

But the $18 million annual fees for the Breuer building eventually proved to be too much of a financial burden, and the property was handed off to the Frick Collection in 2020. However, this is a new extension and may not work for every website with an adblock detector. Note: This extension is for AdBlock/AdBlock plus, and currently has been tested and works on most major news websites. Shows at the Met Breuer included a Kerry James Marshall retrospective, a survey on Indian sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee and Unfinished: Thoughts Left Invisible, its inaugural exhibition which showcased uncompleted artwork. This lightweight extension allows you to continue browsing these sites without having to disable your adblocker. It underwent a $13 million renovation for its new iteration, which included the addition of the restaurant Estela Breuer on the building’s lower level.

Lauder protested the Whitney Museum’s plans to move downtown to a Renzo Piano-designed building in 2014 but eventually conceded, and the museum’s new home was named after him.įollowing the Whitney Museum relinquishing the Breuer, the building was leased to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and re-opened in 2015 as the Met Breuer. In 2008, when the museum’s-then chairman Leonard Lauder donated $131 million to the institution, his gift included a clause barring the Whitney Museum from selling the Breuer for a period of time.
