Spring Art Season Highlights: Museum Reopenings, Fairs, and Critical Reviews
The New Museum reopened its OMA-designed expansion on Manhattan's Bowery, costing $82 million, amid a busy spring art calendar. The Affordable Art Fair and Outsider Art Fair recently concluded, with Asia Art Week currently underway. Hyperallergic editors discussed the New Museum's reopening and reviewed the 2026 Whitney Biennial, questioning its relevance. Additional coverage includes guides to spring art fairs and exhibitions, plus news about NYU contract faculty planning to strike over employment conditions.
Key facts
- New Museum reopened with an $82 million OMA-designed expansion on the Bowery in Manhattan
- Affordable Art Fair and Outsider Art Fair took place recently
- Asia Art Week is currently happening in New York
- Whitney Biennial 2026 is being reviewed by Hyperallergic's Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara
- NYU contract faculty are planning to strike over employment conditions
Entities
Artists
- Zarina
- Paul Klee
- Jordan Strafer
- Nayland Blake
- Aki Sasamoto
- Alisa Berger
- Rama Duwaji
Institutions
- New Museum
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Luhring Augustine Tribeca
- Jewish Museum
- NYU
- Museum at FIT
- New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Locations
- Manhattan
- New York City
- Lower East Side
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Israel
- Williamsburg
- Coney Island
- Queens