PressReleases

 

Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary

September 1, 2008 - March 1, 2009


 

PRICKED CHEERS EXHIBITION DATES EXTENDED

Pricked: Extreme Embroidery

Cheers! A MAD Collection of Goblets

Exhibitions Extended through April 27, 2008

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Museum Opens at Columbus Circle in September 2008

Museum of Arts & Design to Open New Facility

at Columbus Circle in September 2008

Designed by Brad Cloepfil, New Museum Will Feature Dynamic Spaces for

Artist Residencies, Education Programs, Collection and Exhibitions

Capital Campaign for New Building Reaches $80 Million

And $13 Million Added to Endowment

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Museum Expands Leadership and Curatorial Teams

MUSEUM EXPANDS LEADERSHIP AND CURATORIAL TEAMS

WITH APPOINTMENT OF TWO NEW SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS

Leading Contemporary Arts Scholar Lowery Stokes Sims Appointed as Curator

Ben Hartley Appointed as Deputy Director of Planning and Strategy

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Groundbreaking Jewelry Resource Center and Gallery

GROUNDBREAKING NEW JEWELRY RESOURCE CENTER AND GALLERY FEATURING OPEN STUDIOS AND ARTIST RESIDENCIES

TO OPEN AT MUSEUM’S NEW HOME IN COLUMBUS CIRCLE

Tiffany Foundation Supports Center’s Programming with $2-Million Grant

MAD Appoints Ursula Ilse-Neuman as First Museum Curator

Of Contemporary Jewelry in Country

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MUSEUM OF ARTS & DESIGN TO PREVIEW ITS COLLECTION OF EXCEPTIONAL GOBLETS, MANY CREATED FOR THE EXHIBITION BY RENOWNED ARTISTS

Collection Will be One of the Opening Exhibitions at Museum’s New Home
Cheers! A MAD Collection of Goblets opens November 8
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PRICKED: EXTREME EMBROIDERY

New Work by 48 International Artists Radically Reinventing a Handcraft Tradition
Opens November 8, 2007, at Museum of Arts & Design
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FIVE CENTURIES OF CHINESE DESIGN INSPIRE ARTISTS FROM THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, CANADA AND JAPAN TO CREATE EXTRAORDINARY CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE

June 28, 2007 - October 28, 2007
Inspired by China: Contemporary Furnituremakers Explore Chinese Traditions
June 28 - October 28, 2007
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FANCIFUL, MINIATURE CHAIRS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DESIGN VISIONARY GEORGE BEYLERIAN

June 28, 2007 - October 28, 2007
Have a Seat! The Beylerian Collection of Small Chairs ...learn more


 

OPENING NIGHT GALA PREVIEW OF 10th ANNUAL SOFA NEW YORKTO BENEFIT MUSEUM OF ARTS & DESIGN

Premiere Decorative and Fine Arts Exposition Features Works by World-Renowned Artists Represented by 58 International Galleries from 10 Countries
Thursday, May 31, at Park Avenue Armory ...learn more


 

RADICAL LACE & SUBVERSIVE KNITTING
OPENS JANUARY 2007

January 25, 2007 - June 17, 2007
Provocative Exhibition Explores the Current Renaissance of
Venerable Handcraft Traditions in Work of 27 International Artists ...learn more


 


 


 


 

MAJOR EXHIBITION OF DROOG DESIGN WILL HAVE SOLE NORTH AMERICAN PRESENTATION IN FALL 2006 AT MUSEUM OF ARTS & DESIGN

simply droog, 10 + 3 years of creating innovation and discussion opens
September 21, 2006 ...learn more


 


 


 


 


 

BARBARA TOBER NAMED PHILANTHROPY "LEGEND"

Museum Board Chairman honored April 18, 2006 ...learn more