How the Shed Can Live Up to Its Hype: Focus on the Artists


"A city’s culture is an ecosystem. Something gets added, something gets taken away and there’s a change in climate that affects everyone. Everything is interconnected; spending more somewhere inevitably means less somewhere else. Every choice contributes to setting prevailing values: What gets supported? What kind of culture do we want? Into the New York ecosystem now comes the Shed, and the more than $500 million in support behind it. Programming at the new Hudson Yards performance space, which looks like an airplane hangar wrapped in a down comforter, starts on April 5. It would hardly be good critical practice to prejudge the opening season’s starry collaborations and blockbuster statements of purpose before they’ve begun. What the Shed will stand for in the long run is still T.B.D. ..."
NY Times

The Shed, which looks like an airplane hangar wearing a down comforter.



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