MoMA set to buy American Folk Art Museum

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Surrounded by the Museum of Modern Art, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien’s Folk Art Museum has created a strong aesthetic identity with its stoic tombasil metal exterior. Upon its completion, the museum was named the ”Best New Building in the World in 2001” and has attracted art lovers to experience galleries filled with a wide variety of American Folk Art as well as the architecture itself [check out our AD Classics coverage of the museum]. However, the museum has been financially struggling in recent years as efforts to balance the budget have made little progress. After a thorough review of the situation, the board has decided to sell the museum to the Museum of Modern Art.

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Cite: Karen Cilento. "MoMA set to buy American Folk Art Museum " 12 May 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/134518/moma-set-to-buy-american-folk-art-museum> ISSN 0719-8884

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