Umbono wangaphandle weMet Breuer.Imifanekiso kaDon Emmert / AFP / Getty Lo ibingengunyaka wokuthathwa kwezigqibo ezizizo kwiMetropolitan Museum of Art. NgoJanuwari, iziko eligunyazisiweyo labhengeza ukuba liyakubuyisa umva intlawulo yalo ekudala ibanjiwe umgaqo-nkqubo wokwamkelwa . Ngaphandle kwesikhalo esikhulu, ngo-Matshi 2018, imyuziyam yaqala ukubiza abahlali abangaphandle kurhulumente ngexabiso lokungena elipheleleyo leedola ezingama-25-umgaqo-nkqubo wokukhetha apho ubuncwane obukhulu kwihlabathi benziwa ukuba bufumaneke kuphela kwabo banakho ukuhlawula itikiti.
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NgoLwesihlanu, safunda ukuba izigqibo ezimfutshane zokujonga imali ziyaqhubeka ukubetha iMet, xa imyuziyam kwaziswa Isicwangciso esiza kuvumela uFrick ukuba athathe indawo yokuqeshisa kwisakhiwo saseBreuer ngo-2020. Oku kuguqulwa, kwenziwe kwiminyaka emibini kuphela emva kokuba iMet ingene kwesi sakhiwo ngo-2016, iyakucutha unyaka wesibhozo woqeshiso lwesakhiwo esiphantsi kukaWhitney, ephela ngo-2023. Upapasho lwangoLwesihlanu lwasele luchithile uphawu lweMet-isakhiwo asisabizwa njenge-Met Breuer kodwa yi-Whitney's Breuer Building.
Akukho nto intle ngesi sibhengezo. Izicwangciso ziya kusombulula kuphela imfuno yeFrick yendawo yethutyana ngelixa indlu yayo yobudala eyakhiweyo ifumana ukulungiswa Ukutshintsha indawo yokulinda ibe yindawo yokungena ephefumlelweyo ye-Starbucks. Ngeli xesha, iMet izakususa inkqubo yobugcisa bemihla ngemihla kwiziko eliphambili le-NYC elalisombulula ingxaki yengxaki yokwahluka kwiimyuziyam. Ukusukela oko bafudukela kwisakhiwo ngonyaka ka-2016, baphehlelele uthotho lwemiboniso ezotywe kwingqokelela yemyuziyam enkulu ukuzisa uphando olufunekayo (kwaye luqhwatyelwa izandla) luvavanyo lomsebenzi wabazobi abafana noKerry James Marshall kwaye, kutshanje, uJack Whitten.
Ukubakho kusenokwenzeka ukuba khange kuhlangatyezwane nokulindelweyo, kodwa ngo-2017 bangenisa iindwendwe ezingama-505,590, bebetha irekhodi likaWhitney lika-2009-10 lama-372,000. Banokuwakhulisa ngokulula la manani ngexeshana elincinci kunye nentengiso engcono. Thelekisa ukuhamba kweMet kwiBreuer kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo ukuya kwi-MoMA yokufudukela kwethutyana eQueens ngo-2002. Abokugqibela babamba umngcelele ukuya kwindawo entsha, ehlelwe ngumzobi uFrancis Alÿs. Ngexesha lokwenziwa kweqela labapapashi be-MoMA, abagibeli bemyuziyam babecinga ukuba lolunye uhlobo lokuphatha ukuya eQueens kwimoto engaphantsi kwendlela egcwele abalandeli beMets. Ngelixa iMet ibonakalise ukufuduka kwayo ngoku logo entsha , kuphela ukuthoba ulindelo lwabaphulaphuli bendawo.
Ziimpazamo ezinje ngezi ezibonisa ukusilela kweMet ukuqonda amandla kunye nobuthathaka bayo. Eyona ndawo iphambili ye-Met, indawo ye-Fifth Avenue ayinandawo ithelekiswa nesakhiwo se-Breuer, esahluke ngokupheleleyo kwisakhono saso sokongeza ubungakanani besikali kunye nembali kwimiboniso eyibonisayo. Ngaphaya koko, ukuvavanya inkqubo yobugcisa bale mihla kwisithuba sethutyana seBreuer bekuya kuvumela iqela labaphetheyo ukuba lakhe izakhono zalo phambi kokumiliselwa kohlaziyo olucwangcisiweyo lwemyuziyam lweempiko zale mihla nezangoku. 
IMet Breuer, emva nje kokuba iMet ithathe indawo ukusuka eWhitney, ngo-2016.Imifanekiso kaDon Emmert / AFP / Getty
Kodwa lithini inqanaba lesicwangciso sokuhlaziya? Umphathi we-Met u-Daniel Weiss ubanga ukuba kukhululo lwamaphiko ale mihla kunye nolwangoku luza kuqhubeka, kodwa abanabo abaxhasi kwaye akukho mhla wokuqalwa kweprojekthi. Akukho nto ikhankanyiweyo malunga nabasebenzi abakhoyo ngoku, abo imisebenzi yabo ibonakala ingazinzanga ncam. Iphiko lale mihla alinalo uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali oluncitshisiweyo- ngoku ziyi- $ 500 yezigidi, yehla isuka kwi-600 yezigidi zeedola. Ngamafutshane, ukuphelisa imiboniso kaMet Breuer kuya kuba yilahleko ekungekho kungxamiseka kokutshintsha.
Weiss uxelele INew York Times Isigqibo siza kuligcina iziko malunga nezigidi ezingama-45-hayi nganto, kodwa kunye nengxelo engaphelelanga yeendleko. Imyuziyam igcina uxanduva lwezezimali lwesakhiwo, ngeFrick ithathe kuphela isahlulo sezo ndleko zingaphezulu. Kwaye emva kweMet Ibango elinokuphikiswa ukuba ingeniso ayikhange inyuke ngamanani abatyeleli kuJanuwari ophelileyo-isizathu sokutshintsha kwabo kumgaqo-nkqubo wokwamkelwa-naliphi na inani abaliphosayo ngoku liyakrokrela.
Ingxoxo yolwamkelo ityhila okuninzi malunga nokunciphisa iindleko kwemyuziyam-ngelo xesha, ibhlog yezoqoqosho UFeliks Salmon wabonisa ukuba isipho seMet sezigidigidi zeedola sibenza babenye yezona myuziyam zityebileyo emhlabeni. Babenokufikelela ngokulula ukugcina umgaqo-nkqubo wokwamkelwa simahla, kwaye abafumani nto ngotshintsho ngaphandle kokwenza ubugcisa bufikeleleke eluntwini. Ngoku, bakule nto kwakhona, belahla inkqubo eyayilungiselelwe ngokukodwa ukujongana nengxaki yeyantlukwano kwiimyuziyam, isenza iindleko zenkcubeko ezingenakulinganiswa. Izigidi ezingama-45 abaza kuzisindisa akubonakali kufanelekile.
Kum, leyo yinxalenye enkulu yezinto ezenza ezi ndaba zixinzeleleke. Ngaphezulu kwalo naliphi na elinye ixesha kwimbali, iindlela ezintsha nezinomdla zokwenza ubugcisa zilawule inkcubeko yethu, ukanti iimyuziyam zisabonisa uluhlu olufanayo lwama-200 okanye uluhlu lwamagcisa angama-A. Ukwahlula kwindawo yeMet's Fifth Avenue, iMet Breuer yabonakala ngathi inika ithuba elikhethekileyo-elinye lokuzalwa ngokutsha kunye notshintsho lokwenyani kude nenkqubo yeziko yakudala. Umboniso kaJack Whitten wanikela umbono weli thuba linokubonakala ngathi-eli ngoku lichithwayo.
