Manhattan's new arts space The Shed opening on April 5
3 Apr 2019 16:05:02
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Artists like Gerhard Richter, Trisha Donnelly and Steve McQueen will show commissions at the $475 million arts center in the Hudson Yards neighborhood.
For its inaugural season, the 200,000-square-foot arts space -- designed by the firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group -- has commissioned more than a dozen exhibitions, performances and lectures.
The lineup features both well-established and emerging artists from the worlds of performance and visual arts --offering a varied interdisciplinary programming. "We wanted this to be a building that could bring parity across pretty much all art forms," said Alex Poots, the Shed's artistic director and chief executive, in a statement.
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