{"id":510372,"date":"2026-06-21T00:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T00:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/510372\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T00:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T00:22:24","slug":"art-by-giacometti-meets-ancient-egypt-in-met-museum-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/510372\/","title":{"rendered":"Art by Giacometti Meets Ancient Egypt in Met Museum Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled a harmonious juxtaposition of eras this week with \u201cGiacometti in the Temple of Dendur,\u201d<\/a> an installation of 17 works by 20th-century artist Alberto Giacometti<\/a> against the backdrop of the 1st century B.C. Egyptian<\/a> temple. The exhibition includes 14 sculptures on loan from the Fondation Giacometti<\/a>. It showcases the inspiration that Giacometti took from ancient art. Works featured in the exhibition<\/a> include 1932\u2019s Walking Woman (I), displayed in the Temple\u2019s entry hall, and Women of Venice, from 1956.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy situating Giacometti\u2019s work in dialogue with the Temple of Dendur, this installation underscores how deeply the ancient world shaped modern artistic expression,\u201d observed Max Hollein, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan,<\/a> adding, \u201c\u2018Giacometti in the Temple of Dendur\u2019\u00a0reflects The Met\u2019s unique ability to offer new perspectives by bringing works of art from different times and cultures into conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Temple of Dendur has been a highlight of the Met<\/a> since it was first installed in 1978. It was a gift from Egypt<\/a> to the U.S. in 1965, when it faced destruction due to flooding from construction of the Aswan High Dam. The Temple was originally built to honor the goddess Isis, but it also has references to local Nubian deities and the Roman Emperor Augustus. The exterior is carved in sunken relief, while the exterior is carved in raised relief. Dendur also bears the marks from centuries of graffiti-prone tourists. Viewed alongside Giacometti,<\/a> the reliefs make his love for the art of the ancient world clear from the silhouettes alone.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Ancient<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Temple of Dendur, ca. 15 B.C. Egyptian, Nubia, Dendur. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Given to the United States by Egypt in 1965, awarded to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967, and installed in The Sackler Wing in 1978
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York <\/p>\n

\u201cPlacing Giacometti\u2019s sculptures around and within the Temple of Dendur invites us to reconsider the monument not only as an extraordinary work of ancient architecture<\/a> but as a living sacred environment,\u201d said Aude Semat, associate curator for Egyptian Art,<\/a> continuing, \u201cThe installation foregrounds the temple\u2019s original spatial and symbolic functions while opening a dialogue across millennia about how sculpture mediates presence and belief.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"Exterior<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Metropolitan Museum of Art.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Google Arts & Culture<\/p>\n

\u201cGiacometti in the Temple of Dendur\u201d is on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art through September 8, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled a harmonious juxtaposition of eras this week with \u201cGiacometti in the Temple…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[102837,44733,2273,1484,307,304,305,306,308,93,4197,61,60,4540,4320,6107,59772],"class_list":["post-510372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-alberto-giacometti","tag-ancient-egypt","tag-art","tag-artist","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-exhibitions","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-museums","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}