NY's Met museum to take over Neue Galerie
The merger will add 13 paintings and a $200 million endowment to preserve the Neue’s Austrian and German art collection.
- On Thursday, the Metropolitan Museum and the Neue Galerie New York announced they will merge in 2028, creating a partnership that renames the Fifth Avenue institution 'The Met Ronald Lauder Neue Galerie.'
- Metropolitan Museum Director and CEO Max Hollein, who served on the Neue Galerie's board for 20 years, said the merger strengthens the Metropolitan Museum's collection by adding 'icons of art history' from early 20th-century Austria and Germany.
- Ronald Lauder and his daughter, Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer, are donating 13 paintings and a substantial gift toward a $200 million endowment to ensure the long-term preservation of the Neue Galerie.
- The Neue Galerie will operate as a branch of the Metropolitan Museum, though it will close on May 27 for planned infrastructure renovations before the 2028 merger takes effect.
- Hollein noted the partnership preserves the distinctive character of the institution, ensuring the mansion at 86th Street and Fifth Avenue continues to offer visitors a chance to 'travel in time.
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