Working: How Curator Sheena Wagstaff Chooses Art for the Met

Published: May 24, 2020, 9 a.m.

b"Host Rumaan Alam talks about art curation with Sheena Wagstaff, who leads the Metropolitan Museum's program of modern and contemporary art for the Met Breuer and the Met Fifth Avenue. First they discuss the curator\\u2019s role of deciding which works of art are culturally important. Then Wagstaff makes her case for why people should see art in person and why it\\u2019s such a tragedy that no one is able to see the Met Brauer\\u2019s current exhibition of works from prolific German painter Gerhard Richter.\\xa0\\nSend your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com.\\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews.\\nAnd if you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence\\u2014and you\\u2019ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. It\\u2019s only $35 for the first year, and you can get a free two-week trial now at\\xa0slate.com/workingplus\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"