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A book presented on a wooden table, with a hand on the left side of the page preparing to turn the page.
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Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson—The Richard Wright Suite
Join James Manigault-Bryant, Professor of Africana Studies at Williams College, for a closer look at The Richard Wright Suite
October 28
Collaged, magenta room with cradle
At Home in a Book
Nineteenth-century house albums from Watson Library and the Department of Drawings and Prints Library.
Lydia Aikenhead
July 16
A sheet of paper with a figure and cutout outfits for dressing up paper dolls.
Domestic Fantasies
Historic paper dolls from the Drawings and Prints collection tell a story of conspicuous consumption and evolving social values.
Liliya Dashevski
March 12
Woman sitting, black and white shading. She looks to be in distress.
The Deeply Political Art of Paula Rego

A selection of the artist's prints candidly portrays the experience of women during periods of political oppression.

Jennifer Farrell
December 9, 2024
A mixed-media collage decorated with two black-and-white photos, a childlike drawing, and an image of the Virgin Mary and Jesus surrounding a drawing of a flower and poem about the artist's mother.
Juan Sánchez on the Guariquen Portfolio
Learn more about the artist’s singular blending of media, Puerto Rican and Nuyorican culture, activism, issues of colonialism, and personal history in his remarkable prints.
Deborah Cullen-Morales
September 27, 2024
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Mexican Prints at the Vanguard
Discover the rich history of printmaking in Mexico and the The Met’s collecting of these prints.
Mark McDonald
September 16, 2024
Black shaded drawing of a black boat sailing with threee people.
Reflections on Flooding
How have printmakers in the United States addressed a long history of inundation and the social inequities it exacerbates?
Juan Gabriel Ramirez Bolívar
July 29, 2024
A person leans over to place a book between the plates of a book press in the foreground at right.
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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.
July 18, 2024
Black-and-white poster with a bold statistic about AIDS, an image of a baby doll, and accompanying text about HIV/AIDS in babies.
Queer Activist Art
Gran Fury’s weapons of mass production.
Jasmine Kuylenstierna
June 7, 2024
A woman in a multicolored dress is seated on a yellow couch, her back to the viewer. In the background at right is a black and white portrait of a mother holding a baby; at left is the room's doorway. The wallpaper and floor is characterized by whimsical and geometric designs, including portraits as part of the wallpaper.
How to Read Portraits

Kathryn Calley Galitz takes a deep dive into
portraiture from Ancient Roman coins to Instagram selfies.

Rachel High
June 6, 2024