Vanessa Hagerbaumer, Senior Special Events Officer
Posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2013
«I'm back in New York, and I've had a chance to reflect on my first Travel with the Met experience. The trip was truly unforgettable, thanks in part to the hospitality and humor of our Russian hosts and the stoic pride they take in their country.
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Femke Speelberg, Assistant Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints
Posted: Monday, July 1, 2013
«Now on view (through September 8), the exhibition Living in Style brings together drawings, prints, books, and pieces of furniture from the Museum's collections to illustrate five centuries of interior design, from the Renaissance period through the 1960s. Following a chronological path of development, the show traces changes and continuities in the approach to materials, shapes, colors, and decorations as displayed by the works on paper.
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Peter Barnet, Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters
Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013
«"Creating the Cloisters," the spring issue of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin written by curator Timothy B. Husband, is an engaging and nuanced narrative of the early history of The Cloisters. As a complement to that narrative, I'd like to review the more recent gallery renovations and reinstallations that have been undertaken, all guided by the principle of maintaining the integrity of the original architectural vision of The Cloisters.
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Vanessa Hagerbaumer, Senior Special Events Officer
Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2013
«Our local guide explained that the first settlers to the Kizhi Island area in the sixteenth century practiced two religions simultaneously: Russian Orthodox Christianity and pre-Christian pagan mysticism.
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Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessy Chairman, Department of European Paintings
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2013
As part of the installation of the New European Paintings Galleries last month, all of the wall labels were rewritten to reflect recent research. Each time I walked into the Rembrandt gallery (Gallery 637) during the installation, I wondered if I was seeing an art project or merely temporary storage for our new label holders.
Vanessa Hagerbaumer, Senior Special Events Officer
Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2013
« Here the Volga River meets the Kotorosl River as seen from the bluffs of Yaroslavl, a picturesque city with a population of 640,000. Decorative plantings in the shape of a bear, the city's emblem, commemorate the 1,003rd anniversary of Yaroslav.
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Michael Seymour, Research Associate, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art
Posted: Monday, June 24, 2013
«The Cyrus Cylinder, currently on display in the exhibition The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New Empire (June 20–August 4, 2013), is a document of unique historical significance. It records the Persian king Cyrus' conquest of the city of Babylon in 539 B.C., and his proclamation that cults and temples should be restored, their personnel allowed to return from Babylon to their home cities.
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Aleksandr Gelfand, Intern, Museum Archives
Posted: Friday, June 21, 2013
«Ninety-five years ago the halls of The Metropolitan Museum of Art resounded with the sounds of music, as the first public concert was held within the Museum's galleries.
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Vanessa Hagerbaumer, Senior Special Events Officer
Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013
« In 1776, while America was starting a revolution, the Russians were building the Bolshoi Theater.
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Seán Hemingway, Curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2013
«Since its discovery on the Quirinal Hill of Rome in 1885 near the ancient Baths of Constantine, the statue Boxer at Rest—currently on view at the Met—has astonished and delighted visitors to the Museo Nazionale Romano as a captivating masterpiece of ancient bronze sculpture.
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