Metropolitan Museum presents an unusual exhibition Automatic translate

An unusual exhibition called the Employee Art Show will be shown until August 19 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. However, starting today, regular visitors will not be able to see the exposition consisting of the works of the employees of this prestigious museum. This “privilege” will only have the relatives and friends of the authors, according to the New York Times.

Photos from the last exhibition. Photo: Alexandra Delacruz

Such exhibitions are held in the Museum once every two years, while each employee has the opportunity to present one of his works. All exhibitions are “closed” in nature, they are not advertised among the general public. A museum space is allocated for employees’ art shows on the second floor in the southwestern part of the building, in the exhibition hall of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor, where in 2011 Alexander McQueen’s unique exhibition “Savage Beauty” was shown.

Every year about five thousand people take part in such an exhibition. This year the exposition is composed of 400 works, among which painting, sculpture and installations dominate. It is worth noting that a significant part of the work was created by the museum security personnel.

Harold Holzer, representative of the Department of Public Relations of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, declined to comment on the contents of the exhibition and the rules for visiting it, noting that this is a special case. According to some reports, the employees themselves are also forbidden to disclose the details of the action.

Nevertheless, several guards made comments for the press, where they expressed their disagreement with the "closed" nature of the event. They believe that management does not want the works presented to rise in market price. According to employees, many of the works exhibited deserve the attention of art lovers.

However, some of the work of non-professional artists and sculptors can be seen in the Family Business Gallery, in Chelsea, where an exhibition of security guards working in various museums of the Big Apple is held annually.

Anna Sidorova