Xu Bing | People lower their voice. . . . | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

English and Chinese-like characters reading, "People lower their voice when they get close to art." and underneath in English, "Mario Botta, the Italian Swiss architect who designed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, considered the museum building a cathedral of art. SFGATE.com, 2005."

Xu Bing, Art for the People for The Met, 2020

“People lower their voice when they get close to art.” Mario Botta, the Italian Swiss architect who designed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, considered the museum building a cathedral of art. SFGATE.com, 2005.

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