Tuesday at 10am and the Metropolitan Museum of Art was packed.

Being a member I prefer members hours. I usually visit on the weekends at 9am.

The lines at both entrances were long.

I entered and made a beeline for the Man Ray exhibit.

American artist Man Ray (1890–1976) was a visionary known for his radical experiments that pushed the limits of photography, painting, sculpture and film.

In the winter of 1921, he pioneered the rayograph, a new twist on a technique used to make photographs without a camera. By placing objects on or near a sheet of light-sensitive paper, which he exposed to light and developed, Man Ray turned recognizable subjects into wonderfully mysterious compositions.

Introduced in the period between Dada and Surrealism, the rayographs’ transformative, magical qualities led to describe his work as dreamlike.

His early career was devoted to painting and then he focused solely on his photographic work.

Take the tour;

It was a lovely day so I headed to the roof garden. I made a point of visiting the MET roof since the exhibit closes on October 19th.

Sadly, the Roof Garden will be closed for a minimum of five years as the museum is building a new, Tang Wing, a modern annd contemporary art wing.

The roof garden will be torn down. The good news is that the future of the proposed, expanded, two story roof garden will be a 360 degree experience, affording the visitor the opportunity to stroll the entire roof with an unlimited view of the city from your perch above the MET.

For the 2025 Roof Garden Commission, Jennie C. Jones (born 1968, Cincinnati, Ohio) has produced,  Ensemble.

Only her second outdoor sculptural installation, the project explores the sonic potential of stringed instruments. In the artist’s unique response to modernism, these acoustic sculptures propose the line of the string as a proxy for art history, unbroken and continuous. I have no idea about the concept, but the view is impressive.

Finally, I made a quick trek around the museum, taking in the John Wilson exhibit and the Egyptian section.

Here are a few MET sights: