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Former Curatorial Intern Angela Pastorelli-Sosa discusses the "Fight of the Century"—a boxing match held in 1910 between Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson that stoked racial tensions across the United States.
Angela Pastorelli-Sosa
September 21, 2018
In his preface to the Delacroix catalogue, Associate Curator Asher Miller explores the ways in which this exhibition and the accompanying catalogue will give museumgoers the opportunity to discover Delacroix with fresh eyes.
Asher Miller
September 19, 2018
Curator Keith Christiansen explores a provocative new juxtaposition of four paintings by Veronese, Titian, and Lotto, all of which depict Venus, the goddess of love.
Keith Christiansen
September 13, 2018
Sherman Fairchild Foundation Fellow Alexandra Nichols explains why time-based art demands special attention.
Alexandra Nichols
September 11, 2018
Three experts respond to a writer's desire to know more about Remington's tour-de-force sculpture, bringing us a detailed analysis of, and a glimpse inside, The Old Dragoons of 1850.
Linda Borsch, Federico Carò, and Thayer Tolles
September 6, 2018
Associate Curator Yaëlle Biro recounts some of her recent investigative work to learn more about the use and history of a late nineteenth-century Bongo anthropomorphic post in The Met collection.
Yaëlle Biro
August 27, 2018
Digital Editor Pac Pobric introduces a new Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History essay on the life and career of Joan Miró.
Pac Pobric
August 23, 2018
Assistant Curator Allison Rudnick provides an overview of On the Ropes, the first exhibition of the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection to showcase boxing cards, which feature some of the most celebrated boxers of the last two centuries.
Allison Rudnick
August 14, 2018
Production Editor Dana Miller introduces a new MetCollects episode on Ranjani Shettar's installation Seven ponds and few raindrops.
Dana Miller
August 9, 2018
Assistant Curator Alison Hokanson introduces a bevy of temporary loans on view in August in the nineteenth-century European Paintings galleries, as well as the first installation of all sixteen of the European Paintings department's Van Gogh paintings in several years.
Alison Hokanson
August 9, 2018