The Met Swallows the Golden Room: Why the Neue Galerie Merger Matters
The Met and the Neue Galerie have announced a landmark merger for 2028, bringing Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I and over $1.5 billion in Austrian and German modernist art under one roof. Commentary on custody, restitution, legacy, and what happens when a jewel-box museum joins a giant.