The Museum as Muse Featuring Artist Sarah Sze

Join artist Sarah Sze as she explores new offerings from The Met collection that inspire her work.


Man and woman looking down observing a stain glass window.
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Watch as a three-part Tiffany window that was conceived, commissioned, and crafted by women arrives at The Met.
December 11, 2025
In a dim museum gallery, an artist stands at an easel painting a large portrait on canvas, holding a palette. Framed portraits hang on the dark wall behind them. Bold yellow text over the scene reads ‘THE MUSEUM AS MUSE.’
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Artists Alex Katz and Wangechi Mutu explore works in The Met collection.
December 10, 2025
A green, yellow, and pink parrot's head, with a hinge at the base of its neck.
A closer look at the British enamels industry surfaces complex questions around consumerism, exploitation, and nationalism that continue to reverberate today.
Ella Mints
July 18, 2025
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The Bodhisattva Jizō, Intan  Japanese, Japanese cypress wood (hinoki) with polychrome pigments, gold paint (kindei), cut gold leaf (kirikane), and rock-crystal eyes, Japan
Intan
1291
The Adoration of the Magi, Miguel Gonzalez (Mexico, active 1692-1704) Mexican, Oil on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, gold, Mexico
Miguel Gonzalez
ca. 1695–1700
Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), Rachel Ruysch  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rachel Ruysch
Michiel van Musscher
1692