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Lauder Heir Donates Klimt Masterpiece and Neue Galerie to the Met, Merging Two Museums

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Source: Financial Times
Lauder Heir Donates Klimt Masterpiece and Neue Galerie to the Met, Merging Two Museums
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Ronald S. Lauder, Estée Lauder heir, will donate the entire Neue Galerie—along with Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I valued at $135 million and 13 additional Klimt works—to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, effectively merging the two institutions by 2028 and expanding the Met’s holdings of early 20th‑century German and Austrian art.

Topics:entertainmentarts#art-philanthropy#arts#gustav-klimt#metropolitan-museum-of-art#neue-galerie#ronald-lauder
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  1. Estée Lauder heir hands gallery and $135mn Klimt to Metropolitan Museum  Financial Times
  2. The Met Will Expand by Merging With the Nearby Neue Galerie  The New York Times
  3. New York’s Neue Galerie will merge with the Metropolitan Museum  The Art Newspaper
  4. ‘It’s Personal’: Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer and Max Hollein on the Met’s Groundbreaking Merger With the Neue Galerie  Vogue
  5. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Merging With One of New York’s Most Beloved Museums  Town & Country Magazine

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