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The Met’s home for deep dives on art, interviews, personal essays, scientific discoveries, and more.

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Silver fish sculpture with emerald green eyes, lifelike scales, and visible details.
Tradition and Celebration Across the Jewish Calendar
How do these exquisite examples of Judaica represent universal themes related to special days in the Jewish calendar?
Riva Arnold
February 20
Two medieval sculptures of women with serene expressions, wearing ornate headdresses and robes with intricate patterns, set against a dark background.
The Visitation, Two Figures
The poet Mary Szybist reflects on the embrace between Mary and Elizabeth in this sculptural representation of the Visitation.
Mary Szybist
January 29
Pop art portrait of a woman with bright orange hair, turquoise skin, pink lips, and lavender eyeshadow on a pink background.
Fashioning the Transatlantic Blonde
How do works in The Met collection trace the shifting associations of blonde glamour in Western art?
Lynda Nead
February 2
A small wooden carved box featuring figures and a tree in relief.
A Likeness
The author of After Sappho offers a queer feminist reading of Eve and the serpent, reimagining sin as likeness, desire, and bodies transcending gender and species.
Selby Wynn Schwartz
January 9
Black and white image of man standing next to mural depicted in black and white of a mother shielding her baby and while a strong black meale guards her.
Black Motherhood in Art Historical and Medical Contexts
How did John Wilson’s depiction of violence towards Black families embody systemic problems facing Black mothers in the United States?
Lisa E. Farrington and Leslie Farrington
January 7

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Woman holding a camera and filming a child in dancing attire, with text at the top reading "Africa's Cultural Landmarks"
Africa’s Cultural Landmarks
Short documentaries direct a local lens on some of Africa’s most notable cultural landscapes.
A chalk-line illustration of an art detective points her magnifying glass at a microscope; hands reach towards the microscope while a crew of bugs and a fingerprint ghost look on
MetKids Microscope
See the science behind the art (and the art behind the science!) at The Met.
A black-and-white still from the 1928 film Behind the Scenes: The Working Side of the Museum, which depicts the superimposed image of an old-fashioned time-card machine over the face of a wall clock
From the Vaults
Audiovisual materials from the Museum’s extensive archive.

Black History and Heritage

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These stories illuminate the cultural contributions of Black artists and creatives from both Africa and the global diaspora.

A vibrant art studio scene with figures and bright colors. Foreground has a table with art supplies and flowers.
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The Rubenstein Lecture on Connoisseurship—‘Candy Coated Popcorn...’ with Kerry James Marshall
In this year’s “The Michael and Juliet Rubenstein Lecture on Connoisseurship,” join world-renowned artist Kerry James Marshall in celebrating close looking as a source of inspiration.
January 30
A warm pastel sketch depicts a woman and a child reading a book on an armchair.
An Artist’s Duty: Jason Reynolds on John Wilson
Discover how Wilson’s illustrations for children’s literature emphasized the importance of representation.
Jeary Payne and Jason Reynolds
January 22
Colorful covers of two books
Expanding the Lens
Global perspectives on Black fashion and dandyism.
Julie Lê and Kai Toussaint Marcel
January 21

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Articles, images, and film from The Met’s 150-year history.

A woman stands in a colorful, paint-splattered studio surrounded by large abstract canvases.
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From The Vaults
Helen Frankenthaler in Her Studio, 1967
The Met visits Helen Frankenthaler’s studio as she reflects on a six-decade career redefining abstract painting with her experimental soak-stain technique.
December 11, 2025
Medieval-style hall with brick arches and statues, illuminated by lanterns arranged around a central stone structure.
A Medieval Imagination
Discover how American sculptor George Grey Barnard’s fascination with medieval European art inspired an enterprising collection and the eventual foundation of The Met Cloisters.
Shirin Fozi and Julia Perratore
November 13, 2025
Two people are standing on a crate to attach a large, black-and-white print to the wall, while two stand below holding the rolled part of the print.
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Avedon in Gallery
Step inside the gallery and watch as conservators, technicians, curators, and the artist Richard Avedon and his assistants bring his Mission Council to life.
September 4, 2025

In Circulation

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Read articles and the latest news about The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Libraries' collections, activities, and research related to the history of art.

Cover, slipcase, and accompanying material
More Than a Facsimile
On reproducing Toulouse-Lautrec’s sketchbook Album de Marine.
Andrijana Sajic
February 18
Colorful covers of two books
Expanding the Lens
Global perspectives on Black fashion and dandyism.
Julie Lê and Kai Toussaint Marcel
January 21
Unfolded box for holding a book.
Thinking Inside the Box
Simple solutions for fitting nontraditional book formats upright on library shelves.
Andrijana Sajic and Clare Manias
December 17, 2025
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