Drop-In

National Academy of Design

National Academy of Design and Bade Stageberg Cox Architects

Chelsea, Manhattan

Credit: Michael Wells

Sat, October 18th, 2025

12:00pm — 6:00pm

After eight decades on the Upper East Side, the National Academy of Design opened a new exhibition space in the heart of Chelsea in September 2023. Designed by Bade Stageberg Cox, the 7,800-sq. ft. space hosts changing exhibitions of contemporary art and architecture and is a hub for the Academy’s community of Academicians, a group of 500 leading artists and architects. Visit during OHNY Weekend to take a curator's tour of the Academy's newest exhibition "Whose America?" or a design tour with Bade Stageberg Cox.

Saturday Curator Tours: 12 and 1 pm

Natalia Viera Salgado, Associate Curator at the Academy, will lead tours of the exhibition.

Saturday Architecture Tours: 2, 2:30, 3, and 3:30 pm

Jane Stageberg, AIA LEED AP, Co-Founder of Bade Stageberg Cox will lead tours of the gallery and the Academy's offices.

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Designed by Bade Stageberg Cox