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The following day, we met our friend Lisa at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There is a fair amount of construction there, but not to fear:

Sign at the Metropolitan Museum of Art entrance reassuring visitors that the museum is open during construction

The Met is open! Here is a slightly out of focus picture of Anne and Lisa in the lobby of the museum. Notice the nice little entrance medallions we have; they museum is stopping their use after July 1st! Also notice my fab Met Egyptian Nefer collar shirt.

Anne and Lisa standing together in the Metropolitan Museum lobby beneath a large planter

Our first stop was the roof garden exhibit. This was a flat exhibit; we felt slightly bad walking on it but it is of course designed for that. It was by an artist named Imran Qureshi, and was intricate floral designs based on historic Mughal miniatures, but in a blood red color to decry bombings in the streets.

Part of Imran Qureshi's rooftop installation at the Met showing blood-red floral forms painted across the terrace floor

Lisa, looking elegant as always, on the rooftop.

Lisa standing on the Met rooftop terrace with treetops and city buildings behind her

We covered a lot of ground in the museum. We have discovered that it is better for our backs to spend a little time in a room, examine a few items in detail, and then move on to the next. As part of the Italian Year of Culture, there is a great statue on loan to the Met called The Boxer At Rest. The detail of this statue is very impressive.

Paul standing beside the Boxer at Rest statue at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Close view of the boxer's worn bronze hands and gauntlet-like wrapping on the Boxer at Rest statue

Of course we had to check out the detailed sarcophagus that is near-by.

Lisa standing beside a large carved Roman sarcophagus at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

One highlight of the day for Anne was to discover that Georgia O'Keeffe did much more than skulls and flowers. (Okay, I did know that but it struck me this trip.)

Georgia O'Keeffe painting with smooth black and gray abstract forms on a pale ground

Another interesting modernist work that we liked was "Meeting (The Three Graces)" by Manierre Dawson. (Can 1912 be called modern?)

Manierre Dawson's painting Meeting (The Three Graces) in warm pink and brown tones

Another impressive item was an engraved prayer bead from around 1500. Keep in mind that each half of this 'bead' is only about 2.5 inches across.

Intricately carved rosary bead displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

We had lunch at the cafeteria in the museum.

Anne and Paul seated at a table in the Met cafeteria with salads and rolls on trays

Towards the end of the day, they closed off the courtyard of the American Wing for an evening event. It was fun to see the area with hardly anyone in it.

Wide view of the American Wing courtyard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with sculptures and the Charles Engelhard Court beyond

The gilded Diana statue centered in the nearly empty Charles Engelhard Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last year we shared with you a picture of the young woman texting statue (last picture on that page). To emphasize the point, we offer the following pictorial proof:

Paul looking at his phone beside the 'young woman texting' statue at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

That evening, we all went out to supper.

Paul, Anne, Diane, and Frank standing together on the sidewalk after supper

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