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21-2769: Breuer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amit Breuer , Canadian-Israeli documentary filmmaker Annabel Breuer (born 1992), German wheelchair fencer and wheelchair basketball player Bessie Breuer (1893–1975), American journalist and author Beverley Breuer , American actress Carolyn Breuer (born 1969), German musician David Breuer-Weil (born 1965), English artist Eric Breuer , Swiss archaeologist and historian Grit Breuer (born 1972), German sprinter Hans Breuer (physicist) (1933–2020), German physicist Hans Breuer (politician) , German politician Isaac Breuer (1883–1946), German rabbi Jacob Breuer (1916–2008), Israeli lawyer Jacques Breuer (born 1956), Austrian actor Jean Breuer (born 1938), German cyclist Jean Breuer (cyclist, born 1919) (1919–1986), Belgian cyclist Jim Breuer (born 1967), American comedian Josef Breuer (1842–1925), Austrian physician and physiologist Joseph Breuer (1882–1980), Hungarian-born German and American rabbi Lanny A. Breuer (born 1958), American lawyer Lee Breuer (1937–2021), American playwright and theatre director Lyn Breuer (born 1951), Australian politician Mala Breuer (1927–2017), American artist Marcel Breuer (1902–1981), Hungarian-born American architect and furniture designer Marco Breuer (born 1966), German photographer Marita Breuer (born 1953), German actress Marv Breuer (1914–1991), American baseball player Michel Breuer (born 1980), Dutch footballer Miles J. Breuer (1889–1945), science fiction writer and physician Mordechai Breuer (1921–2007), German-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi Mordechai Breuer (historian) (1918–2007), German-Jewish historian Peter Breuer (1856–1930), German sculptor Randy Breuer (born 1960), American basketball player Renate Breuer (born 1939), West German sprint canoeist Rolf-Ernst Breuer (1937–2024), German businessman and jurist Shayne Breuer (born 1972), Australian rules footballer Siegfried Breuer (1906–1954), Austrian actor Siegfried Breuer Jr. (1930–2004), Austrian actor Solomon Breuer (1850–1926), Hungarian-born German rabbi Theo Breuer (born 1956), German poet, essayist, editor, translator and publisher Theo Breuer (footballer) (1909–1980), German footballer Thomas C. Breuer (born 1952), German writer and cabaret artist William Breuer (1922–2010), American military historian Ursula Merkin (1919–2006), German-born American philanthropist, born Ursula Breuer See also [ edit ] Beurer , German manufacturer Brewer (surname) Meike Breuer , fictional character in

42-557: A Red Armchair as well as work by Kerry James Marshall , whose retrospective exhibition “Mastry” appeared at the Met Breuer in the autumn and winter of 2016–7. In September 2018, it was announced that the Met intended to vacate the Met Breuer three years early, in 2020, with the Frick Collection temporarily occupying the space while its main building underwent renovations. The closure

63-717: A juror for the CPH DOX Copenhagen Amnesty Award. Met Breuer The Met Breuer ( / ˈ b r ɔɪ . ər / BROY -ər ) was a museum of modern and contemporary art at Madison Avenue and East 75th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan , New York City . It served as a branch museum of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (known as the Met) from 2016 to 2020. The Met Breuer opened in March 2016 in

84-425: A year and a half of preparations as part of a $ 600 million Metropolitan Museum of Art renovation plan. Architects Beyer Blinder Belle updated the Met Breuer building, which had been designed by Marcel Breuer . The Met allocated an annual operating budget of $ 17 million to run the museum as part of an integrated expansion of the main museum's outreach, with a focus on modern art. The Met has an eight-year lease on

105-642: The Breuer Building formerly occupied by the Whitney Museum of American Art , designed by Marcel Breuer and completed in 1966. Its works came from the Met's collection, and it housed both monographic and thematic exhibitions. In March 2020, the museum announced it would temporarily close due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Three months later, in June, the Met announced that the museum would close permanently. Control of

126-791: The Best Canadian Documentary Award from the National Film Board of Canada and the Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs Film Festival . In 2001, Breuer served as a member of the jury to select award winners for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. She also served as a moderator in 2012 and a presenter in 2013 at South By Southwest , an annual film, interactive media and music festival in Austin , Texas . She has also served as

147-942: The Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; best feature-length documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam; the Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival; and the Docupolis Award for Best Documentary in Barcelona Docupolis. Later that year, Purity won the Fipa d'Or Award for Creative Documentary; the International Documentary Film Festival's Special Documentary Award;

168-610: The German soap opera Verbotene Liebe Met Breuer , defunct museum in New York City Khal Adath Jeshurun , Orthodox German Jewish Ashkenazi congregation in New York City, colloquially known as Breuer's [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Breuer . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding

189-893: The Jerusalem Internal Film Festival's Mayor Award for Best Documentary Film; the SCAM Prize's Discovery of the Year; and both the Citizens Prize and Special Prize from the Yamagata International Documentary Film. Love Letters to the Future won two Webby Awards for the Green Category and the People's Choice Award in 2010. It also won a Gemini award for Best Non-fiction Series Online. In 2011, The Guantanamo Trap won

210-504: The Met Breuer's opening, March 2016 In advance of the Met Breuer's opening, The New York Times art critic Roberta Smith wrote that the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other major art institutions feared to miss out as the rest of the art world displayed more contemporary art exhibitions. Smith said that the Met excelled at "bringing older art to life" and that the Met Breuer's cautious opening exhibit showed unclear goals for

231-649: The Met to be the largest encyclopedic museum in the world, with the Met Breuer an important part of that, especially as it works towards meaningfully engaging with a global audience, as well as the visitors who come to the museum in person. Both Campbell and Wagstaff saw the Met Breuer as a sculptural creation and artwork in its own right. The opening featured a survey of Nasreen Mohamedi and "Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible", an exhibit of incomplete works that ranged over 500 years, from Italian Renaissance to contemporary paintings. The exhibit notably featured Pablo Picasso 's never-before-exhibited 1931 painting Woman in

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252-845: The Stars in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Later that year, she co-produced Love Letters to the Future, a transmedia project designed to send messages about climate change to future generations. In 1993, St. Jean won Best Documentary for the Wolgin Award for Israeli Cinema, Jerusalem film Festival and the Israel Academy Awards. Human Weapon was featured in the Middle East Studies Association FilmFest and won Special Commendation from Prix Europa in 2002. In 2003, Checkpoint won many awards including Best International Documentary at

273-477: The artistic director until 2009. In 2006, Amit Breuer co-founded the DocAgora Association, an organization that hosts events and forums on the documentary film industry at festivals and markets worldwide. She also served as the association's president until 2009. Breuer produced Planet Sin, a series of short films centered around the seven deadly sins in 2011. The shorts were screened at Shorts Under

294-603: The building from the Whitney Museum , with the option to renew another five and a half years, until approximately 2029. The Met Breuer was overseen by Sheena Wagstaff , previously at the Tate Modern , who has been the head of the Modern and Contemporary Art Department of the Met since 2012. Director and CEO of the Met, Thomas P. Campbell , spearheaded the effort with a stated focus on the digital (moving from analog to digital) and focusing on accessibility and outreach. He considered

315-562: The building was transferred to the Frick Collection for its use during renovations to the Frick's main building , an arrangement which predated the COVID outbreak. In 2008, the idea behind the Met Breuer project was initiated by philanthropist Leonard Lauder . An agreement between the Met and the Whitney was signed, after three years of negotiation, in 2011. The location opened in March 2016 following

336-415: The new building. Wallpaper cited the renovations involved in the opening as being more representative of Breuer's design for the building, with a lower level sunken garden and a more welcoming emphasis on the sculptural design. The Architect's Newspaper sees the Met's approach as one that treats the building itself as an artwork versus a building, with a focus on the patina of the materials as part of

357-486: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Breuer&oldid=1226097606 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Occupational surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Amit Breuer Amit Breuer

378-519: Was a priority of incoming Met director Max Hollein , as it had an expensive lease, low attendance, and mixed reviews. Originally, the intention was that the Met would vacate the Met Breuer building in July following an exhibition of the works of Gerhard Richter . However, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the museum to close on March 13, just eight days after the Richter exhibit opened. In June 2020, it

399-585: Was announced that the Met Breuer would close permanently, with the Frick Collection occupying the building, as planned. The building subsequently reopened as the Frick Madison on March 18, 2021 But the Met is huge and old, with a history of treating contemporary art as an afterthought. Getting it to change is like turning around an ocean liner; captain and crew are perhaps understandably proceeding cautiously. New York Times art critic Roberta Smith on

420-530: Was born in Israel and received her Bachelor of Arts in general history of art from the Tel-Aviv University in 1983. Following her graduation, Breuer studied cinematography at Beit Zvi Institute of Cinema , Ramat Gan . Breuer founded Amythos Films, an Israeli independent documentary production company, in 1993. In 2004, she moved to Toronto , Ontario , Canada and brought her company with her. The company

441-594: Was later renamed Amythos Media. Amythos Media has produced award-winning documentaries including Testimonies, St. Jean, On the Edge of Peace, The Guantanamo Trap , Sentenced to Marriage, Junction, Checkpoint , and Purity. In 2006, Breuer cofounded the Voices Forward Festival with Stacey Donen, which they aimed to build a bridge between Israeli and Palestinian communities. The festival featured movies, art exhibits, music performances, lectures and plays. Amit served as

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