Go behind the scenes with these unique perspectives on the latest artworks to enter The Met collection.
"How does a woman represent herself?" Joseph Scheier-Dolberg on Cao Zhenxiu and Gai Qi's Famous Women album.
"What makes an instrument an individual?" Anthony Wilson plays John Monteleone's "Four Seasons" guitars.
“Who controls time?” Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide on a longcase clock by Ferdinand Berthoud and Balthazar Lieutaud.
“How does an outsider get in?” Kerry James Marshall on his painting, Untitled (Studio)
"Does hindsight intensify meaning?" Elizabeth Kornhauser on the implications of Jules Tavernier's painting Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California.
"How do you measure dedication?" Barbara Boehm on Simon Bening’s Book of Hours.
"What is the path to a masterpiece?" Perrin Stein on Jacques Louis David's The Death of Socrates.
“Where are the boundaries of American art?”
"Can a work of art reclaim history?" Scholar David Driskell on Aaron Douglas's Painting Let My People Go.
