Galleries for Modern and Contemporary Art

SAAM’s galleries for modern and contemporary art are temporarily closed to the public as museum staff make way for new artworks and new stories. These galleries will reopen in September 2023 and will feature recent acquisitions by Tiffany Chung, Jeffrey Gibson, Miguel Luciano, Kay WalkingStick, Alison Saar, Hank Willis Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems, among others, installed alongside iconic works from the collection such as Jenny Holzer’s For SAAM, Kerry James Marshall’s Sob, Sob, Nam June Paik’s Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Mickalene Thomas’ Portrait of Mnonja.

SAAM has engaged Selldorf Architects to revitalize its galleries and public spaces. Their new scheme for the modern and contemporary art galleries on the third floor, the first in a phased reinstallation project, includes the renovation of 20,000 square feet of gallery space that creates larger and uninterrupted expanses of wall for the display of art while maintaining the integrity of the historic fabric of the building.