All the beauty in the world : a museum guard's adventures in life, loss and art / Patrick Bringley.

• A revelatory portrait of a great museum and the moving story of one guard's quest to find solace and meaning in art. 'Who would have thought that the outstanding art book of you would have been written not by a curator or an art historian or even an artist - but by a museum guard?' Sunday Times. When Patricks older brother dies at twenty-six, all he wants is to retreat. So, he does. He quits his job and seeks refuge in the most beautiful place he can think of: New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art. All the Beauty in the World recounts Patricks time as a museum guard, keeping quiet vigil over some of our greatest treasures and uncovering the Mets innermost secrets. As his connection to the art and the life that swirls around it grows, so does Patrick and gradually he emerges transformed by heartbreak, community and the power of art to illuminate life in all its pain, pleasure and hope. 

Ämnesord

Museer  (sao)

Anställda  (sao)

Konst  (sao)

Konstmuseer  (sao)

Art  (LCSH)

Art museums  (LCSH)

Employees  (LCSH)

Museums  (LCSH)

Förenta staterna  -- New York (delstat) (sao)

Genre

Självbiografier  (saogf)

Personnamn

Bringley, Patrick

Institutionsnamn

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Lz Biografi: särskilda personer

Iib-qaz Konstmuseer: Förenta staterna: särskilda museer och samlingar

Klassifikation

708.1471 (DDC)

Lz Bringley, Patrick (kssb/8)

Iib-qaz New York: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (kssb/8)