Gallery Talk

Illusion in European Paintings

Saturday, August 17, 7:00–8:00 p.m.

Page Knox

Gallery 534 (Vélez Blanco Patio) Show location on map

Delight in the visual game of painted illusions in the New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800. Discover how painters use illusion to engage our senses, draw us into the worlds they depict, and appear to transform paint into other materials.

Free with Museum admission

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Other Occurrences

Friday Evening Gallery Events

Bring your friends and chart your own course through the galleries as you participate in activities that connect you with works of art.

William Hogarth  (British, 1697–1764) | Scholars at a Lecture (detail), January 1736 | 91.1.35

The Museum offers lectures and panels in conjunction with special exhibitions, the permanent collection, and other related topics.

Garden Tour at The Cloisters Museum and Gardens

Enjoy collection highlight tours, garden tours, gallery talks, and other programs at The Cloisters museum and gardens, the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in northern Manhattan devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe.