The Artist Project

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2015

New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards, Online Education Program, Silver World Medal (2016)

Webby Awards, "Web: Best Use of Video or Moving Image" category, Official Honoree (2016)

American Alliance of Museums Media and Technology Committee MUSE Awards, Online Presence, Gold (2016)

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About the authors

Ever since it was founded in 1870, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has been a place where artists come to gain inspiration from works of art from their own time and place, and also from across time and cultures. The Artist Project is an online series in which we give artists an opportunity to respond to our encyclopedic collection.

From 2015 to 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that spark their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met. Their unique and passionate ways of seeing and experiencing art encourage all museum visitors to look in a personal way.

Over the course of six seasons, The Artist Project will share the perspectives of one hundred artists with the public, telling us what they see when they look at The Met.

Met Art in Publication

Harpsichord, Wood, paint, various materials, Italian — Harpsichord
late 17th century

Jacob Kirkman British, Walnut, ivory, ebony, spruce, iron, brass, leather, various materials — Jacob Kirkman
1744

Spinet, Wood, parchment, ivory, paint, Italian — Spinet
1540

Bösendorfer, Various materials — Bösendorfer
ca. 1940

Stationary Figure, Philip Guston American, born Canada, Oil on canvas — Stationary Figure
Philip Guston
1973

Power Object (Boli), Bamana artist, Wood, sacrificial materials (patina), Bamana — Power Object (Boli)
Bamana artist
First half of 20th century

Figure (Boli), Wood, sacrificial materials, cloth, beads, Bamana peoples — Figure (Boli)
19th–20th century

Seated Figure, Terracotta, Middle Niger civilization — Seated Figure
13th century

Woman's Ceremonial Underskirt, Barkcloth, raffia fiber, Kuba peoples, Bushoong group — Woman's Ceremonial Underskirt
early to mid-20th century

Prestige Panel, Raffia palm fiber, Kuba peoples, Shoowa group — Prestige Panel
20th century

Plate 40 from "Los Caprichos": Of what ill will he die? (De que mal morira?), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, burin — Plate 40 from "Los Caprichos": Of what ill will he die? (De que mal morira?)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799

Plate 55 from "Los Caprichos": Until death (Hasta la muerte), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint — Plate 55 from "Los Caprichos": Until death (Hasta la muerte)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799

Plate 59 from "Los Caprichos": And still they don't go! (Y aun no se van!), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Etching, burnished aquatint, burin — Plate 59 from "Los Caprichos": And still they don't go! (Y aun no se van!)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799

Plate 30 from "Los Caprichos": Why hide them? (Porque esconderlos?), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint — Plate 30 from "Los Caprichos": Why hide them? (Porque esconderlos?)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799

Plate 51 from "Los Caprichos": They spruce themselves up (Se repulen), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Etching, burnished aquatint, burin — Plate 51 from "Los Caprichos": They spruce themselves up (Se repulen)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799

Plate 48 from "Los Caprichos": Tale-Bearers--Blasts of Wind (Soplones), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Etching, burnished aquatint — Plate 48 from "Los Caprichos": Tale-Bearers--Blasts of Wind (Soplones)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799

Plate 43 from "Los Caprichos": The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Etching, aquatint — Plate 43 from "Los Caprichos": The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799

Plate 9 from "Los Caprichos": Tantalus (Tantalo), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Etching, burnished aquatint — Plate 9 from "Los Caprichos": Tantalus (Tantalo)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799

Plate 24 from "Los Caprichos": Nothing could be done about It (Nohubo remedio), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Etching, burnished aquatint — Plate 24 from "Los Caprichos": Nothing could be done about It (Nohubo remedio)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799

Plate 72 from "Los Caprichos": You will not escape (No te escaparàs), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Etching, burnished aquatint — Plate 72 from "Los Caprichos": You will not escape (No te escaparàs)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799

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