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Painting of a living area. Modest light comes through red and gold curtains. A wooden desk, dresser, and armchair round out the image.
In Menzel’s Sitting Room
My eyes seem to drag me straight to the curtains, which take only a gentle toll on the peaky daylight that comes through them.
Eliza Barry Callahan
March 27
The people standing together in a gallery with hard hanging from the wall, facing them.
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Exhibition Tour—Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature

Join Alison Hokanson, Curator in the Department of European Paintings, and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, along with Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and CEO, to virtually explore Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature.

February 20
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Now Beacon, Now Sea
The poet Jennifer Franklin responds to Friedrich’s painting Monk by the Sea.
Jennifer Franklin
February 3
Two men in coats stand beside a large tree, gazing at a crescent moon in a dusky sky.
Winter in the Newest World
The poet Emily Pittinos responds to Friedrich’s painting Two Men Contemplating the Moon.
Emily Pittinos
February 3
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Sounds of the Sublime
A sound recordist imagines the auditory world of Caspar David Friedrich’s landscapes.
Martyn Stewart
January 31
A man and women stand in front of a large painting. The painting is well lit and the people are in shadow.
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Exhibition Tour—Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 | Met Exhibitions
Join Stephan Wolohojian, John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge of the Department of European Paintings, and Caroline Campbell, Director (An Stiúrthóir) of the National Gallery of Ireland, to virtually explore Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350.
October 24, 2024
Two people standing in the European Paintings galleries looking at a painting
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Exhibition Tour—Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800
Join curators Stephan Wolohojian, Adam Eaker, David Pullins, and Anna-Claire Stinebring along with their special guests as they guide you through the newly reopened galleries dedicated to European Paintings from 1300 to 1800.
October 15, 2024
Writer Amor Towles looks upwards to his right at a statue. Two other statues, set on pedestals, are visible in the background
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Meet Me at The Met: Amor Towles
For writer Amor Towles, The Met is not just one museum, but many.
October 7, 2024
Detail from Tiepolo's The Triumph of Marius. Marius is at the lower left. Behind him, Jugurtha's stoic figure sits atop a horse amidst a parade of colors and faces.
Tiepolo’s Triumph
How many millions have climbed the Great Staircase since Tiepolo’s Triumph of Marius was unrolled from its giant storage drum in 1965?
Hugh Raffles
September 26, 2024
A group rests and eats under the shade of a tree.
The World, and That’s All
“During my ten years of working as a guard at The Met, no picture rewarded my attention as consistently.”
Patrick Bringley
September 3, 2024