IMyuziyam yaseMetropolitan yoBugcisa ngoMeyi 4, 2020 kwiSixeko saseNew York.ANGELA WEISS / AFP ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Njengazo zonke ezinye iimyuziyam kwihlabathi liphela, iMetropolitan Museum of Art kwisiXeko saseNew York bobabini banayo kwaye khange babenalo umsitho wehlobo. Kwelinye icala, i-coronavirus inyanzelise ukucinywa okwethutyana kwazo zonke izakhiwo ezikhulu apho izihlwele zabantu zihlala zihlanganisana khona ukujonga ubugcisa. Kodwa kwelinye icala, ubalo kwihlabathi liphela olubangelwe kukubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd luye lwanyanzelisa iimyuziyam ukuba zijonge ngaphakathi kwaye ziphinde zikuvavanye ukusilela kwazo kweziko. NgoLwesithathu, nangona kunjalo IMyuziyam yeMetropolitan yoBugcisa ibhengeze ukuba izakuvula iingcango zayo ngoMgqibelo, nge-29 ka-Agasti, ngeentsuku zokujonga kwangaphambili kwamalungu ngo-Agasti 27 no-28.
Iziko lolondolozo lwembali lithathe amanyathelo okhuseleko aqinisekiswe yiCDC ukwenzela ukuba indawo yayo ikhuseleke kubo bonke: inani labakhenkethi liyakuthotyelwa kwiipesenti ezingama-25 zobuninzi bemyuziyam, kwaye bobabini abatyeleli kunye nabasebenzi kufuneka banxibe iimaski ngalo lonke ixesha. Kodwa iiyure zemyuziyam ngokuqinisekileyo azikhawulelwanga kakhulu. Isakhiwo seMet's Fifth Avenue siza kuvulwa iintsuku ezintlanu ngeveki, ukusukela ngoLwesine ukuya ngoMvulo, kwaye iiMet Cloisters ezithandekayo ziya kuvulwa kuluntu ngoSeptemba.
Ukuvula iingcango zeMet luphawu olubalulekileyo eNew York kuthi sonke, uMax Hollein, uMlawuli we-Met, utshilo kwingxelo. Asikaze sinyanzelwe ukuba sivale ixesha elingaphezu kweentsuku ezintathu-kungaphantsi kweenyanga ezintlanu-kwaye asinakulinda ukwamkela iindwendwe kuluhlu olubanzi lwemiboniso enyanzelisayo kunye nokuqokelelwa kwethu okusisigxina, okungaphaya kweminyaka engama-5 000 yokudala kwabantu.
Imiboniso emithathu emitsha iyakubonwa xa kuvulwa imyuziyam, kubandakanya ukwenza iMet, 1870-2020, IKhomishini yaseGadini yophahla: Héctor Zamora, Umjikelo weLatti noJacob Lawrence: Umzabalazo waseMelika. Nangona kunjalo, ikamva leMet njengeziko lisahamba kakhulu, kwaye liza kuqhubeka lijongwa ngononophelo lilizwe lobugcisa nangabasebenzi balo njengoko lisamkela iindwendwe kwiiholo zalo ezingcwalisiweyo.
