I-Metropolitan Museum yamukele izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-6.2 ngonyaka wezimali

E-NEW YORK, NY - I-Metropolitan Museum of Art imemezele namuhla ukuthi abantu abayizigidi eziyi-6.2 abavela eNew York City, indawo enezifunda ezintathu, ngaphesheya kwe-United States, nakwamanye amazwe angama-187 - bavakashele uMnyuziyamu ngonyaka wezimali ophele ngoJuni 30. Onyakeni wesithathu olandelanayo, inani lababekhona eMnyuziyamu selidlule ezigidini eziyisithupha—izinga eliphakeme kakhulu labavakashi selokhu uMnyuziyamu waqala ukulandelela izibalo zokwamukelwa eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-40 edlule. Inombolo ihlanganisa ukuya kuzo zombili izakhiwo eziyinhloko ku-Fifth Avenue kanye nemnyuziyamu yase-Cloisters nezingadi ezise-Manhattan engenhla, igatsha le-Metropolitan elizinikele kwezobuciko nezakhiwo zeNkathi Ephakathi. AbakwaCloisters bathole ukwanda okumangazayo kwama-50% kwababekhona onyakeni wezimali odlule, okuhehe izivakashi ezicela ku-350,000.

“Siyaziqhenya ukumemezela ukuthi, onyakeni wesithathu olandelanayo, samukele izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyisithupha eMnyuziyamu,” kusho uThomas P. Campbell, uMqondisi kanye no-CEO weMetropolitan. “Lokhu kukhombisa ngokusobala isasasa lomphakathi eliqhubekayo mayelana namaqoqo, imibukiso nezinhlelo zeMuseum. Kulo Septhemba, sizovula i-David H. Koch Plaza entsha phambi kwesakhiwo sethu esikhulu ngaku-Fifth Avenue. Lapho ukwakhiwa sekuqediwe, leli plaza elisha lizoba yindawo entsha kunazo zonke zezindawo zomphakathi ezinkulu zeDolobha laseNew York, linikeze izivakashi zethu ezivela emhlabeni wonke ithuba lokungena ku-Met ngemfudumalo nenjabulo.”

Uqhube wathi, “Sijabule kakhulu futhi ukuthi abakwaCloisters bagubhe inani lababekhona ngendlela engakaze ibonwe onyakeni wezimali odlule, ohambisana neminyaka engu-75 yaba khona. Izivakashi ezengeziwe ezingu-110,000 zavakashela imibukiso, imibukiso yeqoqo nezingadi ze-The Cloisters, uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule.”

Lona bekuwunyaka wokuqala lapho uMnyuziyamu uvulelwe umphakathi izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngesonto. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isikhathi sokuvula sithuthelwe ngo-10:00 ekuseni, kuyilapho amaqembu ezikole amukelwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi kusukela ngo-9:30. (I-Museum ngaphambilini yayivaliwe ngoMsombuluko.)

Izivakashi Onyakeni Wezimali ka-2014 zidwetshwe ngobuningi bazo e-New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800 (evulwe ngoMeyi 23, 2013) kanye nesikhungo esisanda kulungiswa nesisanda kuqanjwa ngokuthi i-Anna Wintour Costume Centre (eyavulwa ngoMeyi 8, 2014). Kusukela ngomhla zingama-30 kuJuni 2014, lezo zindawo zegalari zamukele izivakashi eziyi-729,839 kanye nezi-143,843 ngokulandelana kwazo.

Inani lababekhona embukisweni nalo libe namandla kakhulu kuze kube umhlaka-30 Juni we-Jewels by JAR (257,243); ISilla: UMbuso Wegolide WaseKorea (194,105 191,866); UBalthus: Amakati Namantombazane—Imidwebo Nokucasula (189,209 1500); I-Ken Price Sculpture: I-Retrospective (1800); I-Interwoven Globe: I-Worldwide Textile Trade, 180,322–151,154 (127,224); Ubuciko be-Ink: Ngaphambilini Njengoba Bukhona E-Contemporary China (XNUMX); futhi, eThe Cloisters, uJanet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet (XNUMX).

Emasontweni okugcina emibukiso edumile yasehlobo eledlule i-PUNK: Chaos to Couture (evalwe ngo-August 14 futhi yadonsa izivakashi ezingu-442,350), Izithombe kanye neMpi Yombango YaseMelika (eyavala ngo-August 25 futhi yaheha abantu abangu-323,853), kanye neKhomishini Yengadi Yophahla: Imran Qureshi ( evalwe ngoNovemba 3 futhi yahanjelwa izivakashi ezingu-395,239) nayo yaba nesandla ekubangeni okuphezulu kwababekhona ngo-FY 2014.

Isibalo sababekhona se-Met esiyizigidi ezingu-6.2 sihlanganisa cishe izivakashi zesikole ezingu-206,000. Ubulungu bufinyelele ku-151,269.

Ukwengeza, iwebhusayithi ye-Metropolitan Museum (www.metmuseum.org) iqophe abasebenzisi abahlukile abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-26 oNyakeni Wezimali ka-2014. I-akhawunti ye-Facebook ye-Museum inabalandeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.17 (ekwazi ukufinyelela abantu abayizigidi ezingu-92). Okuphakelayo kwayo kwe-Twitter kufinyelela ngaphezu kwe-760,000. Futhi i-akhawunti yayo ye-Instagram, esanda kuwina indondo ye-Webby, manje inabalandeli abangu-180,000. I-Museum yethula ukuba khona kwayo ku-Weibo, enye yezinkundla zokuxhumana ezinkulu kakhulu zaseChina, ngoDisemba 2013; okuthunyelwe kwe-Met sekuvele kunokubukwa okucishe kube izigidi ezi-3.

I-David H. Koch Plaza izovulwa ngoSepthemba 9, 2014. Le ndawo entsha yomphakathi ephambi kweDolobha elikhulu izohlanganisa ukufinyelela okuthuthukisiwe, imithombo yesimanje, ukwakheka kwezwe nokukhanya okusha, kanye nezihlalo. Ukwakhiwa kweplaza entsha kwenzeka ngoJanuwari 2013.