The Met's CRIME STORIES Exhibition to Close, 7/31
Some 70 works from The Met collection-ranging from 19th-century "rogues galleries" and photographs of crime scenes to work by contemporary artists inspired by criminal transgression-are featured in this installation. Highlights include Alexander Gardner's documentation of the events following the assassination of President Lincoln; rare photographs by Alphonse Bertillon that are precursors of the modern mug shot; and a vivid selection of vintage news photographs of the Depression-era gangster John Dillinger, Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, and Patty Hearst captured by bank surveillance cameras in 1974. Also included are works by artists who have drawn inspiration from the criminal underworld, including Richard Avedon, Larry Clark, Walker Evans, John Gutmann, Andy Warhol, and Weegee.
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