Exhibitions

The Making of a Collection: Islamic Art at the Metropolitan
November 1, 2011-February 5, 2012

Major International Loan Exhibition Featuring Greatest Artists in History of Indian Painting Goes on View at Metropolitan Museum in October
September 28, 2011 – January 8, 2012

Epic Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum Reexamines Masterpieces of African Art in Relation to Historic Figures
September 21, 2011 – January 29, 2012

Good Humor at the Met—Caricature and Satire Explored in Infinite Jest at the Metropolitan Museum
September 13, 2011–March 4, 2012

Acclaimed Hong Kong Collection of Ming Loyalist Art On View at Metropolitan Museum This Fall
September 7, 2011 – January 2, 2012

Metropolitan Museum Highlights Frans Hals Paintings from Collection in Exhibition on View Beginning July 26

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds the most important collection of paintings in America by the celebrated Dutch artist Frans Hals (1582/83-1666), whose portraits and genre scenes were famous in his lifetime for their immediacy and dazzling brushwork. Frans Hals in the Metropolitan Museum—on view from July 26, through October 10, 2011—presents 13 paintings by Hals, including two lent from private collections, and several works by other Netherlandish masters.