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“NYU’s Grey Art Museum Debuts New Home on Cooper Square”
Architectural Record, March 7, 2024

“Our space always had lovely karama,” says Lynn Gumpert. “But it was a little small.” Since 1997, Gumpert has been director of the Grey Art Gallery, the distinguished—if admittedly petite—exhibition venue operated by New York University out of a corner storefront on Washington Square in Manhattan’s West Village. As of this month, however, Gumpert’s institution has moved up and out: no longer merely a “gallery,” the redubbed Grey Art Museum pulled back the curtain last week on its new digs, a 5,350-square-foot exhibition space on the Bowery with ample onsite storage for the museum’s growing collection. “We’re thrilled,” says Gumpert. “It’s a transformative move.”

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