Now, starting April 13, art pilgrims will find the institution vastly changed as the result of a 10 - year, $ 500 million renovation project — one that both modernized the museum, including the creation of a 24,000 - square - foot,
Turbine Hall - sized public space (a
current must - have for art capitals), and brought it back to its original grandeur by stripping away ill - considered additions and ornaments incurred over the years.