- The Metropolitan Museum of Art is having a Michelangelo exhibit.
- They invited Michelangelo the Teenage Mutant Turtle to check it out.
- The photos are hilarious and people are having fun with them.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently hosting a big exhibition about the Renaissance-era painter Michelangelo Buonarroti, known for painting "The Sistine Chapel Ceiling" and "The Creation of Adam," as well as the sculpture "David." And who better to invite than Michelangelo himself?
And so that's what they did: As a public relations stunt, the Met brought a guy dressed up as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and posted pictures on Twitter.
This morning we welcomed Michelangelo, one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (@TMNT) at The Met. Our celebrity guest came to see the work of an artist who happens to share his name. https://t.co/jUPJhto7Xr#MetMichelangelopic.twitter.com/YS7T5xZv9a
— The Met (@metmuseum) January 25, 2018
It instantly turned into a meme.
me everytime i pass by the bodega in my neighborhood called "rachel's"pic.twitter.com/dN66ZrTeUn
— rachel syme (@rachsyme) January 25, 2018
when ur a party dude but also a lover of the arts https://t.co/1ZDQ0aqaov
— Jamie McKelvie (@McKelvie) January 25, 2018
Exclusive pic of me in the one art history class I took in college pic.twitter.com/T4p5CIBsMf
— Marc (@MarcSnetiker) January 25, 2018
what grad school feels like pic.twitter.com/U7Wh7eFoCX
— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) January 25, 2018
i enjoying mysekf at the museum, but then i remembered instances of regret in my life, and pain i have caused others pic.twitter.com/XIbOcFhqjh
— blupman. (@blippoblappo) January 25, 2018
For $25, everyone should be allowed to bring nunchucks. @metmuseumhttps://t.co/CwUEZrPr7T
— Brownsvillain (@Brownsvillain) January 25, 2018
People actually liked it, even though it's marketing.
This is such good marketing it warms my heart. https://t.co/yzJcxrZgD6
— Mia Steinberg (@MiaSteinberg) January 25, 2018
A raise for the Met's PR person. https://t.co/7zqLXXEGSi
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) January 25, 2018
so pure and good https://t.co/cqFDFCgmBc
— devon maloney (@dynamofire) January 25, 2018
But one question lingers: Did Michelangelo have to pay a fee, or is he an in-state resident?
did he have to pay an admission fee or is he a new york resident https://t.co/lBa2J6ds52
— casey morell (@csymrl) January 25, 2018
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