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Artist Interview—Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid

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.

Digital Premiere: Honor, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra starring Lili Taylor

Digital Premiere: Honor, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra starring Lili Taylor

Watch artist Suzanne Bocanegra present Honor, a stage work that masquerades as an artist lecture about one of The Met's most important 16th-century tapestries.

The Art of the Copyist

The Art of the Copyist

Discover the pleasure of sustained looking alongside contemporary artist Jas Knight as he copies Diego Velázquez’s Juan de Pareja.

Textile Conservation at The Met

Textile Conservation at The Met

Learn about the science, art, and exhibition techniques of textile conservation at The Met.

 

Digital Premiere: Matthew Evan Taylor’s “Life Returns”

Digital Premiere: Matthew Evan Taylor’s “Life Returns”

Listen to Matthew Evan Taylor’s “Life Returns”, a monumental work that encompasses bite-sized pieces of music, which explore African-American, South Asian, and Western European musical practices.

The Making of a Bronze Statue, 1922

The Making of a Bronze Statue, 1922

How do you make a monument? Produced by the Museum in 1922, this short film follows the American artist Alexander Phimister Proctor’s process of sculpting Theodore Roosevelt.

Image of an older Chinese man doing calligraphy with a brush and ink behind The Met's Astor Court with plants in the background.

Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with Chinese Calligraphy

Grab your brush and ink and give calligraphy a try to commemorate the Lunar New Year!

Rashida Bumbray

Rashida Bumbray

Civic Practice Partnership artist-in-residence Rashida Bumbray is a performance artist, curator, choreographer, and the Director of Culture and Art at the Open Society Foundations. Her work focuses on Black urban spaces and communities, and what it means to be in a space that has layers of generational trauma.

The Black Presence in Tudor England

The Black Presence in Tudor England

Learn more about John Blanke, a trumpeter who performed at the coronation of Henry VIII, and other documented free Black residents of Tudor England.

Paul Klee: "In the Magic Kitchen"

Paul Klee: "In the Magic Kitchen"

Join scholar Charles W. Haxthausen as he explores the variety of artist Paul Klee’s practice and reflects on its art-historical implications.

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