Met Breuer

Met Breuer
MET Breuer Building (2019)
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EstablishedMarch 18, 2016 (2016-03-18)
Dissolved
  • March 13, 2020 (temporary closure)
  • June 23, 2020 (permanent closure)
Location945 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10021
TypeArt museum
Public transit access Subway: "6" train"6" express train​ at 77th Street
Bus interchange Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M79 SBS
Websitemetmuseum.org/visit/met-breuer

The Met Breuer (/ˈbrɔɪ.ər/ BROY-ər)[1] was a museum of modern and contemporary art at Madison Avenue and East 75th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It served as a branch museum of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (known as the Met) from 2016 to 2020.

The Met Breuer opened in March 2016 in the Breuer Building formerly occupied by the Whitney Museum of American Art, designed by Marcel Breuer and completed in 1966.[2] Its works came from the Met's collection, and it housed both monographic and thematic exhibitions.[3]

In March 2020, the museum announced it would temporarily close due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Three months later, in June, the Met announced that the museum would close permanently.[4][5] Control of the building was transferred to the Frick Collection for its use during renovations to the Frick's main building, an arrangement which predated the COVID outbreak.[6][7]

  1. ^ Nicholson, Louise (March 17, 2016). "The Met Breuer's biggest strength is its ability to make you think". Apollo. Retrieved April 24, 2016. its pronunciation, which should be 'broyer', as in a broiler chicken
  2. ^ "About Marcel Breuer & The Breuer Building". Metropolitan Museum of Art (Press release). March 2, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  3. ^ Rose, Charlie (April 8, 2016). "Thomas Campbell (includes interactive transcript)". The Charlie Rose Show. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  4. ^ Halle, Howard (June 23, 2020). "The Met Breuer is closing its doors for good". Time Out New York. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Miller, Hannah (March 12, 2020). "Metropolitan Museum of Art to close due to coronavirus". CNBC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  6. ^ Cascone, Sarah (June 22, 2020). "The Met Breuer Will Not Reopen After the Lockdown Lifts, Officially Shifting Control of Its Historic Brutalist Building to the Frick". artnet News. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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