things. there has been a major investment in upgrading the building done on the part of the met, and it will appear to most people as if nothing has happened. that in itself is radical in today’s day and age, because we are so used to the trend that the institution needs to have a mark, that it needs to be present, that the branding needs to sort of appear and that the new needs to be expressed somehow, and that the present needs to be expressed. but here, the present is being expressed as a choice, as a choice to pick a building as opposed to the choice to 