The New Museum in New York City was founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker, a former curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. She conceived of the museum as an alternative artist space that did not require a permanent home in order to make an impact. Accordingly, the New Museum, unlike such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, does not build a vast permanent collection of established masters or historical works. Instead it focuses on exhibiting living, often emerging artists.
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