The Skanes Dansteater will put on the duet Dare to Wreck, which integrates a dancer’s wheelchair into the choreography, at the Fall for Dance Festival.
Photographer: David ThibelGlobal Fall Culture Preview: From a New MoMA to TV Stars on Stage
At museums, concert halls, theaters, and bookstores, creative works are racing for the future.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York has some of the greatest masterpieces on the planet. Until recently, though, its building wasn’t up to that same standard. Setting aside the 20-minute waits on weekends to buy tickets, no matter how many people were inside, it felt like a crowd. Trying to get in front of Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night or Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans was more about sharp elbows than art appreciation.
That’s set to change on Oct. 21, when the museum reopens after being shuttered for a four-month, $450 million renovation and expansion designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler. “This project allows us to rethink the experience that our visitors have when they come to the museum,” says Sarah Suzuki, a MoMA curator of drawings and prints who’s spent the last two years coordinating the renovation. “That has both a physical manifestation—in the architecture and the way that people move through spaces—and a different approach to a visitor experience.”