THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 A revelatory portrait of a great museum and the moving story of one guards quest to find solace and meaning in artWho would have thought that the outstanding art book of you would have been written not by a curator or an art historian or even an artist but by a museum guard Sunday TimesWhen Patricks older brother dies at twentysix all he wants is to retreat. So he does. He quits his job and seeks refuge in the most beautiful place he can think of New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art.All the Beauty in the World recounts Patricks time as a museum guard keeping quiet vigil over some of our greatest treasures and uncovering the Mets innermost secrets.