The Metropolitan Museum of Art Special Exhibition Podcast

057 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Author Elizabeth Strout Discusses Two Paintings by Winslow Homer

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout shares her responses to Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts and The Gale, two of the Winslow Homer paintings in the exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."

056 Episode for Families: Johnny Appleseed and American Stories

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Curator Barbara Boehm relates the delightful American story of Johnny Appleseed in this episode produced especially for younger audiences.

055 Special Exhibition: Velázquez Rediscovered

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The Metropolitan Museum's European paintings chairman, Keith Christiansen, and head of paintings conservation, Michael Gallagher, discuss their recent reattribution of an extraordinary portrait in the collection to the greatest of all Spanish painters.

054 Episode for Families: The Tengu Nose Contest

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Listen to this amusing story of a contest between two Japanese spirits in this episode produced especially for younger audiences.

053 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Artist Kara Walker Discusses "The Power of Music"

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Artist Kara Walker offers her interpretation of the painting "The Power of Music" by William Sidney Mount, on view in the exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."

052 Special Exhibition: The Young Archer Attributed to Michelangelo

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Curator James David Draper discusses the attribution to the teenage Michelangelo of the marble sculpture now on special loan to the Museum from the French Republic’s Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.

051 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: George Caleb Bingham's Take on Election Day

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter shares his insights on Election Day and on George Caleb Bingham’s painting The County Election, on view in the exhibition “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915.”

050 Special Exhibition: Pablo Bronstein at the Met

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Artist Pablo Bronstein and curator Gary Tinterow discuss Bronstein’s new drawings and etchings that suggest mythical histories and hypothetical futures of the Metropolitan Museum.

049 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Cooking with Lilly Martin Spencer

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Cookbook author and New York Times columnist Mark Bittman savors the food depicted in two paintings by Lilly Martin Spencer, on view in the exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."

048 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Winslow Homer's Civil War

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0500

James McPherson, distinguished Civil War scholar and Professor Emeritus of American history at Princeton University, comments on Pitching Quoits and The Veteran in a New Field, two of the Winslow Homer paintings included in the exhibition “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915.”

047 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915: A New Look at Sargent's Venice

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Curator Barbara Weinberg introduces artist Eric Fischl, who takes a fresh look at two of the John Singer Sargent paintings that are included in the exhibition “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915.”

046 Special Exhibition: Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Co-curators Jeffrey Munger and Meredith Chilton discuss the details of a delightful dessert table—created in conjunction with the Du Paquier exhibition—with culinary historian Ivan Day.

045 Special Exhibition: Vermeer’s Masterpiece, The Milkmaid

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Exhibition curator Walter Liedtke discusses the unique patronage of Johannes Vermeer and its influence on the artistic and psychological aesthetic of The Milkmaid and other works by the artist.

044 TweenCast Episode: Young Woman Peeling Apples

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0500

This TweenCast episode, written especially for audiences ages ten to twelve, imagines the life of a young maid in seventeenth-century Holland. Nicolaes Maes's Young Woman Peeling Apples is included in the exhibition "Vermeer's Masterpiece The Milkmaid."

043 Special Exhibition: The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Isaac Mizrahi, fashion designer, talks with Harold Koda, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, and Kohle Yohannan, guest co-curator, about the 1995 documentary Unzipped. In the following excerpts from the conversation, Mizrahi talks about rallying his talent, his team, and his friends—the supermodels—early in his career. A video of the entire conversation is available on the Met's YouTube channel.

042 Special Exhibition: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United State, His Excellency Said Tayeb Jawad, speaks about the rich culture and history of Afghanistan at the inauguration of the exhibition “Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul.” Introduction by Met Director Thomas P. Campbell.

041 Special Exhibition: Michelangelo's First Painting

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Keith Christiansen, the Jayne Wrightsman Curator of European Paintings, and Michael Gallagher, Conservator in Charge of Paintings Conservation, discuss their research and conservation of the first known painting by Michelangelo Buonarroti

040 Special Exhibition: The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Doug Eklund, Associate Curator in the Department of Photographs, speaks with the artist Dan Graham about Jack Goldstein's 1976 series called A Suite of Nine 7-Inch Records with Sound Effects. The records are on display in the exhibition "The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984," and visitors to the Museum can listen to them in the galleries.

039 The New American Wing: American Art Pottery

Mon, 18 May 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, the Metropolitan Museum’s Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts, talks with Robert Ellison about his collection of American ceramics from 1876 to 1956, a promised gift to the Museum. The works will be displayed on the mezzanine balcony of the Charles Engelhard Court in the New American Wing, which reopens to the public on May 19, 2009. More information about the American Decorative Arts collection is available on the Museum's Audio Guide.

038 The New American Wing: The Verplanck Room

Mon, 11 May 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Metropolitan Museum curators Morrison Heckscher and Amelia Peck discuss the details of an eighteenth-century period room furnished with the belongings of the Verplanck family. Along with eighteen other period rooms, the Verplanck Room will return to public view when the New American Wing reopens on May 19, 2009. More information about the period rooms is available on the Museum's Audio Guide.

037 It's Time We Met: A Tokyo Teenager Visits the Museum

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Mimiko, a teenager from Tokyo, visits the Met and tours the new 19th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries.

036 It's Time We Met: A Tokyo Teenager Visits the Museum [Japanese]

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Mimiko, a teenager from Tokyo, visits the Met and tours the new 19th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries.

035 Special Exhibition: Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Curators Ian Wardropper and James David Draper describe The French Parnassus, an extraordinary bronze sculpture featured in the special exhibition "Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution," on view at the Met February 24 through May 24, 2009.

034 Special Exhibition: Art of the Korean Renaissance

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The dynamic works featured in the exhibition “Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400–1600” provide a glimpse into the extraordinary artistic and cultural renaissance that took place in Korea during the early Joseon dynasty. Soyoung Lee, the exhibition’s curator, narrates. The exhibition is on view from March 17 through June 21, 2009.

033 특별전:한국 르네상스의 미술

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0500

한국 르네상스의 미술, 1400-1600 년'전은다이나믹한 작품들을 통해 한국 조선시대 전기의특출한 문화적, 예술적 부흥의 모습을 소개한다. 전시를 기획한 이소영 큐레이터가 해설한다. 동전시는 2009년 3월 17일부터 6월 21일까지 개최된다.

032 The Philippe de Montebello Years: Mangaaka Power Figure

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Alisa LaGamma and Philippe de Montebello discuss the original form and function of this arresting sculpture from Central Africa. Recorded on the occasion of "The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions", on view from October 24, 2008–February 1, 2009.

031 The Philippe de Montebello Years: Onésipe Aguado's Woman Seen from the Back

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Philippe de Montebello speaks with curator Malcolm Daniel about Onésipe Aguado's mysterious photograph Woman Seen from the Back, which was acquired by the Museum as part of the remarkable Gilman Collection. Recorded on the occasion of "The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions", on view from October 24, 2008–February 1, 2009.

030 The Philippe de Montebello Years: Autograph Quilt

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500

The Museum’s curator of American textiles, Amelia Peck, discusses the acquisition of a nineteenth-century quilt and the unusual story behinds its creation with director Philippe de Montebello. Recorded on the occasion of "The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions", on view from October 24, 2008–February 1, 2009.

029 The Philippe de Montebello Years: Duccio di Buoninsegna’s Madonna and Child

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Philippe de Montebello discusses Duccio di Buoninsegna’s Madonna and Child—one of the masterworks in the Museum's collection—with curator Keith Christiansen. Recorded on the occasion of "The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions", on view from October 24, 2008–February 1, 2009.

028 The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End

Tues, 14 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Curator Alisa LaGamma talks to artist Sokari Douglas Camp about her work, including the steel sculpture Nigerian Woman Shopping, which is featured in the special exhibition "The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End."

027 Episode for Families: Aesop's Fables

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Enjoy the fundamental wisdom of Aesop's Fables in this episode, produced especially for younger audiences.

026 The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Curator Helen Evans previews the exhibition "The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions," which opens October 24, 2008.

025 Work of Art: A Conversation with Marco Leona, Joan Mertens, and Mark Abbe

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0500

A scientist, a curator, and an archaeologist discuss the exciting discoveries revealed by the scientific analyses of an ancient Greek funerary stele.

024 Episode for Families: Peach Blossom Spring

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Discover the peaceful tranquility of Peach Blossom Spring in this story originally told seventeen hundred years ago by the poet Tao Qian.

023 Gustave Courbet

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Curator Gary Tinterow visits the New York studio of the painter John Currin to discuss the special exhibition Gustave Courbet.

022 Interview with El Anatsui

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Curator Alisa LaGamma talks to artist El Anatsui about his work, including the sculpture Between Earth and Heaven, which was recently installed in the African art galleries.

021 Episode for Families: Ananse the Spider

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:00:00 -0500

This episode, produced for younger audiences ages 7–12, features an African folk tale and is inspired by a linguist staff (oykeame) in the Museum's collection. Narrated by actor Ronnie Washington.

020 High School Intern Episode: "One of A Kind: The Studio Craft Movement"

Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0500

This episode, written and performed by the Museum's summer 2007 high school interns, brings the Studio Craft movement to life.

019 Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840–1860

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Guest curator Roger Taylor traces the history and impact of the paper negative, or calotype, which was invented by Henry Talbot in 1841.

018 The Age of Rembrandt

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Curator Walter Liedtke discusses the Museum's unparalleled collection of seventeenth-century Dutch paintings, and provides insight into nineteenth-century Americans' fascination with these works from the age of Rembrandt.

017 The New Uris Center for Education

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Director Philippe de Montebello offers a glimpse of the Metropolitan's state-of-the-art Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education, opening October 23.

016 Poiret: King of Fashion

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Curator Harold Koda explains Paul Poiret's significant contributions to the world of fashion.

015 College Intern Talk: Edward Hopper

Mon, 9 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Discover the significance and historical context of Edward Hopper's 1929 painting The Lighthouse at Two Lights through a talk by one of our college interns.

014 College Intern Talk: Neo-Assyrian Reliefs

Fri, 25 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Explore stunning wall reliefs commissioned by the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II nearly three thousand years ago in a special episode created by one of our college interns.

013 Work of Art: Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Curator Carrie Rebora Barratt tells the story of one of the greatest icons of American painting, Emanuel Leutze’s monumental Washington Crossing the Delaware.

012 New Greek and Roman Galleries

Mon, 5 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Director Philippe de Montebello offers a behind-the-scenes look at some of the treasures featured in the spectacular New Greek and Roman Galleries, opening April 20.

011 Americans in Paris, 1860–1900

Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0500

The actor Charles Turner reads amusing descriptions of Parisian daily life by Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), the first African American artist to achieve international acclaim.

010 Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall: An Artist's Country Estate

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:00:00 -0500

Vivid descriptions, read from letters by Tiffany and his contemporaries, reveal the history behind one of his greatest artistic achievements.

009 Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art of the Papuan Gulf

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:00:00 -0500

Excerpts from the unpublished manuscript of the pioneering photographer Kathleen Haddon chronicle indigenous ceremonies and traditions of the Papuan Gulf in the early 20th century.

008 Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:00:00 -0500

Museum Director Philippe de Montebello provides the historical context behind these medieval sculpted heads, recalling their importance as icons and symbols of power.

007 Sean Scully: Wall of Light

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:30:00 -0400

The artist Sean Scully explores the emotional and narrative themes of his abstract, bricklike forms.

006 New Orleans after the Flood: Photographs by Robert Polidori

Mon, 29 Aug 2006 12:30:00 -0400

The photographer Robert Polidori describes his experience depicting the loss and pathos of a civilization in chaos in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

005 AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion

Mon, 01 May 2006 12:30:00 -0400

Punk legend John Rotten provides commentary on the evolution of British fashion, relating fashion of necessity to social structures and the bravado of the individual.

004 Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:30:00 -0400

Actor Sam Waterston narrates the story of the famous Egyptian queen Hatshepsut.

003 Kara Walker at the Met: After the Deluge

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:30:00 -0400

The artist Kara Walker lends new insight into the antebellum world depicted in her work.

002 Samuel Palmer (1805-1881): Vision and Landscape

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:30:00 -0400

Explore the Romantic era of Samuel Palmer.

001 Vincent van Gogh--The Letters

Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:32:43 -0400

Actor Kevin Bacon reads excerpts from the letters of Vincent van Gogh.