Museum of Arts and Design

The Museum of Arts and Design collects, displays, and interprets objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design. In its exhibitions and educational programs, the Museum celebrates the creative process through which materials are crafted into works that enhance contemporary life.

Information

Location	2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY
Directions	1, A, B, C, D to 59th St-Columbus Circle N, Q, R, W to 57th St; walk west on W57th, turn right on Broadway, walk north to Columbus Circle
Hours	Tuesday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Thursday - Friday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Closed Monday and major holidays
Cost	$12 with Student ID
Website	http://www.madmuseum.org
Additional Info	Thursday 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Pay-What-You-Wish Admission The store at MAD is open 7 days a week Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Current Exhibitions

Doris Duke's Shangri La (September 7, 2012 to February 17, 2013)
Exploring the extraordinary dialogue between Islamic tradition and Western modernity that shaped the fabled Honolulu residence of the philanthropist Doris Duke, Doris Duke’s Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art features large-scale newly commissioned photos of the five-acre property by Tim Street-Porter and archival materials on the travel and research that led to the creation of Duke’s home and the growth of her collection over 60 years, in addition to a selection of works from her collection, never before seen outside her home—ceramics, furniture, textiles, and jewelry inlaid with precious gems from Spain, North Africa, Central and South Asia, and the Middle East, including objects dating from the early first millennium B.C.E.—along with new works by six contemporary artists of Islamic heritage who participated in Shangri La’s Contemporary Artists Residency program.

Daniel Brush: Blue Steel Gold Light (October 16, 2012 to February 17, 2013)
Over the past 40 years, Daniel Brush has created an oeuvre unparalleled in contemporary American art—from large-scale painted canvases to gold-domed containers encrusted with gold granules so miniscule they must be fused with microscopic precision.

Future Exhibitions

The Art of Scent: 1889 - 2012 (November 20, 2012 to February 24, 2013)

Playing with Fire: 50 Years of Contemporary Glass (November 20, 2012 to April 7, 2013)

After the Museum: The Home Front 2013 (March 5, 2013 to May 26, 2013)

Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design (March 19, 2013 to June 16, 2013)

Out of Hand: Materializing the Post-Digital (November 25, 2013 to March 9, 2014)