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This #ThrowbackThursday, we're revisiting the 2017 exhibition "Marisa Merz: The Sky Is a Great Space" the first major retrospective in the United States of the Italian painter, sculptor, and installation artist—whom we lost last summer at age 93.⁣ ⁣ Merz gained international prominence as part of the circle of artists associated with Arte Povera in the 1960s. She was the sole female protagonist of the movement and one of the few Italian women at the time to present her work in major international venues.⁣ ⁣ The exhibition, co-organized with @hammer_museum, brought together five decades of Merz’s work distinguished by an incredible range and uncompromising consistency.⁣ ⁣ What’s your favorite memory from the @metbreuer? ​We're exploring a few of ours from the #MetBreuer's 2017-18 season in our Stories. Share ​yours using #MetBreuerMemories.⁣ ⁣ [Image descriptions: A large balloon-like silver structure hangs from a gallery ceiling; below it is a chair crafted from the same material. A gallery space with multiple large paintings on the wall and a table at the center. A view from one gallery space into another. Balloon-like silver structures hang from a gallery ceiling with bright neon paint decoration.]

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自從疫情爆發後，大都會博物館由3月13日便關閉，而博物館作為美國最大文化機構之一，率先做出安全性考量而暫定開放，曾預計將會8月中旬重開。

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"My idea of the sacred is not rooted in any specific culture. To me it is a feeling that I may get in a church, mosque, temple, or forest. The countryside is filled with places where divinity dwells."⁣⁣ —Mrinalini Mukherjee⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Today, our #MetBreuerMemories take us back to the ever phenomenal #MrinaliniMukherjee, whose 2019 exhibition "Phenomenal Nature" was the first retrospective of her artwork in the United States, exploring her work with fiber, as well as ceramics and bronze, and highlighting the radical intervention she made in integrating crafting techniques with modernism.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Inspired by nature and using an intuitive, laborious process of working with her hands, Mukherjee created unusual, mysterious, sexual, and, at times, grotesque and unsettling forms. ⁣ ⁣ Imbued with a powerful, contemporary ethos, her sculptures bask in undoing the distinction between the traditional and the modern.⁣⁣ ➡️ Visit our Story Highlights to see more from the 2018–19 Breuer season and earlier exhibitions. ⁣⁣ What's your favorite memory from the #MetBreuer? ⁣⁣ #TBT #MetBreuerMemories⁣⁣ [Image descriptions: Three large, upright, intricate fiber sculptures in rust, eggplant, and sand colors. Two bronze sculptures, one curved like a branch, the other small and compact.]

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大都會博物館在過去一個多世紀的歷史中從未關閉過超多3天的時間，但今次博物館決定重開，仍會按照紐約的疾病控制和預防中心(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 的指引。採取一系列的安全措施和清潔程序，並且要求參觀者和工作人員必須要戴上口罩，而參觀人數限制於不多於原本的25%。同時博物館被要求保持社交距離，鼓勵勤洗手。

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"It is all well and good to copy what one sees, but it is much better to draw only what remains in one's memory. This is a transformation in which imagination and memory collaborate." —Edgar Degas, born #OnThisDay in 1834 This juxtaposition of a prominent, bursting bouquet and the off-center figure, gazing off to the right, exemplifies Degas’ aim of capturing individuals in seemingly casual, slice-of-life views. The sitter is probably the wife of the artist’s childhood friend Paul Valpinçon; Degas immensely enjoyed outings to their country house, Ménil-Hubert, and the dahlias, asters, and gaillardias in the bouquet would suggest a late summer visit. ? ? #EdgarDegas (French, 1834–1917). A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers, 1865. Oil on canvas. @meteuropeanpaintings #MetAnywhere [Image descriptions: An overflowing bouquet of red, orange, yellow, pink, white, and blue flowers sits on a table next to a pitcher of water in a green wallpapered room. To the right of the bouquet, a well-dressed woman sits with her arm resting on the table and her hand on her chin, staring off at something out of the frame. The following images are close-ups of the aforementioned bouquet and woman, both rendered with energetic brushstrokes.]

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大都會博物館內首個映入眼簾的便是《Making The Met: 1870-2020》新展覽，是大都會博物館150週年的標誌性展覽；而還有《Jacob Lawrence: The American StruggleDetour》以及由 Costume Institute 舉辦的《In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection》將會延長至9月27日。

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“I always thought that fashion is really just another name for time.” ⁣—Andrew Bolton, the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of @metcostumeinstitute⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Though #MetAboutTime won’t open until October, get a sneak peek now! ⁣⁣⏱️⏱️⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Tap the link in bio to go inside “About Time: Fashion and Duration,” with @hamishbowles as your guide. Explore how fashion has evolved in the last 150 years—and where it’s headed next—in this first look at the exhibition from @VogueMagazine. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ? @annieleibovitz ⁣ ? @therealgracecoddington

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同時今年原訂5月上映的《About Time: Fashion and Duration》也將在10月29日發佈。

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