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Image of Cecily Brown in her studio.

Artist Interview—Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid

Go behind the scenes with artist Cecily Brown, who discusses the inspiration and making of Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid, the first full-fledged museum survey of Brown’s work in New York since she made the city her home.

March 20
Painting of multiple sheets of drawn paper pasted in rows. Small line drawings of thick lips are embedded throughout this composition

Women’s Work, Part 2

A second installment of conversations with contemporary women artists who reflect on their art and share what inspires them most in the Museum.
Ann C. Collins March 20
Portrait of Anita Reinhard in front of the Temple of Dendur

Anita Reinhard: A Trailblazing Curator of Arms and Armor

One of the first women curators in an American museum, Reinhard was a pioneer in her field.
John Byck March 20

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A wide shot of a paintings conservator working on three panels from an Italian altarpiece depicting three religious figures on a gold background.
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an somewhat abstract print of the inside of a large auditorium with many rows of audience members on the orchestra level and several balconies above, with the words "Modern Times: British Prints, 1919–1939" in white across the top
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