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The Facade Commission: Wangechi Mutu

The NewOnes, will free Us

September 9, 2019 — January 12, 2020

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Images

Installation view of The Seated I, II, III, and IV, 2019 for The Facade Commission: Wangechi Mutu, The NewOnes, will free Us, 2019.

Installation view of The Seated I, 2019 for The Facade Commission: Wangechi Mutu, TheNewOnes, will free Us, 2019.

Installation view of The Seated I, 2019 for The Facade Commission: Wangechi Mutu, The NewOnes, will free Us, 2019.

Installation view of The Seated II, 2019 for The Facade Commission: Wangechi Mutu, The NewOnes, will free Us, 2019. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo by Bruce Schwarz

Installation view of The Seated III, 2019 for The Facade Commission: Wangechi Mutu, The NewOnes, will free Us, 2019.

Installation view of The Seated III, 2019 for The Facade Commission: Wangechi Mutu, The NewOnes, will free Us, 2019.

Installation view of The Seated IV, 2019 for The Facade Commission: Wangechi Mutu, The NewOnes, will free Us, 2019.

Installation view of The Seated IV, 2019 for The Facade Commission: Wangechi Mutu, The NewOnes, will free Us, 2019.

Press Release

Vielmetter Los Angeles congratulates Wangechi Mutu on her commission for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Fifth Avenue façade niches to inaugurate a new annual artist commission series on contemporary art.

For more information, please visit The Met’s website.

Artists

Wangechi Mutu