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The renowned photography museum, The International Center of Photography, opens the doors to its brand new facility at 79 Essex in New York City this weekend with four exhibitions and free entry on Saturday. The highly-anticipated new location reunites the school and the museum under one roof—the two institutions have been in different locations since the museum moved into a temporary space on The Bowery in 2016.

Biggie Smalls, King of New York, Wall Street, New York, 1997.
Biggie Smalls, King of New York, Wall Street, New York, 1997. Barron Claiborne

To celebrate the move into the new space, this Saturday ICP is hosting a free community day to check out the four inaugural exhibitions that will be on view. Although the event is free, you do need to register for a timed ticket to check out the new museum. Timed tickets are available through the ICP website.

Norma Devine Is Sammy's Mae West, 1944, Gelatin silver print
Norma Devine Is Sammy’s Mae West, 1944, Gelatin silver print Weegee

The inaugural programming in the new space features a diverse line up that covers historic archives, tackles identity and the ways in which we understand what photography is, have drastically changed.

James Coupe's <i>Warriors</i> uses deepfake technology to insert museum visitors into specific scenes from the 1979 film The Warriors.” class=”wp-image-29837″/><figcaption>James Coupe’s Warriors uses deepfake technology to insert museum visitors into specific scenes from the 1979 film The Warriors. <i>James Coupe</i></figcaption></figure> <p id=The programing includes a solo show from Tyler Mitchell called I Can Make You Feel Good, which explores new ways of interpreting Black identity in the modern era. The show is the Mitchell’s first solo US exhibition. Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop explores how photographers captured four decades of hip-hop history through their contact sheets. It’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes view of how iconic images are created. Jame’s Coupe’s project Warriors uses deepfake technology to insert museum visitors into specific scenes from the 1979 film The Warriors. The final exhibition dives into the museum’s archives to highlight images of the Lower East Side captured in the mid-20th century and examines how these pictures defined narratives about the neighborhood.

All four exhibitions will be on view through May 18.