My 30th Birthday at The Met

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NICHOLAS TODD GRAY
DECEMBER 8TH, 2011
30th BIRTHDAY PARTY

MY ‘FOUR CORNERS’ MET TOUR

Mountain
Modern, 20th century
Black Lindbi limestone with carved wood stand

Fragment of the Face of a Queen
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/100000808

Temple of Dendur
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/100004628
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Dendur

The Frank Lloyd Wright Room
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/7873

Pair of staircases from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building
http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/10008153

Room from the Palais Paar, Vienna (#526 on map)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/120018474

Sofa and Two Armchairs

Polar Bear, ca 1923
http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/210007892

The History of Navigation Mural, 1934
http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/210001741

Goa Stone and Case
India, Goa, Mughal period
late 17th – early 18th century
http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/140012691

Ceiling
(located in the new Islamic wing)
Spain, 16th century
Wood; carved, painted, and gilded

Spectrum V, 1969
Ellsworth Kelly
Oil on canvas
http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/210010036

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ABOUT MY ‘FOUR CORNERS’ MET TOUR

One year ago someone took me to the MET late on a Saturday night.

The museum was almost empty, and I was totally captivated. The lighting and the size and the scale of everything made me feel good.

I came back to the museum the next weekend and explored more. And then I came back again and again, usually in two hour intervals.
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I do not pretend to be an art historian.
I know very little about art.

This is simply a tour of my favorite pieces at the Met right now. About twelve, literally spread across all four corners of the building.

You can expect amateur commentary such as, “I like the color of this”  and “I want to steal this one.”

At the end of my tour, I hope we will have become closer through our shared appreciation of art.

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Are you a friend of mine IRL? Get in touch with me for a private tour. I love going to the Met w/my friends and showing off my favorite finds on Friday and Saturday nights.