WashU Arts & Sciences is proud to present the 2026 Rava Lecture Series: Patrick Bringley.
Bringley is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Beauty in the World, a memoir about his decade working as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Named one of the best books of the year by the New York Public Library, the Financial Times, Audible, the Sunday Times (London), and others, the book has resonated globally, with translated editions from Brazil to Ukraine to South Korea, where it became a number one national bestseller. Patrick starred in an Off-Broadway production of All the Beauty in the World at the DR2 theater on Union Square, a solo play he adapted from his book, directed by Dominic Dromgoole, formerly the artistic director of the Globe Theatre in London.