Friday, October 28, 2011

New Islamic Galleries at the Met

The new galleries for the Islamic world at the Metropolitan Museum in New York open November 1. The NY Times has a review, with slide show, and there is much more on the museum web site.

What a wonderful collection. These pictures made me want to hop on the train to New York. I honestly don't remember seeing any Islamic galleries at the Met before; I think I was too caught up in classical sculpture and Renaissance paintings to notice anything else. But I will pay these galleries a visit next time.

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