Today, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York revealed that the institution would close for approximately four months starting June 16 to complete the final stages of its $400 million, Diller Scofidio + Renfro– and Gensler–led expansion and renovation, reports ARCHITECT‘s Katharine Keane.
The museum says that the added 40,000 square feet of exhibition space will help the institution execute its vision of highlighting work by women, Latino, African-American, and Asian artists.
“Inspired by Alfred Barr’s original vision to be an experimental museum in New York, the real value of this expansion is not just more space, but space that allows us to rethink the experience of art in the museum,” said museum director Glenn D. Lowry in a press release. “We have an opportunity to re-energize and expand upon our founding mission—to welcome everyone to experience MoMA as a laboratory for the study and presentation of the art of our time, across all visual arts.”
