Posted Nov 26, 2014, 1:33 PM
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http://news.artnet.com/in-brief/alex...re-shed-181733
Alex Poots to Lead New York's Planned $360-million Culture Shed
David Ebony
November 25, 2014
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Alex Poots, artistic director of the Park Avenue Armory as well as the biennial Manchester International Festival in England, has been named artistic director and chief executive of New York's Culture Shed. Poots will resign his Armory and Manchester posts next September to focus full time on programming for the $360-million culture complex located on Manhattan's West Side, overlooking the Hudson River.
Prior to his current positions, Poots served as director of contemporary arts at the English National Opera and worked as an independent producer. He helped create the Tate Modern and Tate Britain's first live events series, which highlighted works such as Anish Kapoor's collaboration with Arvo Part and Peter Sellars; and a project with Steve McQueen, Jessye Norman, and PJ Harvey. In 2012, he served as an artistic adviser for London's Cultural Olympiad.
The city has contributed $75 million toward the project to date. Further funding, around $266 million, has been secured so far from a variety of public and private donors and investors.
Construction is already underway for the six-story, 200,000-square-foot complex designed by Diller, Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group. Completion of the building is projected for fall 2017, and the Culture Shed's public launch is scheduled for spring 2018.
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