In 2010, in an unforgettable show at the New Museum, the Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander filled a gallery with colorful ribbons that could be worn as bracelets. They were printed with the wishes of previous visitors, and you could take one with you, provided you left a wish of your own behind. “I wish to see peace in Afghanistan,” said one ribbon; “I wish for a new era for America,” said another. Sixteen years later, and after a two-year 60,000-square-foot expansion project, the museum is re-opening its doors. It seems fitting that its first major show tackles one of the big sociopolitical issues of the day: what it means to be human in the face of unprecedented technological change. Spread across the entire museum, “New Humans: Memories of the Future” features more than 150 artists, writers, and scientists whose work spans two centuries. —Jeanne Malle