The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art is a maze of glass cabinets in the Met’s American Wing. It houses hundreds and hundreds of pieces of furniture, paintings, and decorative arts, not exhibited in the traditional sense but in perpetually “open” storage—just as art should always be. It is also now my favorite place in New York City.

The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art is a maze of glass cabinets in the Met’s American Wing. It houses hundreds and hundreds of pieces of furniture, paintings, and decorative arts, not exhibited in the traditional sense but in perpetually “open” storage—just as art should always be. It is also now my favorite place in New York City.

January 19, 2012    21 notes    Comments

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  1. shellvetica reblogged this from caryrandolph and added:
    Historical Society (so many death masks!) and/or the Brooklyn Museum.
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    universe. To see more examples...open storage, which is the coolest technique for...
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