Diana the Huntress, on loan from the Musee du Louvre

I recently had the opportunity to check out the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Cast In Bronze exhibition, which runs through May 24.  I’m admittedly not the world’s greatest expert on bronzes, but this exhibit was FUN.  Why?  I took an artist with me.

If you’ve been following along, you may recall one of our special contributors is a friend of mine with a seemingly never-ending list of unusual hidden talents.  (Men!)  One of his less-hidden talents is that he’s an extremely gifted artist, and in particular, a sculptor. I highly recommend taking a sculptor to the museum as your personal tour guide.  Particularly if you can find a cute one.  (This last feature is unlikely to add utility to the exhibit itself given the presence of security guards, but I still recommend it from an aesthetic standpoint if you can manage it.) Since I’m guessing that might present a challenge for most people, however, I’ll do my best to share what I learned in my tour of the exhibit.

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