New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art intends to vacate its Marcel Breuer-designed building, giving the Frick Collection a home during its controversial overhaul, and revive its plans for David Chipperfield's extension to its Fifth Avenue location.
The Met is planning to transfer its Met Breuer programme back to Fifth Avenue in 2020, allowing the Frick to temporarily move in when the major renovation work commences on its historic Upper East Side building, just blocks away.
The move would enable the Frick to keep its collections, exhibitions, library resources, and education programmes open to the public during the overhaul. It is unclear what will happen to the Breuer building after the Frick moves out.
"The Frick has been exploring ways to ensure that our visitors can continue to enjoy our collections and have access to our library resources and education programmes, as we look forward to the renovation of our home," said the art museum's Ian Wardropper. The Met has revealed plans to give the Breuer building to the Frick Collection during its renovation. Photograph by Ed Lederman
"Collaborating with The Met on a temporary initiative at the Breuer building would enable us to do just that, a mere five blocks away, during a time when the Frick would otherwise need to be closed completely to the public."
The Met took over and renovated Hungarian architect Breuer's landmark concrete and granite building to create a satellite location for contemporary and ...