Private Tour by Curator Maria Castro
There Are No Words: Si Lewen’s Parade
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 10028
Join us for a special early tour of the exhibition with curator Maria Castro, before the museum opens to the public. After the tour, we’ll gather for coffee and tea and continue the conversation. REGISTRATION CLOSES SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2026. The Parade is an epic cycle of 63 charcoal, pencil, and ink drawings conceived by Si Lewen (1918–2016) in the aftermath of World War II. The work unfolds a visual narrative on war, memory, and the human condition that is informed by the artist's extraordinary life. Born in Poland to Jewish parents and raised in Germany, Lewen fled Nazi persecution with his family in 1933 before immigrating to the United States. While serving in the U.S. Army [...]
