Nestled in a former Gilded Age mansion on the Upper East Side, the Neue Galerie showcases early 20th-century German and Austrian art, featuring Klimt's stunning Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer amidst an intimate, café-hued experience.
"Showcases Egon Schiele: Living Landscapes, focusing on natural environments and townscapes rather than human subjects."
"A jewel box of a museum, the Neue Galerie occupies a former Gilded Age Beaux-Arts mansion (completed in 1914) on a quiet block of the Upper East Side. The museum is dedicated entirely to 19th-century German and Austrian art and design, with a collection that spans paintings, furniture, sculpture, photography, and manuscripts. The star attraction, arguably, is Gustav Klimt's mesmerizing and iconic painting, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, completed in 1907. It was sold to the museum's founder, Ronald Lauder, in 2006 for $135 million. Rotating exhibits on the mansion's third level give visitors colorful glimpses into the lesser-known and appreciated annals of European art during that period." - Andrea Whittle, Charlie Hobbs
"Walking into this Upper East Side townhouse is a quick time warp into the golden age of Vienna, before the First World War. The permanent collection, displayed almost as if it were in an elegant home, includes works by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele and many design pieces from Josef Hoffman, Koloman Moser, and Werner Werkstatte. We never tire of visiting the galleries and then heading downstairs for a tea and Linzer torte at the perfectly achieved turn-of-the-century-style Cafe Sabarsky, where you dine surrounded by Adolf Loos furniture. "
"Walking into this Upper East Side townhouse is a quick time warp into the golden age of Vienna, before the First World War. The permanent collection, displayed almost as if it were in an elegant home, includes works by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele and many design pieces from Josef Hoffman, Koloman Moser, and Werner Werkstatte. We never tire of visiting the galleries and then heading downstairs for a tea and Linzer torte at the perfectly achieved turn-of-the-century-style Cafe Sabarsky, where you dine surrounded by Adolf Loos furniture. "
"Art collector Ronald Lauder and exhibition organiser Serge Sabarsky enjoyed a 30-year friendship and a shared love for modern German and Austrian art. Following Sabarsky’s death in 1996, Lauder decided to turn their passion into a reality and established the Neue Gallery in the beautiful William Starr Miller mansion on the edge of Central Park. It opened in 2001."
