First Fridays: Summer in the Garden 2011
The Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard), Long Island City
The Noguchi Museum was founded and designed by internationally renowned, Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) for the display of what he considered to be representative examples of his life’s work. Opened in 1985, the Museum is housed in a converted industrial building, connected to a building and interior garden of Noguchi’s design. Located in the vibrant neighborhood of Long Island City, Queens, the Museum is considered in itself to be one of the artist’s greatest works. In building a museum, Noguchi was an early pioneer who led the metamorphosis of the Long Island City area into the arts district it is today, home to cultural institutions such as Socrates Sculpture Park, SculptureCenter, MoMA PS1, and Museum of the Moving Image, among others.
With a cash bar serving wine and beer, the Museum will be open until 8:00pm on August 5, and September 2.
On the first Friday of every month year-round, Museum admission is pay-what-you-wish.