New tower for MoMA gets go-ahead

An 82-storey extension to New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has been approved by the city council.

The extension, to the west of the current museum building, will include three floors of new gallery space, hotel rooms and luxury apartments.

Paris-based architect Jean Nouvel, whose previous work includes the Arab World Institute in Paris, will design the soaring steel and glass tower.

The museum, founded in 1929, called the approval “a major milestone”.

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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been singularly important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world. The museum’s collection offers an unparalleled overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist’s books, film, and electronic media.

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