Magical Encounters: Security Guard’s Art Included in Major Met Exhibition

January 23, 2025

6 min. watch

This video is part of Meet Me at The Met, a series in which celebrated guests visit the Museum to share what they think and feel about their favorite works of art.

It was just an ordinary day for Met Security Officer Armia Malak Khalil when a chance encounter and a friendly chat led to the inclusion of his art in a major Met exhibition. As Armia tells it, “Magic happened here.”

Hope–I Am a Morning Scarab (2024) is on view in Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now through February 17, 2025. Watch the Exhibition Tour to learn more about the exhibition.

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