The Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture (CCS), and the Hessel Museum, are home to Bard College's reputed graduate program for curatorial studies. Originally designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in 1990, the CCS received a renovation and update in 2016 by HWKN (Hollwich Kushner). Laura Raskin writes for Wallpaper Magazine: "Rather than expand the Center’s footprint, Hollwich and his partner Marc Kushner worked surgically within the building to reconfigure it, cutting new windows and skylights, removing walls and boxy galleries, doubling the size of the library and creating more teaching spaces. ‘We let the museum break out of its shell and let the world of curation become part of the experience,’ says Hollwich. ‘We empowered the curatorial studies program and created visible storage where visitors, scholars, teachers and students can dive into the deepest secrets behind cultural artifacts.’" (Wallpaper, 25 July 2016)