Canyon

Conceived as a hybrid between a museum, live performance venue, and social hub, CANYON will present time-based art as a frontline of culture, grappling with everything from artificial intelligence and facial recognition to climate anxiety and cultural memory.Canyon will be housed in a 40,000-square-foot disused space inside the Essex Crossing complex on Delancey Street in Manhattan, near the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge.

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Designed by architecture firm New Affiliates, the institution will feature 18,000 square feet of exhibition space specially outfitted with state-of-the-art video-display capacity, a sixty-foot-tall skylit atrium for performances and gatherings, and a three-hundred-seat performance hall that will accommodate concerts, screenings, lectures, and podcast tapings.

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THE OFFICE is a founding curatorial affiliate, and will develop programming in both performance and moving image exhibition.Designed to encourage leisurely flow between  socializing, and enjoying art, the centrally located bar and café will function as a communal hub—an everyday gathering place with the openness of a town square, where visitors can linger, reconnect, and return throughout the evening. The venue will also include a performance hall accommodating up to 260 people, serving as a home for concerts, lectures, screenings, blackbox performances, and podcast tapings. A food and beverage partner will be announced in the coming months.CANYON will present three major exhibition cycles per year—spring, summer, and fall—featuring solo presentations, retrospectives, thematic group shows, and experimental hybrids.