The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that its first exhibition in the newly-annexed Breuer building, formerly home to the Whitney Museum, will be titled "Unfinished" (working title) and will explore unfinished works of art from the Renaissance to the present. The show, drawn partly from the Met's own collection, opens March 7, 2016 and runs through September 5, focusing on the historical debate and admiration for the non finito aesthetic.
This announcement clarifies the Met's strategic direction for the Breuer building, dispelling speculation that it would become a contemporary art wing. Director Thomas P. Campbell emphasized that the Met will not compete with MoMA, the Whitney, or the Guggenheim in contemporary art, but instead will use the space to show contemporary art through the lens of history, reinforcing the museum's academic mission.