
The museum initially acknowledged that the acquisition was not problematic. The MoMA has been involved in several claims initiated by families for artworks lost in the Holocaust which ended up within the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. MoMA was pressured to shut in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. Citing the coronavirus shutdown, MoMA fired its art educators in April 2020. In May 2020, it was reported that MoMA would scale back its annual price range from $180 to $135 million starting July 1.
David Rockefeller subsequently employed famous architect Philip Johnson to redesign the museum garden, and named it in honor of his mom, the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden. The Rockefeller household and he have retained an in depth association with the museum throughout its history, with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund funding the establishment since 1947. Both David Rockefeller Jr. and Sharon …














