
Author Interview: Patrick Bringley's "All the Beauty in the World"
Hello, listeners! I’ve got a special surprise for you this week. I’ve been waiting to share this amazing conversation that I enjoyed earlier this summer with author Patrick Bringley, all about his fantastic book about his time as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His book, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, is out now. Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They’re the...
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Hi there, everyone, and welcome to a bonus episode of Art Curious. Today, I'm happy to share with you an excellent conversation that I had over the summer with Patrick Bringley, the author of the wonderful book, All the Beauty in the World, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, which is a revelatory portrait of the Met and its treasures by a
former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade working as a museum guard. Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They are the guards, who roam unobtrusively in dark blue suits, keeping a watchful eye on the two million square foot treasure house.
Caught up in his glamorous fledgling career at the New Yorker, Patrick Brinkley never thought he'd be one of them. Then his older brother was diagnosed with cancer, and he found himself needing to escape the mundane clamor of daily life. So he quit the New Yorker and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew. To his surprise and to the listener's delight, this temporary refuge becomes Bringley's home away from home for a decade.
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