Louise Nevelson’s chapel, a small structure tucked away in Lutheran St. Peter’s Church in New York’s Midtown district, has launched a campaign aimed at raising $6 million to repair and conserve the interior of the 1977 installation, Artnet News reports. The effort is anchored by a gift, of an undisclosed amount, from Pace, which represents the artist’s estate.

Nevelson Chapel, also known as the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, is relatively unheralded compared to such artist chapels as Rothko Chapel in Houston or Matisse’s La Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence in France. Able to seat just twenty-four visitors, it contains nine delicate wall-mounted sculptural elements by Nevelson, which underwent an unsuccessful renovation in the 1980s. St. Peter’s in 2018 began fundraising toward a second restoration, and to date has raised $3 million of the necessary $5.75 million.

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