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Beer discusses the process and inspiration of his sound installation Vessel Orchestra.
Oliver Beer
July 13, 2019
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Watch time-lapse photography of the installation of Phenomenal Nature—Mrinalini Mukherjee.
July 5, 2019
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Starting in 2015, three remarkable watercolors by Emil Gilliéron were studied and conserved, after more than seventy years in storage, to prepare them for the exhibition Watercolors of the Acropolis: Émile Gilliéron in Athens. See how they did it.
June 28, 2019
Three centuries of light exposure caused a famous still life to fade. Here's how a team of conservators and curators brought it (digitally) back to life.
Gerrit Albertson
June 20, 2019
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In this video, artist Alicja Kwade discusses her work ParaPivot, commissioned for The Met’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden.
Alicja Kwade
June 3, 2019
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Watch part two of the Department of Asian Art's day-long symposium with speakers from Japan, China, Great Britain, and the U.S.
Yukio Lippit, Hyonjeong Kim Han, and Marco Leona
June 1, 2019
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Watch part one of the Department of Asian Art's day-long symposium with speakers from Japan, China, Great Britain, and the U.S.
Keisuke Sugiyama, Pengzhu Lou, and Meejung Kim-Marandet
June 1, 2019
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Gallery views of The Costume Institute's spring 2019 exhibition, Camp: Notes on Fashion, narrated by exhibition curator Andrew Bolton.
May 10, 2019
In memory of Jayne Wrightsman, a curator shares a moving story about one of Mrs. Wrightman's many gifts to The Met: the elegant gold-and-white Neoclassical room from the Hôtel de Cabris.
Katharine Baetjer
April 23, 2019
How do you replace a glass roof over the world's greatest art museum and still keep it open to visitors? Go behind the scenes of the European Paintings Skylights Project and see how construction crews are hard at work keeping the art safe.
Michael Dominick
January 25, 2019