Box clever? New Museum in New York
New York's New Museum finally opened in its new home on the Bowery this weekend. Which is probably enough uses of the word "new" for any sentence.
The critics have had their say: Nicolai Ouroussoff calls it a "stack of boxes" in the New York Times. Having been inside, his colleague Herbert Muschamp says much the same, adding the word "bento". Bloomberg's James S Russell complains that it resembles "a deep freeze for art".
For their part, the designers SANAA want to build a school or a church next. But now the people have gained access to it, and the people have had their say. And what do they think?
It "reminds me of playing Jenga".
It "makes simple look simpler".
It has a toilet you "would NOT want to hit... after binge drinking".
It "strikes a chord with its context on this mythically, yet slowly gentrifying, gritty street".
But more, much more than this: it's managed to upset hordes of first-nighters thanks to Candygate.
