museums to reopen
MoMA, the Whitney, the Morgan, the American Folk Art Museum, the New Museum, the Guggenheim and the Brooklyn Museum announce plans to welcome the public, joining the Met and the New-York Historical Society
NewsUnions
Union accuses New Museum of ‘discriminatory’ layoffs and furloughs
Complaint to the National Labor Relations Board accuses institution of retaliating against bargaining unit members
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York, London and online this weekend
From Vanessa Thill's mixed-media sculptures at Deli Gallery to Ella Kruglyanskaya's figurative works at Thomas Dane Gallery
PreviewThree to see
Three shows to see online this weekend
From a collaborative series between the New Museum and Rhizome to Modern Art Oxford's virtual tours
FeatureDigital art
'Born digital': the stalwart institutions that have been producing online art since long before Covid-19
As museums rush to upload online content during lockdown, we speak to some of the people who have been championing innovative digital work for years
Newscoronavirus
Whitney and New Museum lay off staff members as coronavirus economic fallout continues
Employee cuts come three weeks after institutions shut down
NewsMuseums
Activist artists hack poll in New Museum’s Hans Haacke retrospective
Survey results are changed out of concern that Haacke’s work is being “co-opted”
NewsVirtual and augmented reality
New Museum and Onassis Foundation join to launch a mixed reality lab in New York
The new venture will offer a dozen artists' residencies and an exhibition space
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the Neue Galerie’s Kirchner retrospective to John Singer Sargent’s rarely seen charcoal portraits at the Morgan Library and Museum
NewsUnions
New Museum and union reach agreement on a contract
After a strike threat, a marathon bargaining session results in an average pay increase of 8% for full-time employees
NewsUnions
New Museum employees vote to strike if no agreement is reached with management
Saying the two sides are sharply at odds, workers vote 69 to 3 in favour of a strike should progress prove elusive
ArchiveNew Museum
New cultural centre opens at Tlatelolco Square, Mexico City
And third Mexican collector loans his art to university
ReviewExhibitions
A dizzying mash-up in a trio of New Museum shows
Scenes morph, body language pops, and colours gyrate in art by Lubaina Himid, Mika Rottenberg and Marta Minujín
NewsBuilding projects
New Museum unveils Rem Koolhaas design for addition
Building to rise next door that will double the museum’s exhibition space
NewsUnions
Rally at New Museum reception brings attention to union negotiations
Bargaining committee member says it is “feeling hopeful that progress will be made”
FeatureVisitor Figures 2018
Art in the age of Instagram and the power of going viral
As visitors to exhibitions are increasingly sharing their experiences online, should curators plan shows for maximum hype?
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Nari Ward's breathtaking installations to a sweep of contemporary Nordic art
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Betye Saar’s washboard works to Shen Fan’s playful abstraction
News
New Museum employees vote to unionise
Staff members overwhelmingly support joining a local that represents MoMA employees
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New Museum staff hold rally in support of unionising
Petition to form union was filed with the National Labor Relations Board last week
NewsExhibitions
New Museum hosts artists' proposed monuments to Stonewall uprising
In a range of models for Christopher Park, creators celebrate activists who they feel have been overlooked
NewsThree to see
Three shows to see in New York this weekend
Head downtown for Sarah Lucas, a deep-dive into LES galleries and Toyin Ojih Odutola's beguiling portraits
NewsPodcast
The National’s 'sweetest song': how Ragnar Kjartansson convinced US rock band to play a song repeatedly for six hours
Icelandic artist's video work is in New Museum's pop-up show in London
PreviewExhibitions
Huge London show celebrates a decade of video installations from New York’s New Museum
Exhibition at The Store X includes works by 21 artists made in the 21st century
Podcast
Frieze special: the fair and the top shows, with Doris Salcedo and Ragnar Kjartansson
We talk to the art market specialist Melanie Gerlis about the fair, to Doris Salcedo and Ragnar Kjartansson about their shows, Massimiliano Gioni about the New Museum’s video-art pop-up in London—and much more. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
BlogLinda on the loose
The rude genius of Sarah Lucas at the New Museum
ReviewExhibitions
John Akomfrah digs into history’s darkness at the New Museum
The British film-maker’s first US museum survey at the New Museum shows that he is one of the most forceful and stirring artists of the day—and one of our best social archaeologists
InterviewFrieze New York
On the road, from Iraq to Germany
The Iraqi-Kurdish artist Hiwa K on migration and contemporary politics
NewsFrieze New York
New Museum to send greatest hits to London during Frieze Week in October
The US institution is planning film and video show with The Store X The Vinyl Factory
NewsPolitics
Trump’s travel ban: artists and museums speak out against third iteration
US Supreme Court called on to consider potential harm to arts organisations and the American public
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
From a precocious photographer to a 45th birthday
ArchiveNew Museum
Young artists get their big moment in the Big Apple at the New Museum's Generational Triennial
The New Museum bets on future stars who deal with our digital world
ArchiveNew Museum
Los Angeles Broad Art Foundation aims at ultra accessibility
Los Angeles collectors Eli and Edythe Broad open their doors
ArchiveNew Museum
Russian collector to create space to display his old masters and automobiles
Tycoon expands Baden-Baden showcase dedicated to Fabergé
ArchiveMexico
Leading collector plans contemporary art space in Mexico City
The museum will be drawn from the Jumex Foundation's 2,000 works
ArchivePrivate Museums
A new private museum opens in Duisburg
Bigger stage for German collectors
ArchiveTurrell Museum
Meet the collector opening a James Turrell museum in the Andes
Meet the collector opening a James Turrell museum in the Andes
ArchiveFabergé
Russian collector’s in negotiations to open Fabergé museum
The proposed museum will open at Baden-Baden in the autumn
ArchivePrivate Museums
Munch collector to open private museum
Petter Olsen plans cultural complex outside Oslo
ArchiveNew Museum
Mexico’s two biggest collectors join forces to form new cultural compound in Mexico city
Eugenio Lopez Alonso’s Jumex Collection is to open a building near Carlos Slim Helú’s new Soumaya Museum
ArchivePrivate Museums
Australian collectors build their own museums
New museums in Sydney and Tasmania are in the works
ArchiveCollectors
Collector sells £15m Turner collection to buy Chinese contemporary art
Baron Ullens is acquiring new works for his Beijing gallery
ArchiveCollectors
Carlo Bilotti's plan to open a new contemporary art gallery in Rome will proceed following his death
Late collector’s Hirst “chapel” will still open
ArchiveGermany
Germany to give €73m towards new visitor centre in Berlin
The complex is expected to attract 4m visitors a year by the end of the decade
ArchiveNew Museum
British artists inaugurate new Roman museum
A US-based private collector is putting his art on public display
ArchiveCollectors
Collector interview: Sheikh Saud Al Thani of Qatar
The Art Newspaper visits the biggest art collector in the world and talks about the five museums he is building in Doha
ArchiveTate Modern
Tate Modern.An astonishing achievement—but.
Last month, 1,800 journalists came to report on London’s new museum; 4,000 guests vied for tickets to the inaugural party, and 105,000 visitors poured in over the first three days
CommentLabour
Art unions need to agitate beyond worker contracts
The only way to change the exploitative culture and entrenched racism of art institutions is collectively, from the bottom up
Dana Kopel