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A serene painting depicting the Virgin Mary and Child nestled within a tranquil forest setting, surrounded by lush greenery.

Look Again: European Paintings—Rethinking Spain & The Spanish Americas

Join curator David Pullins and conservator Jose Luis Lazarte Luna as they discuss the new approach to Spanish painting of the “Golden Age”.

Johnny Gandelsman performing the violin in Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters.

J.S. Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor (Johnny Gandelsman)

In 2023, violinist Johnny Gandelsman realized a longtime dream: performing J.S. Bach’s six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, plus novel arrangements of the composer’s six cello suites, over a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.

Look Again:European Paintings—Rembrandt: Restoring a Masterpiece

Join curator Adam Eaker and conservator Dorothy Mahon as they discuss the restoration of Rembrandt’s Artistotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653, now on view in the renovated and reinstalled European Paintings galleries at The Met, Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800.

The Catalyst Quartet perform on a spotlit stage

Jessie Montgomery: Strum (Catalyst Quartet)

In December 2023, Catalyst Quartet—The Met’s 2023–24 Quartet in Residence—gave voice to a special set of Met collection instruments for the first time in over 70 years.

Johnny Gandelsman performing the violin in Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters.

J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major (Johnny Gandelsman, violin)

In 2023, violinist Johnny Gandelsman realized a longtime dream: performing J.S. Bach’s six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, plus novel arrangements of the composer’s six cello suites, over a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.

Conserving Rusconi: Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture

Go behind the scenes at The Met to see the conservation of a 17th-century edition of Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture.

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The Leonard A. Lauder Distinguished Scholar Lecture—Blackbeats: Cubism Reimagined

Join scholar Richard J. Powell as he rethinks the art of Cubism through the historical and aesthetic lens of African American art. Artists such as Dudley Murphy, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Mickalene Thomas, and Nina Chanel Abney use angular and fractured forms that resonate with the cultural effects of ragtime, jazz, hip-hop, and other Black performing arts traditions.

Look Again: European Paintings—The Origins of Landscape

Join curators Anna-Claire Stinebring and Joanna Seidenstein for a closer look at early Renaissance landscape painting in the newly renovated and reinstalled European Paintings galleries at The Met, Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800.

Channeling Edward

Go behind the scenes at The Met with photographer Eileen Travell as she channels the spirit of Edward C. Moore—the creative force who led Tiffany & Co. during the second half of the 19th century.

Exhibition Tour—Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.

Join exhibition curator Medill Higgins Harvey, special guests, curators Deniz Beyazit and Monika Bincsik, on a tour of the exhibition Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co

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