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“You pick your way from room to room, around the world, and through time. And suddenly hours have passed, your blood sugar has plummeted, and a kind guard tells you the museum is closing.” —Sarah Green
Collectors have collected across categories for ages, and more recently auctions and even art fairs have made efforts in that direction, but museums’ efforts have mostly appeared piecemeal – a curatorial reassignment here, a cross-category exhibition there. But what could it look like if such an enormous and august institution such as the Met were to really make a comprehensive effort? In this video, the always great PBS series, The Art Assignment takes on the question.
