From June 12 to Sept. 8, 2026, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will host Giacometti in the Temple of Dendur, an exhibition project that relates the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) to one of the museum’s most emblematic spaces: the Temple of Dendur.
The exhibition is curated by Stephanie D’Alessandro, Curator of Modern Art “Leonard A. Lauder” and Senior Research Coordinator of the Met’s Department of Modern and Contemporary Art; Aude Semat, Associate Curator of the Met’s Department of Egyptian Art; and Emilie Bouvard, Curator of the Giacometti Foundation in Paris. The exhibition is co-organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Fondation Giacometti in Paris.
