The New Museum is Manhattan’s only museum dedicated solely to contemporary art. The Museum transformed the Bowery from a homeless destination into a cultural destination.
New Museum News
2022
African American Art
Faith Ringgold: American People, by the Harlem woman famous for narrative quilts, is at the New Museum in the Lower East Side, Feb 17 – Jun 5. 🇺🇸
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New Museum Tickets
Pay-what-you-wish Thursdays 7-9pm, but tickets still required.
New Museum
235 Bowery
(at Prince St)
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Subways
(F) to 2nd Ave, walk 1 block west, 1 block south
(J)(Z) to Bowery, walk 2 blocks north
(6) to Spring St, walk 1 block north, 4 blocks east
(B)(D)(M) to Broadway-Lafayette, walk 4 blocks east, 1 block south
(N)(R)(W) to Prince St, walk 6 blocks east
The New Museum Story
The museum was founded in 1977 by art historian, critic, and curator Marcia Tucker.
The museum moved to its current building in 2007. This led to a revitalization of the entire neighborhood. The Bowery used to be Skid Row, a neighborhood for alcoholics and addicts.
CBGBs, the famous Punk Rock club was just down the street in this once abandoned part of Manhattan. Punkers wouldn’t recognize the street now.
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The New Museum 2021 Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone opens in the Lower East Side on Thu, Oct 28 and runs to Jan 23, 2022. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇯🇲🇲🇽🇵🇪🇺🇸|🇨🇩🇿🇦|🇮🇳🇵🇭|🇫🇷
Mariana Castillo Deball ‘Finding Oneself Outside’ at the New Museum
LOWER EAST SIDE; Tue-Sun, Jan 22 – Apr 14, 2019; Mexican contemporary art exhibition ~ Castillo Deball looks at the intersections of space and time with culture and philosophy
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Marguerite Humeau: Birth Canal
NEW MUSEUM, LOWER EAST SIDE, Tue-Sun, September 4, 2018 to January 6, 2019 ~ French artist channels the Goddess of prehistoric Venus figurines
#FRENCH #CONTEMPORARY #SCULPTOR
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa: The House at Kawinal at the New Museum
Literature, folklore, magic and childhood memories in this Guatemalan performance art installation and sculpture exhibition.
New Museum
Lower East Side, Manhattan
June 6 – September 9, 2018
Closed Mondays
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2018 New Museum Triennnial : Songs for Sabotage
Brazilian, Haitian, Mexican, Peruvian, Portuguese, & Spanish contemporary artists.
New Museum
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Tuesday – Sunday
February 13 – May 27, 2018
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Alex Da Corte puts a Harvest Moon in New Museum window
New Museum
231 Bowery at Prince St
Lower East Side, Manhattan
OPENED September 27, 2017
CLOSING Sunday, January 7, 2018
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Carol Rama: Antibodies
Italian artist
New Museum
235 Bowery, Lower East Side
April 26 – September 10, 2017