Author Interview: Patrick Bringley's "All the Beauty in the World"

ArtCurious Podcast

ArtCurious

Arts, History, Visual Arts

4.8 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Hello, listeners! I’ve got a special surprise for you this week. I’ve been waiting to share this amazing conversation that I enjoyed earlier this summer with author Patrick Bringley, all about his fantastic book about his time as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His book, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, is out now. Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They’re the guards who roam unobtrusively in dark blue suits, keeping a watchful eye on the two million square foot treasure house. Caught up in his glamorous fledgling career at The New Yorker, Patrick Bringley never thought he’d be one of them. Then his older brother was diagnosed with fatal cancer and he found himself needing to escape the mundane clamor of daily life. So he quit The New Yorker and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew. In the tradition of classic workplace memoirs like Lab Girl and Working Stiff, All The Beauty in the World is a surprising, inspiring portrait of a great museum, its hidden treasures, and the people who make it tick, by one of its most intimate observers. About the author: 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 magazine. He lives with his wife and children in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. All the Beauty in the World is his first book. Please SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW our show on Apple Podcasts and FOLLOW on Spotify Instagram / Facebook / YouTube Buy All the Beauty in the World here! SPONSORS: Lume Deodorant: Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @lumedeodorant and get over 40% off your starter pack with promo code ARTCURIOUS at lumedeodorant.com/ARTCURIOUS! #lumepod Shopify: Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/artcurious Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/ArtCuriousPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.7	Hi there, everyone, and welcome to a bonus episode of Art Curious.
0:34.2	Today, I'm happy to share with you an excellent conversation that I had over the summer
0:38.6	with Patrick Bringley, the author of the wonderful book All the Beauty in the World, the Metropolitan
0:45.0	Museum of Art and Me, which is a revelatory portrait of the Met and its treasures by a former
0:51.6	New Yorker staffer who spent a decade working as a museum guard.
0:56.2	Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1:00.7	every year, but only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny.
1:06.7	They are the guards who roam unobtrusively in dark blue suits, keeping a watchful eye on the two million square foot treasure house.
1:15.2	Caught up in his glamorous fledgling career at the New Yorker, Patrick Bringley never thought he'd be one of them.
1:21.8	Then his older brother was diagnosed with cancer, and he found himself needing to escape the mundane clamor of daily life.
1:28.7	So he quit the New Yorker and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew.
1:33.7	To his surprise and to the listener's delight, this temporary refuge becomes Bringley's home away
1:39.1	from home for a decade. We follow him as he guards delicate treasures from Egypt to Rome, strolled the
1:46.0	labyrinths beneath the galleries, wears out nine pairs of company shoes, and marvels at the
1:51.8	beautiful works in his care. Patrick Bringley worked for 10 years as a guard at the Met, and prior to that,
1:57.6	he worked in the editorial events office at the New Yorker. He lives with his wife and children in Brooklyn, and all the beauty in the world is his first book.
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