In the 60s, British artist Anthony Caro produced lively, infectiously playful sculpture. His five works are now on display at the rooftop garden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. At 87, the artist is still going strong. He is currently working on an immense, multi-part sculpture that will occupy three blocks of Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan next year. All the more reason to revisit the time half a century ago when Caro and the Western world were momentarily possessed by a spirit of joyful, devil-may-care optimism.

I had the great privilege of meeting him at the opening event. An ardent admirer, I have placed many of his extraordinary pieces in my clients' collections through the years. Sir Anthony Caro will always be known as the genius who liberated sculpture by taking it off the pedestal.

Geoffrey Bradfield - www.geoffreybradfield.com