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Managing Horticulturist Caleb Leech discusses the significance of the start of spring both at The Cloisters and in the medieval calendar.
Image for The Creative Process of Manaku and the Pahari Painters: Layers of Memory
A paper conservator reveals the unique artistic method by which the Pahari painters translated the gods of literary epic onto polished paper.
Image for After Three Hundred Years of Fading, a Dutch Masterpiece Is Digitally Restored
Three centuries of light exposure caused a famous still life to fade. Here's how a team of conservators and curators brought it (digitally) back to life.
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Douglas Eklund, associate curator in the Department of Photographs, introduces the next topic for the Teen Advisory Group's blog posts: the exhibition Spies in the House of Art: Photography, Film, and Video.
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Marketing Director Lisa Vrod and Satellites Manager Katie Didrichsen of Restaurant Services detail the history of The Met’s Dining Room.
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Limor Tomer, general manager of Concerts and Lectures, unveils the dynamic new season of MetLiveArts programming.
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Associate Museum Librarian for Interlibrary Services and Digital Initiatives Robyn Fleming discusses some of the rare handmade bark paper (amate) books by Mexican artist Alfonso García Tellez.
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Visiting Committee Member Rebecca Lindsey announces a new publication chronicling the history of the Department of Musical Instruments.
Image for Sonic Storytelling with 3-D Audio at The Met
Managing Editor and Producer Nina Diamond shares insight into the collaborative production and complex layers that underlie The Met's first 3-D audio experience.
Image for Exploring Coptic Prayers Written on Venetian Paper
Hagop Kevorkian Curatorial Fellow Alzahraa K. Ahmed summarizes her recent investigation into the production dates of two Coptic codices in the Department of Islamic Art's collection.

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Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden)

...numerous masterpieces of woodblock printing, many of which are nearly impossible to find in such fine condition today...

MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art acquired by the Met each year through gifts and purchases.
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Mishneh Torah

Master of the Barbo Missal

"...The Met takes a major step in presenting masterpieces of Judaica..."

MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art acquired by the Met each year through gifts and purchases.
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Électricité

Man Ray

This remarkably seductive album of photogravures is an exquisite example of his legacy as America's greatest Surrealist photographer...

MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art acquired by the Met each year through gifts and purchases.
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Hendrick Avercamp

"...His finished drawings are much rarer, and the present one is among his best of an imaginary landscape..."

MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art acquired by the Met each year through gifts and purchases.
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Gilles Michel Louis Moutier-Le Page

...these very pistols spectacularly confirmed that the French were then unsurpassed in their mastery of the gunmaker's art...

MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art acquired by the Met each year through gifts and purchases.
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Small Trades

Irving Penn

"The resulting portraits–landmarks in the history of twentieth century photography–are a brilliant update of some 300 years’ interest by artists in producing pictures of small tradesmen, or petit métiers."

MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art acquired by the Met each year through gifts and purchases.
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Saint Sebastian

Master of the Furies

When this compelling, transformative statuette of Saint Sebastian became available, it was an opportunity not to be missed, as the Museum has nothing comparable...

MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art acquired by the Met each year through gifts and purchases.