<translation>Metropolitan Museum has opened a new building for modern art</translation>

Marcel Breuer, co-author Hamilton Smith, originally Whitney Museum, New York, 1966

New York - The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York today opened a collection of modern and contemporary art in a newly acquired building named Met Breuer, which originated from the former Whitney Museum. According to Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the benefits of the new exhibition is the fact that it will bring art closer to children and young people.
"When a young person comes in who may know nothing about art and has not discovered creativity within themselves, they will find it in these rooms," said the mayor, as quoted by the New York Daily News. The ribbon was cut along with de Blasio by students from several New York schools.
The building is named after the modernist architect and furniture designer of Hungarian origin Marcel Breuer. It is located on Madison Avenue, just a few blocks from the main building of the Metropolitan Museum. The Whitney Museum operated there from 1966 to 2014.
Today's grand opening was accompanied by a performance by the David Dorfman Dance company. The museum also organized creative workshops for visitors inspired by the exhibition opening today of Indian abstract painter Nasrin Mohammedi.