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# Canyon to open with a focus on time-based art
- URL: https://www.kinoki.co/canyon-to-open-with-focus-on-time-based-art/
- Published: 2025-07-15T00:01:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-15T00:01:10.000Z
- Description: Canyon is a new space in New York City with a focus on time-based art. Partner organizations include Rhizome, Electronic Arts Intermix and Archive of Contemporary Music.
- Author: Marija Olga
- Tags: News, digital art, video art, film, performance, exhibition

#### tl;dr

- Canyon is a new art space that will open in New York City in 2026 on the Lower East Side.
- The space will be dedicated to time-based art, which includes moving image art, sound and performance.
- Rhizome, Electronic Arts Intermix and Archive of Contemporary Music will partner with Canyon and have a presence in the space.

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New York City's Lower East Side is preparing for [the debut of a new art space in 2026](https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/canyon-video-art-performance-sound-new-york-space-1234745078/?ref=kinoki.co). Canyon – slated to open in a 42,000-square-foot venue that is being constructed on a long-vacant lot at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge – will be dedicated solely to time-based media. [The name of the space](https://www.odgis.com/Canyon?ref=kinoki.co), an image of a phenomenon sculpted by time, reinforces the institution's focus, whether it falls into the categories of audio, video or performance art.

The idea for this hybrid space was [jointly conceived by philanthropist and art collector Robert Rosenkranz and Joe Thompson](https://www.artandobject.com/news/canyon-new-kind-museum-open-new-york?ref=kinoki.co), founding director of MASS MoCA in Boston. Acutely aware of the risk that is entailed in opening an institution concentrated on the exhibition and nurturing of time-based media, Rosenkranz and Thompson have commissioned New Affiliates Architecture to design the building around this concept, providing a venue suited to a different mode of viewing and interaction with the exhibits.

![An architectural rendering of the interior of a new art space, with people milling around and sitting on plush blue benches.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/98/98986ef2-474e-4f7c-82a5-62d592178e78/content/images/2025/06/New-Affiliates_Canyon-Interior-2048x1152.webp)

Rendering of the interior of Canyon. Photo: New Affiliates Architects.

Joe Thompson, who will direct this new hub for time-based art, has revealed that it will offer a unique melding of sociability and creativity, through art and food. The space, which will [consist of several multimedia galleries outfitted with the latest audiovisual technology](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/arts/design/new-york-video-art.html?ref=kinoki.co), will likewise house a 300-seat concert hall, a café, cocktail bar, and a restaurant. Another policy that is geared towards molding a different environment is the opening hours – from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. – facilitating access to those with day jobs and other obligations.

Cognizant of the stiff competition that they are facing, [Rosenkranz and Thompson have already selected a crew of heavyweight names](https://news.artnet.com/art-world/canyon-museum-durational-immersive-art-new-york-2656883?ref=kinoki.co) from the art world for their staff: the conservator and new media expert Cass Fino-Radin will serve as director of art and technology; curator and writer Sam Ozer will be curator-at-large. Rhizome, Electronic Arts Intermix and Archive of Contemporary Music will partner and have a presence in the space. 

The new space shares a name with the well-known and legendary Bay Area film art distributor [Canyon Cinema](https://canyoncinema.com/?ref=kinoki.co), which was established in the 1960s. For more information visit [the Canyon site](https://www.canyon.org/?ref=kinoki.co).