Neue Galerie to Merge with Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2028
In 2028, the Neue Galerie in New York, recognized for its rich Austrian and German Modernism collection, will merge with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This announcement precedes the gallery's temporary closure for renovations, starting on May 27, with plans to reopen in the fall to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Ronald S. Lauder, the gallery's founder, along with his daughter Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer, will contribute 13 notable artworks, including pieces by Otto Dix and Gustav Klimt. The partnership aims to maintain the gallery’s existing programs and will establish a joint advisory board for governance.
Key facts
- Neue Galerie merges with Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2028.
- Neue Galerie closes May 27 for renovations, reopens in autumn for 25th anniversary.
- Ronald Lauder and Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer donate 13 works by Dix, Grosz, Schad, Klimt.
- Building becomes Met Ronald S. Lauder Neue Galerie, retains Café Sabarsky.
- Lauder made a promised gift of 91 pieces of arms and armor to the Met in 2020.
- Marina Kellen French leads trustee donations in support of the merger.
- Joint advisory board established with Lauder as inaugural chair.
- Merger adds works by Klimt, Schiele, Münter, Kokoschka, Kirchner, Beckmann, Hoffmann to Met collection.
Entities
Artists
- Ronald S. Lauder
- Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer
- Otto Dix
- George Grosz
- Christian Schad
- Gustav Klimt
- Egon Schiele
- Gabriele Münter
- Oskar Kokoschka
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- Max Beckmann
- Josef Hoffmann
- Serge Sabarsky
- Max Hollein
- Marina Kellen French
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Georg Grosz
- Lyonel Feininger
- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
- Marcel Breuer
- Annabelle Selldorf
- Jacques Herzog
- Pierre de Meuron
- Franz Marc
- Paul Klee
- Pablo Picasso
- Fernand Léger
- Georges Braque
Institutions
- Neue Galerie
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Met Ronald S. Lauder Neue Galerie
- Café Sabarsky
- Ronald S. Lauder Galleries of Arms and Armor
- Artnet News
- Neue Galerie New York
- Brücke-Museum
- Whitney Museum
- Sotheby's
- Jüdischer Weltkongress
- New York Public Library
- The Met Ronald S. Lauder Neue Galerie
- The Cloisters
- Deutsche Presse-Agentur
- Met Neue
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Met Neue Galerie
- The Met Fifth Avenue
- The Met Cloisters
- Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
- Tang Wing
- Condé M. Nast Galleries
- Blaue Reiter
- Brücke
- Bauhaus
- Neue Sachlichkeit
- William Starr Miller House
- Carrère & Hastings
- FAD Magazine
- Wiener Werkstätte
- Städel Museum
- Artlyst
- Estée Lauder
Locations
- New York
- Manhattan
- Fifth Avenue
- 86th Street
- William Starr Miller House
- United States
- Madison Avenue
- Berlin
- Germany
- Central Park
- Vienna
- Austria
- Weimar Germany
- Upper Manhattan
- Frankfurt
- East 86th Street