Walking Tour: Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at the Met

Cubism, one of the most influential art movements of the early twentieth century, destroyed traditional illusionism in painting and radically changed the way we see the world. Over the course of his life, Leonard A. Lauder created an unsurpassed collection of cubist art, a promised gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art which took effect after Lauder’s passing in 2025. The Leanard A. Lauder Collection is showcased in the museum’s Nineteenth Century Wing with numerous paintings, collages, drawings, and sculpture by the four preeminent cubist artists: Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963), Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887–1927), Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955), and Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973).