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When it comes to art, perspective is everything. Perhaps that's why directors at New York City's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art decided to shift theirs, setting their sights on a new location in Manhattan. The Met Breuer opens March 18 in the same building once occupied by the Whitney Museum of American Art at 75th Street and Madison Avenue. Curators won't be straying far from the building's famous contemporary leanings, but they're putting their own perspective on modern art, and it's colored by their expertise in history and anthropology. According to the website, the Met Breuer will showcase modern and contemporary art "through the lens of history." Met Research Assistant Brinda Kumar noted, "The Met is known for its deep and historic holdings, and to position modern and contemporary within that longer context is something quite unique." Two exhibits kick off the inaugural season, “Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible” and a Nasreen Mohamedi retrospective. In “Unfinished,” visitors will see a vast collection of 20th- and 21st-century works that demonstrate how even the best artists, whether intentionally or not, left work undone or appearing as if undone. From Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso to Andy Warhol, a unifying theme emerges. It's an idea that has stood the test of time: We don't always finish what we start. As far as the surrounding space is concerned, the spare and modern décor of the original building was left mostly unchanged by Met directors. Longtime visitors to the former Whitney Museum may have a hard time separating the building's former identity from its current holdings. | 
