This year, visitors can enjoy the exhibition "Death and the Maid" by Cecily Brown, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which opened on April 4 and will remain open until December 3, 2023.

Cecily Brown, born in London (UK) in 1969 and currently based in New York, has mesmerized viewers with her bold brushstrokes, exuberant colors and complex narratives that refer to some of the oldest and grandest themes in the history of Western art. Tired of not being recognized for her work in London, she decided to pursue new horizons abroad. When she arrived in New York in 1995, the artist began to explore other mediums and techniques, but would later return to her work on canvas, eventually producing her famous large-format paintings.

Cecily Brown has mesmerized viewers with her bold brushstrokes, exuberant colors and complex narratives that refer to some of the oldest and grandest themes in the history of Western art

In her paintings, brushstrokes and colors create chaotic scenes, between the abstract and the figurative, where sex and violence are always present. An exhibition of her paintings in 1997 launched her career as an artist on the New York art scene, and she was acclaimed by both the public and critics.

In her paintings, brushstrokes and colors create chaotic scenes, between the abstract and the figurative, where sex and violence are always present.

The exhibition "Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid," brought to us by The Modern Circle and Agnes Gund, brings together a group of fifty paintings, sketchbooks, paintings and monotypes from across her career to explore the themes of memento mori, reflection, still life and vanitas-symbolic portraits of human vanity or the brevity of life-that have driven her impactful practice and dynamics for decades.

The exhibition brings together a group of fifty paintings, sketchbooks, paintings and monotypes from across her career to explore the themes of memento mori, reflection, still life and vanitas-symbolic portraits of human vanity or the brevity of life