In the first moments of our second season of At the Museum, art handlers carefully remove some of MoMA’s most well-known works from its gallery walls. For most viewers, it’s jarring to see timeless works displaced from their usual homes. For MoMA’s staff, it’s a reminder of the enormous responsibilities involved in reimagining and rearranging the collection.
This October, MoMA will reopen its doors to reveal a major expansion. This pivotal time in the Museum’s history involved months of preparation, countless hours of physical labor, and critical reevaluation of the narratives MoMA represents. The video team for At the Museum was there to capture it all, in a rare look at what it takes to open a new Museum.
Expanding on the vision of season one, the series offers a glimpse of the run-up to our temporary closure and behind-the-scenes looks at installation, conservation projects, and more. Episode one takes the viewer back to February 2019; the table of contents below outlines what you can expect to see.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:21 – In June 2019, the entire Museum is deinstalled ahead of a complete rehang of the collection for the October reopening.
1:00 – Several months prior, in February 2019, senior receptionist Rachel Klein fields questions from the public after the Museum announced plans to close and reopen.
1:35 – Conservators Megan Randall and Caitlin Richeson dust David Hammons’s Untitled (Night Train) and Alexander Calder’s Gibraltar before the public arrives for the day.
2:27 – Chief curators Ann Temkin and Christophe Cherix discuss the philosophy guiding how the Museum will present its collection after reopening in October 2019.
3:16 – Artist Betye Saar and sculpture conservator Lynda Zycherman examine Black Girl’s Window. Chief curator Christophe Cherix joins, as Saar outlines her thinking behind the work.
5:03 – Security supervisor Chet Gold reveals his thoughts on David Hammons and the challenges of protecting his work in the gallery.
6:22 – The team from Budco, riggers and steel erectors, maneuvers Richard Serra’s Equal into the building, the first artwork to be installed as part of the 2019 expansion.
7:35 – Director of Exhibition Design and Production Lana Hum details the logistics for installing Equal.
8:16 – Artist Richard Serra congratulates the Budco team on a successful installation.
8:32 – Curator and director of the opening of the new Museum Sarah Suzuki briefs a team of curators and conservators before they enter the construction site.
9:01 – Chief curator Ann Temkin and senior curator Anne Umland share a moment in front of Equal.
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