MoMA's $858M Expansion Sparks Roundtable on Museum Competition, Installation Debates, and New York's Art Ecosystem
In November 2004, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City will unveil its renovations, which cost $858 million and will introduce an additional 125,000 square feet of exhibition space. This reopening is part of a broader trend involving over $1 billion in museum developments across New York, such as the $155 million renovation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum's expansion led by Renzo Piano, the New Museum's $35 million debut in spring 2006, and the Guggenheim's $20 million restoration. A roundtable discussion, moderated by Aaron Yassin and featuring Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Deven Golden, Susan Jennings, and Christian Viveros-Faune, addressed MoMA's contemporary art focus, accessibility issues, and the challenges faced by smaller galleries amid increasing real estate pressures and museum competition.
Key facts
- MoMA's $858 million expansion adds 125,000 square feet, reopening November 2004
- New York museum construction totals over $1 billion, including Met, Whitney, New Museum, and Guggenheim projects
- Roundtable participants include Aaron Yassin, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Deven Golden, Susan Jennings, Christian Viveros-Faune
- MoMA's admission fee rises to $20, raising concerns about student and artist access
- Latin American art integration debated, referencing MoMA@El Museo exhibitions
- Design by Yoshio Taniguchi contrasted with Tate Modern and Guggenheim Bilbao
- Small non-profits like White Columns rely on artist donations and foundation support
- Artist affordability issues push creators to Bushwick, Bronx, Newark, and Beacon, NY
Entities
Artists
- Aaron Yassin
- Rocio Aranda-Alvarado
- Deven Golden
- Susan Jennings
- Christian Viveros-Faune
- Alfred Barr
- Renzo Piano
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- John Elderfield
- Cezanne
- Paul Signac
- Félix Fénón
- Manet
- Seurat
- Ad Reinhardt
- Monet
- Pollock
- Charles Stueckey
- Picasso
- Stieglitz
- Klee
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Santiago Calatrava
- Frank Gehry
- Thomas Krens
- Cindy Sherman
- Chuck Close
- John Currin
- Elizabeth Peyton
- Jerry Saltz
- Ricci Albenda
- Luc Tuymans
- Olafur Eliason
- Lydia Dona
- Carroll Dunham
- Walton Ford
- Devendra Banhart
- Leo Villareal
- Scott Grodesky
- Kara Walker
- George Condo
- Anselm Kiefer
- Paul Ramirez Jonas
- Peggy Preheim
- Do-Ho Suh
- Eric Hanson
- Justine Kurland
- Yuri Masnyj
- Maurizio Catalan
- Lucky DeBellevue
- David Shaw
- Hilary Harkness
- Douglas Gordon
Institutions
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Whitney Museum
- New Museum
- Guggenheim Museum
- El Museo del Barrio
- P.S.1
- Tate Modern
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Dia
- Dodge Foundation
- Warhol Foundation
- Drawing Center
- L.A.C.E.
- Renaissance Society
- Artists' Space
- White Columns
- Exit Art
- Momenta
- Derek Eller Gallery
- Oliver Kamm Gallery
- Feature, Inc.
- Michael Steinberg Fine Art
- Mitchell Algus
- LFL Gallery
- Paula Cooper Gallery
- Metro Pictures
- Barbara Gladstone Gallery
- Gagosian Gallery
- Mary Boone Gallery
- ATM Gallery
- White Box
- Triple Candie
- artcritical
- Museum of Modern Art
Locations
- New York City
- New York
- United States
- 53rd Street
- Manhattan
- London
- United Kingdom
- Bilbao
- Spain
- Chicago
- Illinois
- Los Angeles
- California
- Cologne
- Germany
- Berlin
- Paris
- France
- Beacon
- Soho
- Williamsburg
- Brooklyn
- Bushwick
- Bronx
- Newark
- New Jersey
- Jersey City
- Harlem
- Sheepshead Bay
- East Village
- West Chelsea
- 57th Street
- Left Bank
- South Street Seaport