galleries with thousands of treasured modern and contemporary art pieces including works from ellsworth kellyuck close and agnes martin. immerse yourself in a world of photography from its inception to today and discover a vibrant place where you can come and be inspired. after three years of being closed for a huge expansion and remodel project, the new and now the nation's largest contemporary art museum prepares to open its doors. join us for sfmoma, the new view on modern. >>> welcome, i'm ama daetz. for the next half hour, we are going to give you

galleries with thousands of treasured modern and contemporary art pieces including works from ellsworth kellynd agnes martin. immerse yourself in a world of photography from its inception to today and discover a vibrant place where you can come and be inspired. after three years of being closed for a huge expansion and remodel project, the new and now the nation's largest contemporary art museum prepares to open its doors. join us for sfmoma, the new view on modern.

>> the ellsworth kelly galleries are incredible.re are four galleries that cover the realm of his painting. the first gallery which is color field paintings is absolutely gorgeous and meticulously set up. i love those galleries. >> what about the sequence su sculpture. >> my brothers and i refer to it as our fourth brother. >> because he loved it that much. >> he loved it that much. it's situated at the howard street entrance to the museum and looks fantastic, very powerful and perfect in my opinion. >> i know it's like asking which one out of your kids are your favorite. but what are your favorite works? >> i love the garhart richter gallery but i also love the public spaces of the museum. really meaning full f iningful all the people coming to the museum. >> how does the expansion change moma's status in the art world? >> i think now we've really risen to the top echelon. >> you have a free public gallery on the ground floor. >> the first floor galleries are all free of charge. then we've made the museum free of charge for anyone