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Ancient mosaic featuring a central Medusa head, radiating petal-like patterns, geometric borders, and four corner masks on a stone background.
Michelangelo Iossa and Sarah Lepinski
August 1
Covers of Fashioning the Self volumes one and two
Recent acquisitions and highlights in The Costume Institute Library.
Julie Lê
July 30
A woman in simple dress looks upward, her left arm reaching out as she leans against a tree trunk.
Audio
The poet Billy Collins reflects on Joan of Arc’s absorbing expression in this original work.
Billy Collins
July 30
The backs of Maia Nuku and Max Hollein as they look up at Bisj poles in the Arts of Oceania galleries
Video
Join curator Maia Nuku to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of Oceania galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
Maia Nuku
July 24
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
Cover of "Dan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive" shows a stylized person in a plaid suit and hat, set against bold, vintage typography.
Discover the foundational history of jive culture in the United States as a form of expression.
Brent Hayes Edwards
July 18
Joanne Pillsbury and Laura Filloy Nadal standing in front of a female sculpture in the Ancient Americas galleries of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
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Join curators Joanne Pillsbury and Laura Filloy Nadal to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of the Ancient Americas galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
Joanne Pillsbury and Laura Filloy Nadal
July 17
Collaged, magenta room with cradle
Nineteenth-century house albums from Watson Library and the Department of Drawings and Prints Library.
Lydia Aikenhead
July 16
Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez looks at a weaving in the Arts of the Ancient Americas textile gallery
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“For me, living and producing textiles goes along with your life, along with your age, along with your everyday activity, that's why it is a living art, it’s not a piece that's from the past.”
July 14
A young girl poses with a stoic face and a hand on her hip. Her dress and hair are accented with flowers.
Poet Deborah Landau responds to Gustav Klimt’s painting Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000).
Deborah Landau
July 14