The 7,500-square-foot building — a former Chase bank — is currently being renovated by Selldorf Architects. It’s rooftop will be accessible to the public and serve as an events space. In addition to the new space, the Swiss Institute has a new roster of high-profile trustees joining its board: Lisa Schiff, Alexandra Economou, Matthias Dettling, Bice Curiger, Sam Keller, Dominique Lévy, Christian Marclay, Michael Ringier and Iwan Wirth. Read more on The Art Newspaper.
The Olnick Spanu collection, which comprises over 400 artworks, is set to open a 20,000-square-foot private exhibition space in Cold Spring, a small town in the Hudson Valley. Over several years, the husband-and-wife team Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu have amassed a collection of Arte Povera, the post-war Italian movement that has seen a recent price surge in the art market. The opening of the Cold Spring space has not been publicly announced, so it is as yet unclear whether it will be open to public. More info on Bloomberg.
As of today, the Museum of Modern Art in New York will make its extensive archive of photographs and documents, which date back to the museum’s foundation in 1929, available on its website. Michelle Elligott, Chief of Archives at MoMA, and Fiona Romeo, the Director of Digital Content and Strategy, have led the project to digitize the museum’s archives, which has taken years of planning. “The entire website is conceived of by the museum now as a living archive,” said Ms. Elligott. The New York Times has more.
The Foundation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland, announced today that it has hired Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner to design its new space in the nearby Iselin-Weber Park. Other notable galleries and museums designed by Zumthor include the Kolumba in Cologne, the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria and the Serpentine’s 2011 summer pavilion, which he designed with Piet Olaf. The Foundation Beyeler’s expansion project is expected to cost around $50 million, and the design itself will be unveiled in later this year. More info via Art News.
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September 15 | Swiss Institute moves to Lower East Side
The Swiss Institute has now found a new, long-term home on St Mark’s Place in the Lower East Side, after losing its rented space on Wooster Street when Jeffrey Deitch reopened his New York Gallery there.
