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DESCRIPTION:Jun 12 - Sep 8\, 2026\nIn the early 20th century\, when Alberto
  Giacometti (1901–1966) was still a student\, the treasures of Pharaoh A
 khenaton were unearthed. The discovery prompted news headlines and the anc
 ients were suddenly in the spotlight. In 1920\, Giacometti attended an exh
 ibition in Florence and became enthralled with Egypt. He began visiting th
 e Egyptian wings at the Louvre\, sketching antiquities\, and thumbing thro
 ugh history books on Ancient Egypt. Like Egyptian statues\, Giacometti’s
  gaunt figures stride forward\, representing motion\, the essence of life.
  This exhibition brings the work of Giacometti into dialogue with the Met
 ’s Temple of Dendur. Co-organized with the Fondation Giacometti\, it fea
 tures 17 sculptures—14 figures in bronze and plaster on loan from the Fo
 ndation\, including rarely seen painted plasters\, and three from the Met 
 collection. As the curators write\, “Long preoccupied with how sculpture
  might convey solitude\, vulnerability\, and the persistence of the human 
 figure\, Giacometti found in ancient Egyptian art a model of formal restra
 int and spiritual intensity that would shape his mature work.”
LOCATION:Metropolitan Museum of Art\, 1000 5th Ave\, New York\, NY 10028\, 
 USA
SUMMARY:Giacometti in the Temple of Dendur
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 ple-of-dendur
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