New Museum Gives the Bowery a New Look
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
Among residents and passersby on the Bowery, the clean and luminous forms of the New Museum of Contemporary Art have generated considerable buzz as the building has taken shape over the past two years, its stacked white boxes providing a striking contrast to the area’s famously gritty cityscape.
But as the museum nears its planned reopening December 1, what is causing perhaps an even greater stir is the shimmering, silvery cladding on the eight-story structure, designed by Tokyo-based architects Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA. The mesh veil, which is being attached to the building’s exterior by James & Taylor, a London-based firm specializing in façades, may be a first for the face of a major American building.
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