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Condition Report: Massimiliano Gioni, The New Museum

On the eve of the downtown museum’s long-awaited rebirth, its artistic director explains the value and opportunity in its physical expansion and renewed mission to address the urgent questions of today.

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Massimiliano Gioni
"Because we’re a non-collecting institution, we are a museum that focuses on the production of new works. We have built a network of international partners with whom we are producing works. In this inaugural round of exhibits, we have 24 new productions, some of them quite ambitious. All of them are co-produced with partners. And what makes it special is that when we produce works, we don’t acquire them, so they remain with the artists," says New Museum artistic director Massimiliano Gioni. Photo: Yvonne Tnt/BFA.com
Marion Maneker
March 18, 2026

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Big change has come to the New Museum, the groundbreaking non-collecting downtown museum founded by Marcia Tucker in 1977 as a home for new art and new ideas. Earlier this year, the institution announced that long-serving director Lisa Phillips would step down after 27 years. Among her many initiatives, Phillips built the museum’s architecturally significant first building on the Bowery. She also led the fundraising and construction of its expansion, designed by Shohei Shigematsu of OMA, which opens this weekend.

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