I was super excited to see the inside of the New Museum the other day, and was sorely dissapointed. The only interesting architectural feature was a really narrow staircase, which also happened to be the most awkward part to walk through, especially since they put artwork in these tiny alcoves along the staircase and gave people no room to manouver. The building had difficulties because of the narrow plot of land it had to work with, which made the elevators open up directly into the galleries causing backups of crowds. There was just too much art and too many people, the atmosphere of the building made people think they could just have really loud conversations about politics in the middle of the open galleries. It was not very conducive to contemplating the art, it was more like the art was the background and people were more interested in staring at each other.
There was a great view from the top though.
