The New Museum in New York will reopen on March 21 after a two-year closure, following a major expansion designed by OMA’s Shohei Shigematsu with Rem Koolhaas that adds 60,000 square feet, nearly doubling exhibition space. The reopening weekend offers free admission and features new commissions by Tschabalala Self, Klára Hosnedlová, and Sarah Lucas, along with the inaugural exhibition “New Humans: Memories of the Future” showcasing over 200 artists. Separately, Phillips will auction the collection of former US Ambassador to Denmark John L. Loeb Jr., comprising the largest private trove of Danish art, with highlights by Vilhelm Hammershøi, Bertha Wegmann, P. S. Krøyer, and Anna Ancher, expected to exceed $12 million.
These stories matter because they signal a major institutional milestone for the New Museum, which is expanding its physical and programmatic footprint in a competitive New York landscape, and because the Loeb collection sale represents a rare market event for 19th-century Danish painting, potentially reshaping collector interest in that niche. Additionally, the article touches on broader art-world currents: the rediscovery of overlooked modernist Marlow Moss, record sales for Indian modernist Rabindranath Tagore, and the use of art for memorialization in Sydney, reflecting ongoing themes of historical revision, market growth, and social engagement.