Fran Lebowitz: Pretend It’s a Museum

6 місяців тому

Fran Lebowitz goes behind-the-scenes to The Met’s Paintings Conservation Lab to see Rembrandt’s “Aristotle with a Bust of Homer” (1653). Along the way, she tells her favorite story of visiting The Museum and contemplates the impossibility of choosing a favorite object in The Met’s collection.
You can view Rembrandt’s “Aristotle with a Bust of Homer” (1653) in our European Paintings Galleries.
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Artworks:
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606-1669). “Aristotle with a Bust of Homer,” 1653. Oil on canvas, 56 1/2 x 53 3/4 in. (143.5 x 136.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, special contributions and funds given or bequeathed by friends of the Museum, 1961 (61.198)
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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). “Gertrude Stein,” 1905-6. Oil on canvas, 39 3/8 × 32 in. (100 × 81.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Gertrude Stein, 1946 (47.106) © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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@XX-zk2lf 6 місяців тому

I see Fran's name, I watch and am never disappointed.

@Eprosis 6 місяців тому

Same. Fran is one of a kind.

@iancoulson5822 6 місяців тому

Ditto ❤

@ivanklymenko 5 місяців тому

😍

@angelatuck3673 5 місяців тому

NEVER EVER.

@LeeEricsson 5 місяців тому

Thought this was Gene Simmons

@JenHoegeman 6 місяців тому

“We live in a world where they applaud the price, not the Picasso.” Fran Lebowitz

@dylanjames554 6 місяців тому

I don't think I've EVER seen Fran this happy before!

@nickbarcheck1019 5 місяців тому

Right! I thought the same thing.

@headforthetropics 5 місяців тому

Agree. Totally caught me off guard.

@davidlee4793 2 місяці тому

And, now we know that Fran Leibowitz, believing '...favorites are for children,' is TERRIBLY fond of The Met. Wonderful to see this remarkable person beaming!

@suzannebuck9938 19 днів тому

Fran Lebowirz is the best. Honest, amazing, unique, insight into life. Doesn't care what anyone thinks. I so admire her

@edwinromandotcom 6 місяців тому

I would love this to become a series!

@bonaface 6 місяців тому

how can the met find something dustier than fran lebowitz?

@gecko7167 6 місяців тому

@@bonaface i- so rude. shes an icon. a dusty icon

@nicpreen 6 місяців тому

I want Fran to come out with an Anthony Bourdain’s parts unknown like series. I could watch her talk about anything for hours.

@remsan03 6 місяців тому

That Rembrandt looked like it's glowing from the inside, it's amazing. Rembrandt's chiaroscuro is next level.

@pamm8608 Місяць тому

I wish she could have spoken more about the painting. The video could have been longer.

@GaitaPonto 4 місяці тому

Fran is my favorite thing at The Met now.

@echeveria12 5 місяців тому

Wonderful. Yes! Let´s have Fran be a regular MET commentator- each week/month a different part of the museum. How fabulous would that be?

@fitzroviasclown 5 місяців тому

I met Fran last year in Oxford. It was such a pleasure to speak to her and she even drew the loveliest doodle in my copy of the Fran Lebowitz Reader. What a woman!

@Spidermansthirdcousin 6 місяців тому

I need a three hour video of fran talking about art

@thaisb.6815 6 місяців тому

More Fran at The Met please!!! 🙌🙌

@backto-il9ne 6 місяців тому

LOL Fran. The second she opens her mouth, I start laughing. Great video. I love her anecdots and I love Rembrandt.

@lmiller797 6 місяців тому

I've never seen her so visibly happy.

@nickbarcheck1019 5 місяців тому

She seems so happy. I love Fran.

@carolineramage7480 5 місяців тому

I LOVE Fran Lebowitz. She is so unpretentious and pure fun.

@xlefty30 5 місяців тому

This should be a series. Also, Fran is always a gift. Thank you @TheMet

@natashapbooks 6 місяців тому

any video that contains "Fran Lebowitz" in the title - I'm clicking on it 😊

@-trisld- 2 місяці тому

Your favorite story also told a Marvelous story about you... You at your core, even from childhood, had a discernment and unique sensibility, which applies to all you say and do. Thank you.

@magicknight13 5 місяців тому

This is my first experience with Fran and I'm loving it!!! She is awesome! This could have been 20 minutes longer 😄

@sanjulienne 5 місяців тому

All I needed was to see Fran Lebowitz. Done, She's an icon.

@knut8062 6 місяців тому

I need more Fran.

@finch45lear 6 місяців тому

I love Fran’s take on everything.

@doshiepowers7716 5 місяців тому

More Fran on art and culture inside the institutions please

@ronaldvillardo3714 5 місяців тому

Make it a series! I'd love to hear Fran commenting on the Met's assets

@eddieg6436 5 місяців тому

She is probably my FAVORITE person.

@titania642 5 місяців тому

I absolutely adored this. if we could possibly get more of Fran at the Met, or Fran doing anything really, I would most appreciate it!

@audradecker1437 3 місяці тому

Thank you, Fran, for not having a favorite book! How can you choose just one? Thank you!!! 💕

@SN-sz7kw 6 місяців тому

Well. Got my coffee break sorted. Never enough Fran. 💗

@user-em8wj7zu3m 6 місяців тому

People who restore art have amazing, and unsung talents! More videos interviewing them please!

@donnacorrado6789 5 місяців тому

i had the honor of crossing paths with Ms. Leibowitz on 61st St., and said Hello Ann. The moment comes to me in the middle of the night. if i could i would like to apologize for this momentary lapse in reason.

@stephaniemerlin1 2 місяці тому

❤

@PerryLevy 6 місяців тому

Fran is such a classic NYer. And with a Rembrandt...this video is perfect!

@TheMattsterling 5 місяців тому

Absolutely wonderful story. LOVE Fran!

@michaeld387 6 місяців тому

Okay, I loved this but you can’t just mention a suit of armor with the entire Koran inscribed on it and NOT give us a video on that.

@786Khany786 6 місяців тому

Right!

@henrylivingstone2971 6 місяців тому

There’s an Adam Savage Tested video when he visits the Met Arms and Armor Conservation lab where they show the Koranic chain mail

@ArtAboveReality 6 місяців тому

This

@brijmsn 6 місяців тому

How is that even possible?

@henrylivingstone2971 6 місяців тому

@@brijmsn It’s chain mail and they’ve chiseled in lines of the Quran into each link

@bulldogklaus47 5 місяців тому

I have no real education in art but whenever I see a Rembrandt, I instantly know whose work I'm looking at. Something about the murky backgrounds and the quality of light hitting the face in a certain way.

@mikeydan 3 місяці тому

I'd like to sit down and have a cup of coffee with Fran and just... yak about this and that. I think it would be time well spent.

@ladyliberty417 6 місяців тому

Thanks for this, Fran brings back my life in NYC and how much I love the Met❤️ Beautiful cleaning of the painting ❣️

@beckywebb1916 6 місяців тому

Oh, to be Fran Lebowitz! How lucky to get to see that painting up close.

@faboze 5 місяців тому

NEW FRAN CONTENT JUST DROPPED 📢📢📢

@matocv 6 місяців тому

Living legend ♥️

@andycbutler 6 місяців тому

She is my FAVORITE! 😂❤

@waltwenzel9549 5 місяців тому

Fran, you are right on the mark again.

@ashtondurham5075 3 місяці тому

Fran is a delight ❤

@maestromecanico597 6 місяців тому

A treasure presenting a treasure.

@lfeb 6 місяців тому

So agree with her sentiment in this! I hate the question "What is your favorite _?" It's ridiculous!

@sg639 6 місяців тому

She's right. It is a child's question/consideration. I hadn't thought of it that way until this moment.

@kareninthevalley 6 місяців тому

That question has always stumped me, in exactly the way FL describes her issues with it. I thought i was the only one!

@OGRE_HATES_NERDS 6 місяців тому

my favorite movie is monty pythons meaning of life but if you asked me 2 weeks ago i would have said barry lyndon. if you ask me in 2 more weeks i will likely have a different answer

@fengtianyuseven 5 місяців тому

Why is she just…simply…brilliant…❤

@basilrose 6 місяців тому

Fran's the world's best docent :)

@morganspencer-churchill2136 4 місяці тому

Fran is just oozes cool.

@pamm8608 Місяць тому

Fran! More gallery and museum talks! Please! I love your knowledgeable and humorous perspective!

@auntvesuvi3872 6 місяців тому

I love her and I love this! Thank you for posting it. 🎨🖌

@JackRothschild7 4 місяці тому

Thank you for this! We need more Fran content.

@jeng5591 6 місяців тому

Fascinating, honest, enjoyable, hilarious, insightful, curious, cheeky, fun, charming, vivacious... I need to look for more Fran Lebowitz 💖

@jaqatlantic 5 місяців тому

Perfectly expressed!

@lauranieves1446 5 місяців тому

More from Fran please!

@jb7024 6 місяців тому

I need more Fran in my life

@themarquis336 6 місяців тому

This is all I need in life.

@alex-oy9eo 6 місяців тому

Fran is such a treasure!!

@whitb6111 6 місяців тому

She's hilarious

@hayleyanna2625 6 місяців тому

I just adored this video. Thank you ever so much for sharing! Always a delight to see Fran. ❤️

@tercertwin 6 місяців тому

What a marvel! Beautiful painting too.

@lukicmaster 6 місяців тому

Enjoyed this thank u very much.

@thelunalily 6 місяців тому

I always enjoy a few minutes with Fran. Great little video!

@dgar7272 5 місяців тому

I totally agree with Fran on the favorite things people ask , just to see where you fit your in their own conceptional system of classification.

@FC-qb9wp 5 місяців тому

What a lovely story wrapped around with a great end. I love Fran and yes you can see she was delighted haha

@jgpeabody 5 місяців тому

Please make more of these.

@_wesleyhome_ 6 місяців тому

That was marvelous, just a wonderful surprise in a time of so much stress and sadness. Thank you #themet!

@tamashii14 6 місяців тому

Fran is just so insightful. Love her stories! She is awesome indeed!!

@paul_domici 6 місяців тому

She's so great!!!

@treatb09 6 місяців тому

Lol. I would have one favorite thing at the met. My favorite painting since i first saw it. Starry night... i almost took a flight to new york. Explicitly. Just to see it finally. I flew to detroit to study the van gogh exhibit last january. Starry night was the first van gogh i ever saw. I was 6 i think. Id run around museums and just love art. Then i was at a thrift store with my mom and i found a very small starry night printed on an object. I ran back to her with it and asked what is this?! I still to this day. Love that painting. Not just for the memory.

@netw52 4 місяці тому

This is amazing. More, please.

@haroldbuddy5836 5 місяців тому

love you fran you're doing awesome

@IamSnowbird 5 місяців тому

I love Fran. I can't believe I've never been to the Met. I live outside of Philly and have been to NYC many times. I need to plan a trip.

@lephilistin 6 місяців тому

fantastic

@laurarhtlweinstein3402 6 місяців тому

love this, more please!!!

@ericasuzannedavis 5 місяців тому

She is one of the coolest people on the planet. It would be a dream come true to have coffee with Fran!

@BHATL 6 місяців тому

Ostensibly, she does have a favorite...this!

@anneturner2759 5 місяців тому

Thanks so much … fantastic!

@jo8726t 5 місяців тому

What an awesome experience…

@glynnphillips1576 22 дні тому

Love you Mss.Fran

@Le_Mer 5 місяців тому

That was purely joyful to watch

@adrielathome 6 місяців тому

Let's Pretend it's a Series. (so it hopefully becomes one) 😅

@lindachicchi8505 2 місяці тому

Her “Pretend it’s a City” I’ve watched several times.

@ablanco5 6 місяців тому

Loved this--thank you!

@vickyagnew1651 6 місяців тому

“Favorites are for children.” Bravo!

@C.H.Parrott 6 місяців тому

This is great! Love the beautiful shots of the 2 Vermeer works out of their frames at the Sherman Fairchild Center.

@ninadasilva1867 6 місяців тому

I have a favorite joke about "Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer". Aristotle Onassis visited LA to make an offer for Buster Keaton's Home. A NY paper ran a headline which said -- Aristotle Contemplating the Home of Buster".

@sustainfem 5 місяців тому

😉

@pamm8608 Місяць тому

Probably The NY Post! Love their headlines.

@Valerioraschiamare 6 місяців тому

Please more of this

@annsmith7207 2 місяці тому

Yes, I do have a favorite at the Met - Vermeer’s Girl with a Water Jug because of the way Vermeer used light sources to capture the moment in a way that no one had done previously. And yes, it is a favorite, I still have that childlike wonder about art and do not apologize for it - sad for those who don’t and feel rather superior and smug.

@lucyjazznyc 5 місяців тому

I love this woman

@Olivia-bh7vs 6 місяців тому

“ I’ve had apartments like that” 🤣

@islandbirdw 6 місяців тому

I agree, looking at the brush strokes in person at the Louvre was mesmerizing. Just to be close to a painting on canvas where the painter sat less than arms length to paint it. I was fortunate enough to see an exhibit in Washington DC of Rembrandt’s sketches. It also housed many of his later work painting portraits of wealthy family members. It was amazing to see his earliest sketches and engravings he did of common folk. It was also downright spooky to see life size paintings of family members hanging in the same hall. I got the feeling they were watching me, or perhaps I was interrupting them. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@willrueb9573 5 місяців тому

"Children have favorites". I love that.

@SuperMan-xy8ui 5 місяців тому

A lovely commentary

@brijmsn 6 місяців тому

The Met is by far the best museum I've ever been to and I'm spoiled living in Washington DC. Now on to the Louvre.

@denisedanks6072 6 місяців тому

I recall,at 10 years old , waiting on line to see this painting. It was so exciting.

@jimanderson3549 5 місяців тому

That is a great story, Fran. I have a Met story from 2009. My wife and I were in the museum and we wanted to see the display on the roof. We had never been on the roof before and went up to two staff members in the hallway and I asked the woman, "How do we get to the roof exhibit?" Her response was, "Well, what do you think?" We were so taken aback that we were speechless. We wandered off and found it on our own.

@ritaroad 6 місяців тому

I’m a bit younger than Fran. I’m 68 so I know the early 60’s. Maybe because there was barely television we have stories. We observed people and our surroundings. I can recall details so I have a story about everything. I have to dial it down because sometimes people don’t want you to remember the details of their lives. I know my brother hates it.

@lindachicchi8505 2 місяці тому

Yes, those stories make our lives richer. I love it when people share. With Fran, she go anywhere, and talk about anything and I’m fascinated.

@christiner6000 6 місяців тому

I am so with her on this "favorite thing" thing. Like picking your "favorite" song: I like so many different songs in so many different genres it absurd to pick just one. I also get irked when I hear "world's first" something, like city or book. How do they know it's the "world's first"? Have they dug up ever square inch of this planet to be sure they've found " the first"? I think not.