Precious Works From a Perilous Land - nytimes

Comparisons are inevitable when you see an exhibition in a second setting. “Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures From the National Museum, Kabul” was moving and illuminating at the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 2008. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the last stop of its four-city American tour, it alternates between sparkling vitality and quiet grandeur.
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