Being at the Met, to me, is similar to a day’s work in the studio – take on that which is unfamiliar and most daunting first, be open to unforeseen possibilities, then let the rest of your energy take you where it will.
Richard Pantell on his five favorite paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art … this week.
When I visit the Metropolitan Museum, I am able to travel back in time to communicate with artists living centuries ago, and ask them, How did you do that? Why did you do that?
Often not even the artist knows for certain when a work of art is done.
“For me the Metropolitan Museum of Art embodies a cross-pollination of cultures in symbiosis.”