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• Rare Medieval Hebrew Manuscript to be Displayed at Metropolitan Museum

  Thursday, March 17, 2011, 4:00 a.m.

  The Washington Haggadah—one of the most important illustrated Hebrew manuscripts preserved in an American public collection and an unprecedented loan from the Library of Congress—will be shown at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning April 5, to coincide with the observance of Passover later that month. A Haggadah is the book used at the Passover seder, the ritual meal that commemorates the exodus of the ancient Israelites from Egypt. Although the essential components of the text were established in the second century, the Haggadah was first made into an independent, illustrated book in the Middle Ages. The manuscript will remain on view through June 26.

• After the Gold Rush at Metropolitan Museum Features Contemporary Photographs from the Collection
  March 22, 2011 – January 2, 2012

  Monday, March 7, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

   

• Irish Singer-Songwriter Duke Special Debuts Original Songs at Metropolitan Museum Inspired by Photographs in Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand

  Sunday, March 6, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

  Irish musical sensation Duke Special will debut all-new songs on March 24, 2011, at 7 p.m. in a performance presented by Spectrum at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this concert conceived specifically for the Met, Duke Special has been inspired by the Museum's current exhibition Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand, which features masterpieces of photography from the early 20th century. Duke Special's signature atmospheric sound will take listeners back to a bygone era of steam trains, tycoons, grandes dames, and artists—a world of foggy city streets and tranquil country scenes.

• Richard Serra's First Retrospective Exhibition of Drawings Opens at Metropolitan Museum on April 13

  Thursday, March 3, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

  The first retrospective of the drawings of American contemporary artist Richard Serra will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 13, 2011, through August 28, 2011. Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective traces the crucial role that drawing has played in Richard Serra's work for more than 40 years. Although Serra is well known for his large-scale and site-specific sculptures, his work has also changed the practice of drawing. This major exhibition will show how Serra's work has expanded the definition of drawing through innovative techniques, unusual media, monumental scale, and carefully conceived relationships to surrounding spaces. The exhibition, which includes many loans from important European and American collections, features 43 drawings and 28 sketchbooks from the 1970s to the present, as well as four films by the artist and a new, large-scale work completed specifically for this presentation.

• Exhibition of Magnificent Andean Tunics on View at Metropolitan Museum Beginning March 8

  Monday, February 28, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present a special exhibition focusing on the Andean tunic, beginning March 8. Featuring some 30 tunics drawn from the Museum's collection with loans from The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., The Cleveland Museum of Art, and two private collections, The Andean Tunic, 400 BCE – 1800 CE, will examine the form of the tunic, essentially a type of shirt, which had an important cultural place in Andean South America for centuries. Textiles, a much developed art form there in ancient times, were themselves valued as wealth, and tunics were among the most treasured of them.

• Met Museum's New Installation Positions African Masks with Works by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Africa, Europe, and U.S.
  March 8 - August 21, 2011

  Monday, February 28, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

   

• Metropolitan Museum Concerts
  April 2011

  Monday, February 28, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

  Chanticleer's Monteverdi, Mahler, and New Works by Mason Bates & Erika Lloyd, Pianists Paul Lewis and Jon Nakamatsu in Recital, Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert, Musicians from Marlboro, Steve Ross's Tribute to Fred Astaire, and John Lithgow's Children's Program

• Metropolitan Museum's 2011 Series of "Met Holiday Mondays" to Continue with Presidents' Day, Feb. 21

  Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art continues its popular "Met Holiday Mondays" program by opening the doors of its main building to the public on Presidents' Day, February 21. (The next Met Holiday Monday will be April 25, during spring break week.)

• Paul Ruddock Elected a Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Monday, February 7, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

  Paul Ruddock has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, the Museum's Chairman. The election took place at the January 11 meeting of the Board of Trustees.

• Guitar Heroes Exhibition, Opening February 9, to Feature Extraordinary Instruments Created by Three Legendary Modern-day Master Craftsmen

  Thursday, February 3, 2011, 5:00 a.m.

  Three New York master luthiers, renowned for their hand-carved stringed instruments—particularly their archtop guitars, which have been sought after by many of the most important guitarists of the last century—will be the subject of Guitar Heroes: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from February 9 through July 4, 2011. Featuring the extraordinary guitars of John D'Angelico, James D'Aquisto, and John Monteleone, this unprecedented exhibition of approximately 80 musical instruments will focus on the work of these modern-day master craftsmen and their roots in a long tradition of stringed instrument-making that has thrived for more than 400 years and that was first brought to New York from Italy around the turn of the 20th century.