Editing Metropolitan Museum of Art (section)

==== Modern and contemporary art ====
With some 13,000 artworks, primarily by European and American artists, the modern art collection occupies {{convert|60000|sqft|m2|-3}}, of gallery space<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hickman |first=Matt |date=2021-11-30 |title=Metropolitan Museum of Art bestowed with $125 million to renovate its modern art wing |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2021/11/metropolitan-museum-of-art-125-million-to-launch-renovation-of-its-modern-art-wing/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=The Architect's Newspaper |language=en-US}}</ref> and contains many iconic modern works. Cornerstones of the collection include [[Picasso]]'s portrait of [[Gertrude Stein]], [[Jasper Johns]]'s ''[[White Flag (Johns painting)|White Flag]]'', [[Jackson Pollock]]'s ''[[Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)]]'', and [[Max Beckmann]]'s [[triptych]] ''Beginning''. Certain artists are represented in remarkable depth, for a museum whose focus is not exclusively on modern art: for example, ninety works constitute the museum's Paul Klee collection, donated by [[Heinz Berggruen]], spanning the entirety of the artist's life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/06/arts/90-works-by-paul-klee-donated-to-met-museum.html|title=90 Works by Paul Klee Donated to Met Museum|last=Brenson|first=Michael|date=June 6, 1984|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 1, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Due to the Met's long history, "contemporary" paintings acquired in years past have often migrated to other collections at the museum, particularly to the American and European Paintings departments.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Tomkins |first=Calvin |title=The Met and the Now |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/25/the-met-and-the-now |access-date=2022-05-25 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=January 18, 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In April 2013, it was reported that the museum was to receive a collection worth $1&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=1000000000|start_year=2013}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) from cosmetics tycoon [[Leonard Lauder]]. The collection of [[Cubism|Cubist]] art includes work by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Juan Gris and went on display in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/leonard-lauder-donates-1-billion-art-collection-to-the-met-museum|title=Leonard Lauder Donates $1 Billion Art Collection To Met|website=British Vogue|date=April 10, 2013}}</ref> The Met has since added to the collection, for example spending $31.8&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=31800000|start_year=2018}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) for Gris' ''The musician's table'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Acquisitions of the month: August–September 2018 |url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/acquisitions-of-the-month-august-september-2018/ |website=Apollo Magazine|date=October 3, 2018 }}</ref>