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Frida Escobedo lays the first stone of her grand project for the Met in New York
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has taken another step forward in one of the most ambitious projects of her career: the new modern and contemporary art pavilion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. On September 15, at a ceremony held in the museum's European Sculpture Courtyard, Escobedo laid the cornerstone of the future Tang Wing, which will entail a complete transformation of the spaces dedicated to one of the less visible areas of the Met's collection.
Escobedo was selected in March 2022 to lead the project, after winning a competition that also included Ensamble Studio, Lacaton & Vassal, SO-IL, and David Chipperfield Architects. Her selection marked a double milestone: she will be the first Mexican architect and the first woman to design a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The project, budgeted at $670 million, includes a $125 million contribution from Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar L. Tang. In recognition of this contribution, the new pavilion will bear the Tang family name. The renovation will expand and completely refurbish the spaces dedicated to modern and contemporary art, aiming to give renewed prominence to a collection that for years has occupied a less prominent place within the museum's layout.
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