The Noguchi Museum
Art museum · Long Island City ·
Museum dedicated to sculptor Isamu Noguchi, indoor/outdoor exhibits
Museum dedicated to sculptor Isamu Noguchi, indoor/outdoor exhibits
"An intimate, meditative museum conceived and built by Isamu Noguchi in Long Island City, this space displays his mostly abstract sculptures and often-copied paper lamps across two exhibition levels and through a quiet, ivy-covered walled garden. Even if you’re unfamiliar with Noguchi, you’ve likely seen his Akari light sculptures—washi paper and bamboo lamps that glow softly—which have become a modern design trope since the early 1950s." - Charlie Hobbs, Andrea Whittle
"This little-known gem is a showcase for the work of Isamu Noguchi, an acclaimed twentieth century sculptor. Housed within a 1920’s industrial building, Noguchi created the museum to culminate his career in 1985. There is a great sense of serenity within the building, making it the perfect setting to study Noguchi’s art. From stone slabs and organic marble forms, to furniture and landscape design, the range of work is astounding. Noguchi was a visionary, who cannot be defined by any singular style or discipline." - MSLK
"My favorite low-key museum in Long Island City, dedicated to the work of the renowned Japanese-American artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi." - Nancy DePalma
"From now until September 5th, the Noguchi Museum in Astoria is showing by Christian Boltanski’s outdoor sound exhibit made of 180 bronze bells. The museum is open every Wednesday through Sunday until 6pm, but they also run a Free First Friday night every month. If you do that math, that’s this Friday, August 4th. You can book your timed ticket here." - hannah albertine
"This intimate, meditative museum in Long Island City was conceived and built by Isamu Noguchi himself. Here, his mostly abstract sculptures and often-copied paper lamps are displayed across two levels of exhibition space and throughout a quiet, ivy-covered walled garden. Even if you're not familiar with Noguchi's work, you've probably come across one of his Akari light sculptures—geometric or globular lamps made of washi paper and bamboo that glow softly from within—which have become something of a modern design trope since he started designing them in the early 1950s." - Charlie Hobbs, Alex Erdekian, Melissa Liebling-Goldberg