Xu Bing | The museum's original intention. . . . | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

English and Chinese-like characters reading, "The museum's original intention was to provide moral uplift for the masses by instructing them in the finer things." and underneath in English, "John Leonard's comments on <em>Merchants and Masterpieces: The Story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,</em> New York Times, 1970."

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

“The museum’s original intention was to provide moral uplift for the masses by instructing them in the finer things.” John Leonard's comments on Merchants and Masterpieces: The Story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York Times, 1970.

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