Marciano Art Foundation
On View Now
An installation by Kristen Wentrcek & Andrew Zebulon that reflects the material, ornamental, and functional history of the Marciano Art Foundation building, formerly a 1961 Scottish Rite Masonic temple designed by Millard Sheets. Named after the double-headed eagle symbol central to Freemasonry, Quaternion features an ensemble of functional furniture hand-carved from industrial-grade foam and covered in a skin-thick pigmented coating.
In this site-specific mural commissioned by the Marciano Art Foundation, Party creates a fantastical forest that grows as visitors ascend the stairwell floor by floor.
Handsome sets of documents, photographs, and Masonic paraphernalia left at the Temple are presented in the renovated Masonic library.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Tacita Dean’s monumental 35mm installation FILM celebrates the poetic qualities of photochemical film in its first presentation in the United States.
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What was once a Masonic Temple was converted by architect Kulapat Yantrasast in 2017 into an institution packed with more than 1,500 works of contemporary art dating from the 1990s to the modern day, including paintings, sculpture, photos, film, and more. Artists including Glenn Ligon, Ai Weiwei, John Giorno, and Barbara T. Smith have had exhibitions here. The foundation is free and open to the public with timed reservations.