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Tschabalala Self

TSCHABALALA SELF

Facade: Tschabalala Self—Art Lovers New Museum From 21 March 2026 New York
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A new work for the New Museum’s facade by Tschabalala Self explores connection and romance through the lens of architecture and public space.

As part of the New Museum’s ongoing Facade Sculpture Program, Tschabalala Self (b. 1990, Harlem, NY; lives and works in Hudson Valley, NY) will present a new site-specific work entitled Art Lovers. Self’s work depicts a romantic scene of a couple embracing, mirroring the architectural “kiss point” where the SANAA-designed building meets the OMA-designed expansion. Visible from Bowery and Prince Street, Art Lovers offers viewers a contemporary portrait of NYC life and the personal connections enabled by public spaces like museums.

Tschabalala Self: Art Lovers is curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director, and Madeline Weisburg, Senior Assistant Curator.

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About the Artist

American artist Tschabalala Self creates paintings, prints, sculptures, and animations that open up a range of topics, including attitudes towards the gendered and racialised body. Self’s depictions of the body are made up of shapes, pieced together using processes such as sewing, stitching, and printing, referencing craft and artistic traditions. Through collage and assemblage, the artist creates ‘new ways for audiences to see and perceive the body’, as she explained in her Ocula Conversation with Jareh Das.

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The New Museum, located on the vibrant Bowery in New York City, is exclusively dedicated to contemporary art, and is a must-visit art institution for anyone interested in the direction of culture.

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