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This year, the pilgrimage to Storm King Art Center in the Hudson Valley comes with a major payoff: the beloved 500-acre sculpture park has reopened today, May 7, for the season with a $53 million glow-up. For the first time in its 65-year history, Storm King has completed a sweeping capital project that reimagines how visitors arrive, explore and interact with the art and the landscape.
Designed by a powerhouse team of international architects and landscape designers, the renovation includes a brand-new outdoor lobby, welcome pavilions with restrooms and orientation space, electric vehicle charging stations and an intuitive entrance path that brings you straight into the heart of the art-meets-nature experience. There's also a shiny new building dedicated to conservation, fabrication and maintenance—because even monumental sculptures need a tune-up now and then.
Storm King executive director Nora Lawrence calls the revamp “a reimagined Storm King experience,” and she’s not kidding. The museum has reclaimed five acres of former parking lots, added more than 650 climate-resilient trees, and created new outdoor spaces that prioritize sustainability and accessibility, all while keeping the focus squarely on awe-inspiring art and wild beauty.
The 2025 season kicks off with newly commissioned works from artists Kevin Beasley, Sonia Gomes and Dionne Lee. Beasley’s 100-foot-long resin installation “PROSCENIUM” now commands the former parking lot-turned-Tippet’s Field, blending fabric, foliage and found materials into a striking horizon-line sculpture. Gomes, meanwhile, delivers an explosion of color and texture with her first-ever U.S. outdoor installation: a cascade of sculptural forms hanging from trees on Museum Hill. And Lee’s cyanotype-coated stones, exposed to the sun and weather, change daily—an organic collaboration between artist and environment.
Also on view: new acquisitions from Lee Ufan and Arlene Shechet, plus a full calendar of art-making, music and movement programs. Whether you're a first-timer or a repeat visitor, Storm King’s fresh look and season of sensory delights make it more than worth the Metro-North trip.