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Matisse: In Search of True Painting
George Bellows
African Art, New York, and the Avant Garde
 Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens
 Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop
Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art banner
British Silver: The Wealth of a Nation

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Event Highlights: January 8–10

Posted on Monday, January 7, 2013

Marking the Arms and Armor Centennial

Posted on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, by Donald J. La Rocca

Donald LaRocca provides a brief overview of the history of the Department of Arms and Armor, which was established in 1912.

Thomas Hart Benton's America Today

Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, by Thomas P. Campbell

I am delighted to announce that Thomas Hart Benton's epic mural America Today—a sweeping panorama of American life, has been donated by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.