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Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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Marking International Provenance Research Day at The Met
Five case studies for select recent acquisitions demonstrate the varied and complex nature of provenance research at The Met.
Lucian Simmons, Maya Muratov, Christine E. Brennan, Ria Breed, Anne Dunn-Vaturi, Michael Seymour, and Mary Chan
April 8
Shadowy image of a nun, wearing a habit with her midriff exposed. Thick paint strokes in yellow and gray frame the figure, and the entire composition is set against a background of deep red.
The Abiding Influence of Sor Juana
A new opera at The Met Cloisters reinterprets the Mexican writer’s magnum opus.
Emery Kerekes
January 23
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Visualizing the Afterlife
Explore how artists across time and place have contemplated the afterlife.
Andrea Myers Achi and Akili Tommasino
May 17, 2024
a gold pectoral with coins and a pseudo-medallion that holds fourteen gold coins and two gold discs that are linked together and held by a large gold tube surrounding it.
Wearing Coins in Late Antiquity
Why were gold coins used as jewelry throughout the Byzantine Empire?
Stephanie Caruso
January 23, 2024
Three artists and one moderator sitting in modern grey chairs on a stage each holdings microphones with a red carpet underneath them. There is a projection screen behind them.
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Artists on Artworks—Africa & Byzantium
Join artists as they reflect on works in the exhibition Africa and Byzantium and make connections to their own artistic practices.
January 8, 2024
A papyrus with a hand-drawn winged figure, Greek text, and abstract symbols, showing signs of aging and wear.
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Ars Poetica
I was thinking of “voice” here not as the sound one makes, but as the feeling of a specific presence behind the words, animating them.
Safia Elhillo
November 13, 2023
Illustrated hands reach out to touch the Merode Altarpiece painting
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What Happens When We Touch Art?
Find out how touching artworks can be dangerous and meet the scientists that take care of the art—our conservators.
June 28, 2023
A woman with grey hair and a black dress arches her back, tilts her head back, and raises her hands in a cupped position. She is in a building made of tan stone walls and columns with arched windows.
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Bijayini Satpathy in the Galleries: The Prayer
An exploration of the body in prayer, “The Prayer” was created especially for the Chapter House at The Met Cloisters, and is inspired by the site’s meditative architecture.
May 2, 2023
Image of a unicorn hunter from the Unicorn Tapestry series and an image of someone dressed like them.
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How to Look like a Medieval Unicorn Hunter
Travel back in time with a medieval look inspired by The Met’s beloved The Unicorn Tapestries and see how you can replicate one of the hunters from the tapestries using makeup.
Cecilia Zhou
April 22, 2022
Brown and beige fragment of a floor mosaic with a brown-skinned woman with curly brown hair, a headpiece, and earrings set against a bright yellow ovular spotlight shape in the background.
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Spotlight: Rethinking Representation
Two scholars challenge assumptions about the origins of a Byzantine mosaic and the intent of its maker.
Andrea Myers Achi and Liz James
February 2, 2022