The one million square foot facility in Jersey City is situated in a 1920s-era brick former manufacturing building in the city'sMarion Section nearMarion Junction that is also an extension of the fine arts transportation department ofMoishe's Moving Systems.[4][5]
In 2021 Mana Contemporary's Executive DirectorEugene Lemay was placed on administrative leave due to his indictment of tax fraud and conspiracy for evading to pay nearly $8 million to the IRS while helping to runMoishe's Moving Systems.[6]
In February 2022, Kele McComsey was appointed Mana's new director.[7] McComsey was the President and Senior Partner of SurroundArt prior to joining Mana Contemporary in 2015.
The center provides services, spaces, and programming for artists, collectors, curators, performers, students and community.
It includes artist studios, exhibition spaces, and storage, and is home to the Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA);[8][9][10] the archives of theInternational Center of Photography;[11] the estates of Jonas Mekas, Walter de Maria, Irving Penn, and Dan Flavin among others; theMagnum Foundation; and foundations established by Eileen S Kaminsky (ESKFF) andCarole Feuerman, as well as the artistAmy Sherald who has her studio there.[12]
The building is also home to the Richard Meier Model Museum, an exhibition of architectural projects, sculptures and collages byRichard Meier.[13][14][15][16]
