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The largest art museum in the Americas prepares to celebrate its 150th birthday.
The largest art museum in the Americas prepares to celebrate its 150th birthday with a treasure trove of landmark exhibitions. When COVID-19 strikes, the world shuts down and, for the first time in its history, the Met closes its doors. Then comes another crisis: in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, there are urgent demands for social justice.
The largest art museum in the Americas prepares to celebrate its 150th birthday with a treasure trove of landmark exhibitions. When COVID-19 strikes, the world shuts down and, for the first time in its history, the Met closes its doors. Then comes another crisis: in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, there are urgent demands for social justice.
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When COVID-19 strikes, the world shuts down and, for the first time in its history, the Met closes its doors. Then comes another crisis: in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, there are urgent demands for social justice.
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The hanging of Jacques Louis David's Portrait of Antoine-Laurent and Marie Anne Lavoisier at The Met Museum, New York.
Eddie Knox © Oxford Films, 2021
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The Met Museum, New York, as the Wangechi Mutu's sculptures are installed.
Eddie Knox © Oxford Films, 2021
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Conservators working on Jacques Louis David's Portrait of Antoine-Laurent and Marie Anne Lavoisier at The Met Museum, New York.
Eddie Knox © Oxford Films, 2021
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Art handlers move Stone Megalith through the European Sculptures Galleries at The Met Museum, New York.
Eddie Knox © Oxford Films, 2021
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Visitors queue to enter as The Met reopens in August 2020 after Covid 19 lockdown closure.
Taylor Hill © Taylor Hill, 2020
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