Feb 20, 2019
While the pieces on display are beautiful, The Met's Jewelry: The Body Transformed exhibition is lacking in curatorial vision, dividing the objects into blandly-broad thematic sections.
Jewelry: The Body Transformed features some 230 intriguing objects from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s vast collection, from ancient Egyptian flip-flops made of gold to Alexander Calder’s loopy “Jealous Husband Necklace.” The exhibit demonstrates both the pitfalls and successes of a collection show; Transformed is loosely held together by an uninspired curatorial concept that is contrived to bring together motley items. However, it also demonstrates the impressive depth of the Met’s collection — the jewelry does not disappoint.
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