NEW YORK, NY.- This Saturday, October 30, 2010, the New Museum will begin preparations for a new façade sculpture. Isa Genzken’s Rose II (2008) will be the second work presented on the Museum’s second-floor ledge, which was designed to host a rotating program of sculpture installations. Isa Genzken has a distinguished history in public sculpture, with works in public and private venues throughout Europe. Standing twenty-eight feet in height, Rose II (2008) will be Isa Genzken’s first public sculpture in New York. The sculpture is scheduled to be fully installed by the end of November. The façade Sculpture Program is made possible by an endowment established by The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust. In December 2007, Ugo Rondinone’s Hell, Yes! (2001) was unveiled on the façade to celebrate the opening of the New Museum’s first freestanding building at 235 Bowery. The sculpture quickly became such a pivotal part of the Museum’s