Perspectives
The Met’s home for deep dives on art, interviews, personal essays, scientific discoveries, and more.
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Go behind the scenes with Korean artist Lee Bul as she discusses The Genesis Facade Commission - Lee Bul, Long Tail Halo, on view through May 27, 2025.
October 18
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For writer Amor Towles, The Met is not just one museum, but many.
October 7
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Discover the rich history of printmaking in Mexico and the The Met’s collecting of these prints.
Mark McDonald
September 16
"I see vibrant thoughts as clouds and feel volatile emotions as waves."
Kurt Behrendt
October 7
The Latest
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Artist Interview — Jesse Krimes: Corrections | Met Exhibitions
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Exhibition Tour— Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 | Met Exhibitions
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Artist Interview—The Genesis Facade Commission: Lee Bul, Long Tail Halo
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BONUS SCENE—Petrit Halilaj and architect, Frida Escobedo discuss the Roof Garden Commission: Abetare
The Art of Dying
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Exhibition Tour–Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800
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Meet Me at The Met: Amor Towles
Tenzing Rigdol on Biography of a Thought
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What artists see when they look at The Met
5,000 years of art, one material at a time
Films from the Museum’s extensive moving-image archive
Hispanic/Latine Heritage
These stories illuminate the cultural contributions of Hispanic, Latine, and Afro-Latine artists and creatives both in the United States and around the world.
Learn more about the artist’s singular blending of media, Puerto Rican and Nuyorican culture, activism, issues of colonialism, and personal history in his remarkable prints.
Deborah Cullen-Morales
September 27
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Join curator Laura Filloy Nadal on a tour through ancient Nayarit house models, offering a unique window into life in West Mexico between 100 BCE and 200 CE.
September 24
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La curadora Laura Filloy Nadal te invita a asomarte al interior de tres maquetas de barro de la antigua cultura nayarita, que ofrecen una singular ventana para conocer algunos aspectos de la vida cotidiana en el occidente de México entre los años 100 antes de nuestra era y 200 de la era común.
September 24
From the Archives
Articles, images, and film from The Met's 150-year history.
A brief history of The Met’s artist obituary scrapbooks.
James Moske
October 16
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From The Vaults
“When I see birches bend to left and right / Across the lines of straighter darker trees, / I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.” On April 7, 1955, Robert Frost delivered a poetry reading at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
March 26
How does the rediscovery of an audio component for Romare Bearden’s monumental collage transform our understanding of it?
Lauren Rosati
February 22
In Circulation
Read articles and the latest news about The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Libraries' collections, activities, and research related to the history of art.
A brief history of The Met’s artist obituary scrapbooks.
James Moske
October 16
Conserving Tacita Dean's The Book End of Time
Clare Manias
September 18
Honoring fashion elders in The Costume Institute Library
Julie Lê
August 21