The first U.S. flagship location for global art and technology phenomenon Arte Museum is coming to Santa Monica Place in Santa Monica, California. The 48,000-square-foot immersive art destination will replace the former ArcLight Cinemas location on the open-air property’s third level and is set to open in late 2023, announced Macerich, Santa Monica Place’s owner/manager. Arte Museum is expected to draw one million visitors annually to the project.
“We are very pleased to welcome Arte Museum, the internationally lauded media art exhibition space, to Santa Monica Place, which also is the permanent home of Cayton Children’s Museum and has hosted a number of other highly successful experiential attractions, including the first retail property location for Candytopia,” said Cory Scott, executive vice president, asset management, Macerich. “This new use represents the first executed lease in our planned repurposing of the former Bloomingdale’s box, and we look forward to announcing details on the other uses — including high-end fitness — for the remainder of this exceptionally well-positioned space.”
Arte Museum, which will also open in Las Vegas in early 2023, is planned and produced by digital design company d’strict. Arte Museum is Korea’s most popular media art exhibition space, attracting more than 3.7 million visitors in the 26 months since its debut in 2020.
