The Metropolitan Museum of Art has now extended its modern and contemporary art collection to a new building on Madison Avenue-- The Met Breuer. While new for The Met, this building was designed by Marcel Breuer for the previous location of Whitney Museum of American Art. The German Bauhaus-inspired architecture is perhaps a more fitting house for modern art than the Beaux-Arts architecture of The Met’s main location.
The two main exhibitions are largely different. The first is a survey of the Indian artist Nasreen Mohamedi, whose minimalist work evokes the simplicity of modernism.
The unadorned walls, ceiling, and even frames adhere to her grayscale pencil and ink on paper works.
The Met Breuer’s second major exhibition, entitled “Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible,” includes mostly paintings from the Renaissance to the present. These include unfinished paintings of European artists Monet, Picasso, and Klimt.
Monet’s work seen here looks almost exactly like his finished “Boulevard des Capucines.”
The collection also includes unfinished works of modern American artists Pollock and Lichtenstein.
While many of these paintings appear to be complete, others provide a more obvious lack of completion. 
Whether or not these paintings look finished, they outline an artist's creative process. These works provide a mechanical view of art, from sketched foundations to meticulous color scheme choices.
This collection includes works of well-known artists, but devotes little space to contemporary art (art of the 21st century). Nevertheless, this exhibition, as well as Nasreen Mohamedi’s minimalist designs, are worth the trip to Marcel Breuer’s beautifully designed building.
The Met Breuer is located at 945 Madison Avenue
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