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Patrick Bringley offers an intimate perspective on one of the world's greatest institutions. But All the Beauty in the World is about much more: the strange human impulse to make art, the mystery of experiencing art, and what role art can play in our lives. What a gift. --Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind This book makes me yearn to have Patrick Bringley at my side in every museum I will visit for the rest of my life. Having a copy of All the Beauty in the World in my purse will be the next best thing. --Hope Jahren, author of Lab Girl and The Story of More Illuminating and transformative experiences shared by a guard from one of the world's greatest museums. Patrick Bringley is a lucky guy. --Kerry James Marshall, artist, Mastry retrospective at the Met Simply wonderful. This funny, moving, beautifully written book takes the reader on a journey that unfolds as epiphanies. It is a testament to the capacity of art to illuminate life. --Keith Christiansen, Curator Emeritus, the Metropolitan Museum of Art An astounding book about an astounding place. All the Beauty in the World is at once a keenly intelligent examination of the power of art and a profoundly empathetic exploration of the workaday culture that makes art visible to all. --Alex Ross, New Yorker staff writer and author of Wagnerism and The Rest is Noise

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Patrick Bringley worked for ten years as a guard in the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Prior to that, he worked in the editorial events office at The New Yorker. He lives with his wife and children in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. All the Beauty in the World is his first book.

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