Subscribe
Search
ePaper
Newsletters
Subscribe
ePaper
Newsletters
Art market
Museums & heritage
Exhibitions
Books
Podcasts
Columns
Technology
Adventures with Van Gogh
Art market
Museums & heritage
Exhibitions
Books
Podcasts
Columns
Technology
Adventures with Van Gogh
Search
Museums & Heritage
news

New York branch of photography museum Fotografiska will close and relocate

The museum will vacate its historic premises on Park Avenue South this autumn

Benjamin Sutton
24 May 2024
Share
The Church Missions House at 281 Park Avenue South in Manhattan, which has been home to Fotografiska New York for the past five years Photo by Eden, Janine and Jim, via Flickr

The Church Missions House at 281 Park Avenue South in Manhattan, which has been home to Fotografiska New York for the past five years Photo by Eden, Janine and Jim, via Flickr

Fotografiska, the global network of photography museums, will close its location on Park Avenue in Manhattan on 29 September as it plots a move to a new, larger New York locale. The Stockholm-founded museum (which also operates locations in Berlin, Shanghai and Tallinn, the capital of Estonia) opened in New York in 2019, taking over the historic Church Missions House, an ornate 1892 building at the corner of Park Avenue South and East 22nd Street. (The building had previously been eyed by one purported German heiress as a possible location for her exclusive art and social club.)

The museum’s two final special exhibitions at 281 Park Avenue South—devoted to the enigmatic self-taught photographer Vivian Maier and the New York street photographer Bruce Gilden (opening 31 May and 21 June, respectively)—will remain on view until the space closes on 29 September. Meanwhile, Fotografiska’s popular bar inside a former chapel and its restaurant, Verōnika, will close in mid-June.

“At the core of Fotografiska is a dedication to inspiring new perspectives by amplifying some of the greatest artists of our time,” Yoram Roth, the executive chairman of Fotografiska’s board, said in a statement. “As it’s become clear that our current space is not conducive to this vision, our commitment to the city’s art scene remains unwavering.”

After closing its current locale, the museum will hold an exhibition chronicling a century of New York nightlife photography at a temporary space.

Fotografiska’s current home is owned by the real-estate tycoon and art collector Aby Rosen’s company, RFR Holding. In 2022, the company put the property up for sale for $135m, a major markup from the $50m it had paid for it in 2014.

Museums & HeritageFotografiskaPhotography
Share

Related content

Art schoolsnews

Artist Colette Veasey-Cullors will be the next dean of New York’s International Center of Photography school

Veasey-Cullors, who currently serves as an interim vice provost at the Maryland Institute College of Art, takes the helm of the Manhattan-based photography school in June

Benjamin Sutton
Museums & Heritagenews

Dallas Center for Photography to close permanently

The organisation was the only non-profit in north Texas devoted to photography

Benjamin Sutton
Acquisitionsnews

Archive of James Van Der Zee, once-ignored chronicler of Harlem, acquired by the Met

Lifelong documenter of Harlem is the first Black photographer to have entire archive acquired by the New York museum

Tom Seymour
Subscribe to The Art Newspaper’s digital newsletter for your daily digest of essential news, views and analysis from the international art world delivered directly to your inbox.
Newsletter sign-up
Information
About
Contact
Cookie policy
Data protection
Privacy policy
Frequently Asked Questions
Subscription T&Cs
Terms and conditions
Advertise
Sister Papers
Sponsorship policy
Follow us
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
LinkedIn
© The Art Newspaper