Friday, December 07, 2007
Beloved paintings have a new home at the Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has just opened magnificent new galleries to house its collection of nineteenth and early twentieth century European paintings. While the renovation was going on, museum visitors were often disappointed not to be able to see their favorite Cezanne or Van Gogh painting in its usual spot. But now all the beloved works are back on view, and since ten new exhibition spaces have been added, the museum can now exhibit works that have been languishing in storage, along with recently acquired oil landscape sketches by Danish and German artists. What’s more, visitors can now see these works in a chronological way which illuminates this important period in art history—a turning point between the classical and modern eras. The New York Times has provided a slide show of highlights, which only whets the appetite for more!
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