New Museum of Contemporary Art

We've got big news—we're reopening this fall! Complementing our existing SANAA building, the OMA-designed expansion will double the Museum’s gallery space while improving visitor flow through the addition of three elevators and an atrium stairway which will offer views of the neighborhood. The new building will include a dedicated studio for artists-in-residence, a seated forum, and a purpose-built home for our cultural incubator NEW INC. On the ground level, the Museum’s enlarged lobby will feature an expanded bookstore as well as a full-service restaurant, while just outside a new plaza will offer a new venue for public art! "New Humans: Memories of the Future," the inaugural exhibition in our expanded home, explores artists’ enduring preoccupation with what it means to be human in the face of sweeping technological changes. It illuminates how artists’ visions of the future have evolved throughout time—and the myriad shapes that humanity might take—and moves beyond the field of art to gather utopian architects, sci-fi filmmakers, and eccentric writers who imagine physical, virtual, and even post-human worlds. In an age when technological advancements and their unintended consequences seem to be accelerating at an uncontrollable rate, New Humans proposes art as a collective form of creative prognostication—a vital self-portrait of the humans we may become. In addition to "New Humans," the expanded New Museum will reopen with multiple site-specific commissions enabled by new architectural spaces, including a new work by Sarah Lucas in the Museum’s new public plaza. Stay tuned: later this year we’ll be announcing the 2026 exhibitions, which will include the first New York museum solo presentation of the work of Arthur Jafa and the next edition of the New Museum Triennial! Learn more! https://bit.ly/4ilIG4d

We're thrilled to announce that the New Museum of Contemporary Art website has been recognized with Silver in the category of Education, Art & Culture Innovation, Product, Innovation, or Service Categories by The Anthem Awards! We're so proud to share this achievement with the entire team at Athletics.

We’re breaking ground in more ways than one! In advance of the reopening of our building expansion next year, we are thrilled to announce the launch of our redesigned website, developed with Brooklyn-based brand studio Athletics. Bold, smart, clear, and human, newmuseum.org features cinematic storytelling, a new online home for NEW INC—the New Museum’s cultural incubator—and the integration of our extensive Digital Archive across the site and via universal search. We can’t wait for you to explore with us!