Neue Galerie Extends Run Of 20th Anniversary Exhibition Of Co-Founder’s Collection

The Neue Galerie New York is extending the run of its exhibition, “The Ronald S. Lauder Collection,” which celebrates its 20^th anniversary season, through March 20.

Featuring some 500 works from the collection of Lauder, the museum’s co-founder and president, the exhibition was originally slated to close February 13.

Developed over 65 years, Lauder’s collection, the museum said, ”is defined by an absolute dedication to art of beauty, quality, and rarity. Only on one other occasion has the public had the opportunity to explore the collection comprehensively, in a special exhibition organized in honor of the museum’s tenth anniversary, which included artworks dating from the third century BCE through the twentieth century. Now, for its twentieth anniversary year, the Neue Galerie reveals the continued evolution of the Lauder collection.”

Among works on display are Greek and Roman sculpture, Italian 13th and 14th century gold-ground paintings, and early 20^th century German and Austrian painting, sculpture and decorative arts.

Lauder said, “In celebration of our twentieth anniversary, we are offering something that has rarely been done before—inviting our visitors to share in the full experience of my collection. Many of the works included in the exhibition appear in similar arrangements as in my home. This gives the visitor an unusual opportunity not only to see these extraordinary works of art, many of which have yet to be presented publicly, but also to experience the interactions they have with each other and the space. In essence, I am opening my doors for the public to understand the evolution of my collection. The exhibition traces why I became an art collector, why I acquired what I have, and shares these ideas with the public, which I think is a critical part of collecting and connoisseurship.”

The Neue Galerie was conceived by Lauder and art dealer and museum exhibition organizer Serge Sabarsky to showcase early 20th century Austrian and German art.