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Philip Deloria, in a dark suit jacket and patterned shirt, stands in a gallery in front of various prints and objects with geometric patterns
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Mary Sully: A Reclamation
For decades, the work of Native American artist Mary Sully remained largely unseen. A discovery in a basement brought this great artist’s work to light.
November 14, 2024
Detail of the Astronomicum Caesareum
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Using the Astronomicum Caesareum Book
This most sumptuous of all Renaissance instructive manuals explained the use of the astrolabe and other instruments used for computing planetary positions
October 3, 2022
Detail of the interior of a 5th-century BC bronze Chinese zhong or bell with a green patina
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Immaterial: Metals, Part One
Dive into the magic of iron, bronze, lead, and copper.
August 17, 2022
Detail of an ink and watercolor painting on paper with plants, leaves, and other organic elements
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Immaterial: Paper
Get a handle on palm-sized ephemera in The Met collection.
May 25, 2022
The Met Fifth facade
The Creative Process of Manaku and the Pahari Painters: Layers of Memory
A paper conservator reveals the unique artistic method by which the Pahari painters translated the gods of literary epic onto polished paper.
Marina Ruiz Molina
March 13, 2019
The Met Fifth facade
Painting with Coffee and Cola: The Surprising Colors of Thornton Dial
An investigation into materials used by Thornton Dial sheds new light on the artist's practice and the symbolism of his work.
Marina Ruiz Molina
October 2, 2018
Painting with navy blue, green, and brown tones of a bottle, glass, pack of Scaferlati Ordinaire tobacco, and book on a tabletop
Juan Gris's Book and Glass, 1914
Learn more about the unique textures and media used in Juan Gris’s papier collé, Book and Glass (1914).
Rachel Mustalish
October 1, 2018
The Met Fifth facade
Assembling a Grand Exhibition: How Visitors to Versailles Came to Life
What does it take to put together a grand exhibition? Learn from Elizabeth Benjamin, the research associate for Visitors to Versailles, about the many experts across the Museum who brought Versailles to The Met.
Elizabeth Benjamin
July 18, 2018
The Met Fifth facade
Mary Cassatt in a Modernist Light: A Close Look at Mother and Child
A paper conservator at The Met sheds light on the modernist pastel technique of Mary Cassatt's Mother and Child (1914).
Marjorie Shelley
March 29, 2018
What Lies Beneath a Tiffany Drawing, Part Two
Associate Conservator Marina Ruiz Molina takes viewers beneath the surface of Louis Comfort Tiffany drawings in an investigation of his studios' practices.
Marina Ruiz Molina
February 26, 2018