All the Beauty in the World

A moving, revelatory story about one of the world’s great museums and art’s capacity to heal, by a writer who spent a decade as a museum guard.

A revelatory portrait of a great museum and the moving story of one guard’s quest to find solace and meaning in art.

When Patrick’s older brother dies at twenty-six, all he wants is to retreat. So, he does. He quits his job and seeks refuge in the most beautiful place he can think of: New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

All the Beauty in the World recounts Patrick’s time as a museum guard, keeping quiet vigil over some of our greatest treasures and uncovering the Met’s innermost secrets. As his connection to the art and the life that swirls around it grows, so does Patrick – and gradually he emerges transformed by heartbreak, community and the power of art to illuminate life in all its pain, pleasure and hope.