"These house museums and foundations, all open to the public, invite visitors into preserved spaces that shaped some of the most influential artistic visions of the 20th century. The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens is a famous example, winning the National Medal for museums in 2024. And Hamptons visitors often stop by the Pollock-Krasner House and studio in the hamlet of Springs, in East Hampton."
"Clear Comfort, the home of pioneering photographer Alice Austen, is perched on Staten Island's northeast shore, with sweeping harbor views. The home is as much a subject of her work as it is a setting. From the late 1800s through the 1930s, Austen used this Gothic cottage as a base for photographing street life, immigrants and everyday domestic scenes in a changing New York City."
"No list of NYC artist houses is complete without 101 Spring St., perhaps the only single-family cast-iron building in SoHo. Judd purchased the five-story building in 1968 and installed not just his own work but pieces by Dan Flavin and Frank Stella; the sculpture he traded for the gigantic Stella painting still stands on the grounds of Philip Johnson's "Glass House" in New Canaan, Connecticut."
New York City and its surrounding region preserve numerous artists' homes and house museums that reveal the domestic environments where creators lived, worked and entertained. These preserved residences shaped influential artistic visions across the 20th century and welcome public visits, often by reservation. Notable sites include the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, the Pollock-Krasner House and studio in East Hampton, Alice Austen's Clear Comfort on Staten Island, and Donald Judd's 101 Spring St. in SoHo, which displays Minimalist works alongside pieces by contemporaries. Several sites carry cultural or historic designations and require advance booking for tours.
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