English
DonateMembershipTickets

Regarding History: American Art in Perspective

Join curators, academics, and artists to mark the end of the American Wing’s 100th anniversary with dynamic conversations and presentations that explore multilayered interpretations of American art and history. Discover how diverse institutions and individuals are bringing history to life for audiences through a variety of engaging approaches that activate digital technologies, showcase innovations in visual and material object-based displays, and center the power of place and the potential for contemporary artistic interventions.


Woman reaching toward a glass panel with a water pitcher in her left hand.
Video
Explore the beloved seventeenth-century Dutch painter in a talk with Met curator Adam Eaker and writer Ruth Bernard Yeazell, author of Vermeer’s Afterlives.
Adam Eaker
September 27
Black-and-white portrait of a man in a white collared shirt and glasses, framed in a circle and surrounded by a magenta background.
Video
Join artist Liu Wei and Met curator Lesley Ma for a conversation about The Genesis Facade Commission: Liu Wei, Speculation, a suite of four large-scale sculptures for The Met Fifth Avenue’s facade.
Lesley Ma
September 22
Set of seven mannequins in rectangular displays, each paired with a smaller object placed below.
Video
Acompáñenos y explore la relación entre la imagen, la moda y el arte, inspirada por la exposición Costume Art.
September 10