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The new exhibition and performance space will open its doors
to the public on March 18 and is housed in the former home of
the Whitney Museum, which moved to downtown Manhattan.
Thomas Campbell, the CEO and director of The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, said the museum resumed collecting modern and
contemporary art in the second half of the 20th century and
audiences are interested in seeing more of it.
"So we're reclaiming our original mission and we're responding
to audience interest," he added.
The Met is leasing the building designed by Marcel Breuer for
eight years. The Met plans to eventually add a wing to its Fifth
Avenue location to showcase modern and contemporary art
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