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A large steel abstract sculpture in front of the facade of The Met Fifth Avenue. Text: "The Facade Commission Carol Bove The seances aren't helping

The Facade Commission: Carol Bove, The séances aren’t helping

at The Met Fifth Avenue

The New Woman Behind the Camera

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Standing at an open window, a woman begins her day with ablutions from a gilt-silver pitcher and basin, with linen coverings protecting her dress and hair.

In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met

at The Met Fifth Avenue

A young man looking aloofly in the direction of the viewer poses in an aristocratic way within a bare and enigmatic architectural interior. One hand rests on his hip while the other hand’s fingers rest between the pages of a book leaning on a table carved in a purplish stone. The man wears a coordinated outfit of a short sheen suit of black fabric covered in a pattern of diagonally cut slashes. Overlay text reads “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570”.

The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Sesame's big blue bird sits atop a yellow half crescent moon while holding a red ladder with overlaid text, "The Roof Garden Commission. Alex Da Corte As Long as the Sun Lasts

The Roof Garden Commission: Alex Da Corte, As Long as the Sun Lasts

at The Met Fifth Avenue

A loose grid of paintings depicting portraits and landscapes are digitally collaged on a dark grayish cyan blue background color; the text “A New Look at Old Masters The Collection of European Paintings” appears in overlay.

A New Look at Old Masters

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Gifts in Celebration of the Museum's Anniversary

at The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters

A carved frontlet which would be attached to an elaborate headdress and worn on the forehead of a high-ranking man for a ceremonial dance honoring the creatures of land, sea, and sky. A bird with humanoid features, perhaps a hawk, appears in the center. Along the rim, panels of iridescent abalone shell alternate with small human faces.

Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Detail from Imazu Tatsuyuki's "Peacock and Cherry Tree" painted in greens, white, beige, and blues on a folding screen

Japan:
A History of Style

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Crossroads

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Detail of La Reina de Las Chucherías (The Queen of Candies) by Julissa Bruno, a vibrant portrait of a girl wearing candy jewelry and a junk food printed jacket

P.S. Art 2021:
Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Jimmy Foxx baseball card with a photograph of Foxx's head on a cartoon version of him holding a baseball bat.

Baseball Cards from the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Inside a dimly lit interior stand nearly one hundred figures, including Pomo dancers, musicians, and artists, as well as non-Native on-lookers

Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Fabergé from the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection

at The Met Fifth Avenue

A jade ox lies down with its front legs curled underneath it

Celebrating the Year of the Ox

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Revolution, Resistance, and Activism

at The Met Fifth Avenue

A composite of The Virgin and Child on the lower left corner and an alabaster sculpture of Charity carrying young children on the upper right corner. The background is dark purple.

Relative Values: The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Spain, 1000–1200:
Art at the Frontiers of Faith

at The Met Cloisters

Close-up view of the handle of an intricately carved, silver and ivory handgun over a deep red background

Emperors, Artists & Inventors: Transformative Gifts of Fine Arms and Armor

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Two jade figurines portraying temple attendants stand looking towards each other, each enrobed and holding a basin in one hand.

Masters and Masterpieces: Chinese Art from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Detail from "Winter Landscape" by Jiang Song, with a figure fishing in a lake or pond

Companions in Solitude: Reclusion and Communion in Chinese Art

at The Met Fifth Avenue

A painted depiction of the bodhisattva Manjushri against a bright red background, seated crossed legged on a cushion, from the Mandala of Manjuvajra

Bodhisattvas of Wisdom, Compassion, and Power

at The Met Fifth Avenue

Roman medallion with a gold leaf portrait of a man, Gennadios, on a dark glass background

The Good Life: Collecting Late Antique Art at The Met

at The Met Fifth Avenue

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1000 Fifth Ave

In the foreground, a lush garden with small fruit trees in blossom; in the background, who women sit under a stone arcade with double columns.

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In America: A Lexicon of Fashion

The Costume Institute’s next major exhibition is a two-part survey of American fashion.

On view September 18, 2021–September 5, 2022

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South African fashion designer Thebe Magugu standing in front of an orange wall wearing a brown, patterned button-up shirt

The Political Power of Fashion

Thebe Magugu speaks about how fashion can address social issues, from gender-based violence to government corruption.

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Maya stele of a portrait of a queen regent trampling a captive in The Met's Great Hall

Set in Stone: Maya Rulers in the Great Hall

Newly installed, these sculptures celebrate the role of Maya artists in the creation of iconographies of power.

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Singer Davóne Tines performing in Hans Werner Henze's "El Cimarrón

Digital Premiere:
El Cimarrón

On Tuesday, September 14, watch Hans Werner Henze’s El Cimarrón—a sonic tour-de-force based on the oral autobiography of Esteban Montejo, an Afro-Cuban slave who escaped bondage.

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#MetKids Microscope

Learn about the science behind the art with true stories from The Met laboratories in this brand new animated series from #MetKids.

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Museum-goers wearing protective face masks stand before El Anatsui's "Dusasa II" on display in the exhibition Making The Met, 1870–2020.

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Bird's-eye-view of various children's books related to art: "Lost in the Museum," "My Met Sticker Collection," "What the Artist Saw: Vincent Van Gogh," and "What the Artist Saw: Georgia O'Keeffe

The Met x DK

Announcing four engaging new children’s titles arriving this September as part of our collaboration with the world-renowned British book publisher.

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