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The American Impressionist painter Childe Hassam is known today for his depictions of New England landscapes and portraits of life in turn-of-the-century New York.
July 24, 2020
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Perhaps the most famous wrought-iron monument is the Eiffel Tower in Paris. But you can also find wrought iron all around you on the streets of New York City, decorating balconies, staircases, windows, and doorways.
July 17, 2020
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Near the end of his life, Vincent van Gogh moved from Paris to the city of Arles in southeastern France, where he experienced the most productive period of his artistic career.
July 10, 2020
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The American sculptor George Grey Barnard—known as the “modern Michelangelo” for his ambitious, often larger-than-life marble sculptures—perfects several projects in this charming vignette, including two massive busts of Abraham Lincoln.
May 28, 2020
Join The Met as it hosts an online teen night full of activities, art making, and performances.
Darcy-Tell Morales
May 28, 2020
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Discover the story behind one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of jade in the world.
Zhixin Jason Sun
May 16, 2020
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A gem of analog animation, George Griffin’s Head offers a delightfully snarky and clever self-portrait of the artist as a not-so-young man, undone by his own cartoon surrogate.
May 8, 2020
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This outrageous and slyly self-aware documentary revisits The Costume Institute’s 1982 exhibition La Belle Époque, from the decadence in fin-de-siècle Paris through the global pandemonium of World War I.
May 1, 2020
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“Curator” comes from the Latin word “cura,” meaning “to take care.”
April 10, 2020
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The artist Louise Nevelson was known for her elaborate and monumental sculptures made of found materials such as discarded wood and scrap metal.
March 27, 2020