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Abakanowicz on the Roof
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Currently on View
Romare Bearden's The Block
January 15, 2010–Spring 2010
Richard Hamilton: Selected Prints from the Collection, 1970–2005
December 16, 2009–May 2, 2010
Pablo Bronstein at the Met
October 6, 2009–April 18, 2010
Masterpieces of French Art Deco
Opened August 4, 2009
Highlights from the Modern Design Collection: 1900 to the Present
June 23, 2009–June 23, 2011


Upcoming Exhibitions
Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
April 27, 2010–August 1, 2010


Past Exhibitions
The Lens and the Mirror: Self-Portraits from the Collection, 1957–2007
July 21, 2009–December 6, 2009
Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom
April 28, 2009–November 29, 2009 (weather permitting)
Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective
May 20, 2009–August 16, 2009
Broken Flowers and Grass: Nature and Landscape in the Drawings of Anselm Kiefer
Through August 2, 2009
The Lens and the Mirror: Modern Self-Portraits from the Collection
Through July 12, 2009
Classic/Fantastic: Selections from the Modern Design Collection
December 21, 2007–April 5, 2009
Provocative Visions: Race and Identity—Selections from the Permanent Collection
August 19, 2008–March 22, 2009
Raqib Shaw at the Met
November 4, 2008–March 8, 2009
Calder Jewelry
December 9, 2008–March 1, 2009
Giorgio Morandi, 1890–1964
September 16, 2008–December 14, 2008
Jeff Koons on the Roof
Through October 26, 2008 (weather permitting)
Masterpieces of Modern Design: Selections from the Collection
May 30, 2008–October 5, 2008
Tara Donovan at the Met
November 20, 2007–September 21, 2008
Pop Art: Works on Paper
Through August 10, 2008
Jasper Johns: Gray
February 5, 2008–May 4, 2008
Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
September 18, 2007–March 2, 2008
Abstract Expressionist Drawings
November 1, 2007–February 24, 2008
One of a Kind: The Studio Craft Movement
December 22, 2006–December 2, 2007
Frank Stella on the Roof
May 1, 2007–October 28, 2007 (weather permitting)
Made in Germany
May 22, 2007–October 14, 2007
Neo Rauch at the Met: para
May 22, 2007–October 14, 2007
Frank Stella: Painting into Architecture
May 1, 2007–July 29, 2007
Barcelona and Modernity: Gaudí to Dalí
March 7, 2007–June 3, 2007
Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s
November 14, 2006–February 19, 2007
Sean Scully: Wall of Light
September 26, 2006–January 15, 2007
Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument
April 25, 2006–October 29, 2006
Kara Walker at the Met: After the Deluge
March 21, 2006–August 6, 2006
The Art of Betty Woodman
April 25, 2006–July 30, 2006
Robert Rauschenberg: Combines
December 20, 2005–April 2, 2006
Santiago Calatrava: Sculpture into Architecture
October 18, 2005–March 5, 2006
David Milne Watercolors: "Painting Toward the Light"
November 8, 2005–January 29, 2006
Sol LeWitt on the Roof: Splotches, Whirls and Twirls
April 26, 2005–October 30, 2005 (weather permitting)
Matisse: The Fabric of Dreams
His Art and His Textiles

June 23, 2005–September 25, 2005
Tony Oursler at the Met: “Studio" and "Climaxed"
May 17, 2005–September 18, 2005
Max Ernst: A Retrospective
April 7, 2005–July 10, 2005
The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection
May 18, 2004–June 26, 2005
William Kentridge: Selections on Paper
November 12, 2004–April 10, 2005
Klee: His Years at the Bauhaus (1921–1931)
November 19, 2004–April 3, 2005
Romare Bearden at the Met
October 19, 2004–March 6, 2005
From the Roof: Christo and Jeanne-Claude's The Gates in Central Park
February 12, 2005–February 27, 2005 (weather permitting)
Art Deco Paris
June 8, 2004–February 6, 2005
Artists' Artists
July 2, 2004–November 14, 2004
Andy Goldsworthy on the Roof
May 4, 2004–October 31, 2004
German Drawings and Prints from the Weimar Republic (1919–33)
July 2, 2004–October 31, 2004
Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco
June 8, 2004–September 5, 2004
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Gates, Central Park, New York
April 6, 2004–July 25, 2004
Marius de Zayas & the Stieglitz Circle
March 19, 2004–June 27, 2004
Klee: The Late Years
March 19, 2004–June 27, 2004
Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration
January 13, 2004–April 18, 2004
Significant Objects from the Modern Design Collection
November 26, 2002–April 11, 2004
Klee Creatures
December 12, 2003–March 14, 2004
Small Bronzes
September 5, 2003–March 14, 2004
Philip Guston
October 28, 2003–January 4, 2004
Klee Abstract
September 5, 2003–December 7, 2003
Roy Lichtenstein on the Roof
May 1, 2003–November 2, 2003
Max Beckmann's "Hell"
May 9, 2003–August 31, 2003
Charles Demuth
May 9, 2003–August 31, 2003
African-American Artists, 1929–1945: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 15, 2003–July 6, 2003
Klee the Voyager
February 4, 2003–May 4, 2003
Recent Acquisitions: Works on Paper
February 4, 2003–May 4, 2003
Cityscapes by Klee and Feininger
September 25, 2002–January 26, 2003
Bill Viola: The Quintet of Remembrance
November 6, 2001–January 12, 2003
Oldenburg and van Bruggen on the Roof
May 1, 2002–November 3, 2002
Klee's Best
May 24, 2002–September 22, 2002
A Century of Design, Part IV: 1975–2000
June 26, 2001–August 11, 2002
Surrealism: Desire Unbound
February 6, 2002–May 12, 2002
Klee Figures
October 5, 2001–March 10, 2002
Terry Winters: Printed Works
June 12, 2001–January 6, 2002
Joel Shapiro on the Roof
May 1, 2001–November 18, 2001
Landscapes by Klee and Kiefer
January 19, 2001–September 30, 2001
Looking at You
January 26, 2001–September 30, 2001
A Century of Design, Part III: 1950–1975
November 28, 2000–May 27, 2001
Balthus Remembered
March 27, 2001–May 27, 2001
American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age
May 16, 2000–February 4, 2001
Painters in Paris: 1895–1950
March 8, 2000–January 14, 2001
City Life: Around the Eight
August 22, 2000–January 14, 2001
Max Beckmann Prints
July 14, 2000–January 7, 2001
David Smith on the Roof
May 16, 2000–November 15, 2000
A Century of Design, Part II: 1925–1950
May 9, 2000–October 29, 2000
After Nicolas Poussin: New Etchings by Leon Kossoff
March 28, 2000–August 13, 2000
Klee's Line
March 18, 2000–July 9, 2000
A Century of Design, Part I: 1900–1925
December 14, 1999–March 26, 2000
Sean Scully on Paper
January 11, 2000–March 12, 2000
Klee Paintings
September 14, 1999–March 12, 2000
Farouk Hosny/Adam Henein: Contemporary Egyptian Artists and Heirs to an Ancient Tradition
September 14, 1999–January 23, 2000

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