Kvadrat supports Klára Hosnedlová’s site-specific commission for the highly anticipated reopening of the New Museum. The presentation, which is the celebrated young artist’s first museum project in the United States, continues Kvadrat’s long-term collaborative initiative with the New Museum.

The New Museum’s expansion, designed by OMA / Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas in collaboration with Cooper Robertson, doubles the gallery space and establishes a dialogue with the existing building by SANAA on the Bowery. The new structure extends the museum vertically, introducing additional circulation routes, including three elevators and a central Atrium Stair. Within this space, Klára Hosnedlová inserts a spine-like metal form that winds through the architecture, unfolding gradually in relation to movement and perspective.

Draped in flax-based textiles, the form encloses a suspended core of sandstone and glass, detailed with intricate embroidery. The work reveals itself gradually, shifting in perspective as visitors move through the building, while remaining partially visible from the street through the glazed façade. Kvadrat provided textiles to support both the sculptural installation and a related performance developed by the artist. Materials, including Lino Lino and Cocoon, were integrated as apparel and props, extending the material language of the work beyond its physical structure. Within this context, textiles operate as connective elements, linking object, body, and space. They introduce a tactile dimension that evolves in relation to movement, light, and time.

Hosnedlová’s practice brings together references to Eastern Bloc architecture, science fiction, and traditional craft. Her installations combine industrial and organic materials, creating spatial compositions that engage with questions of labour, memory, and cultural inheritance.

New Museum,
235 Bowery,
NY 10002, New York

21 March 2026– Ongoing
Tuesday — Sunday, 11am – 6pm

Video credits:
Klára Hosnedlová, Shelter, 2026. 1:20 min.
Courtesy New Museum Sound: Billy John.
Bultheel Performers: Sara Hiromi, Efron Danzig, Oyinda.
Video: Tucker Ewing.

About Klára Hosnedlová

Hosnedlová (b. 1990, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic) lives and works in Berlin. Her work is the subject of a major presentation at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart opening in May 2025. Recent exhibitions include Kunsthalle Basel (2024); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover (2023); the 16th Lyon Biennale (2022); and Baltic Triennial 14 at the Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (2021), among others.

About New Museum

The New Museum is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to contemporary art. Founded in 1977, the New Museum is a center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists from around the world. From its beginnings as a one-room office on Hudson Street to the inauguration of its first freestanding building on the Bowery designed by SANAA in 2007, the New Museum continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

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