Co-organised by the Fondation Giacometti and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), this presentation brings together masterpieces of Alberto Giacometti in one of New York's most iconic spaces, The Temple of Dendur, an edifice dating from the Augustan period, dedicated to the goddess Isis.
The installation of 14 works in bronze and plaster, emblematic pieces from the collection of the Fondation Giacometti in Paris, together with three from The Met collection, places the work of one of the great sculptors of the 20th century in dialogue with the ancient civilization that strongly influenced his art and his practice.
At The Met, Giacometti's figures stand alone or in groups on the temple platform—a presentation that echoes the artist's own compositions of figures as well as the life around the temple.
Installation view of Giacometti in the Temple of Dendur, on view June 12 through September 8, 2026 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen, Courtesy of The Met.
From the 12 June to the 8 September 2026
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Etats-Unis