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Detail of a vibrant quilt made up of squares with narrow, rectangular strips of alternating colors.
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Immaterial: Blankets and Quilts
Threads of identity.
July 16, 2024
South-facing view of The Met exterior steps from the 5th Ave plaza. Sunlight hits the building facade, and the steps bustle with seated and standing visitors.
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Immaterial: Space, Part 2
Behind the scenes at The Met.
July 2, 2024
Sky with puffy blue and white clouds. A light blue sky peeks through the top right corner of the image.
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Immaterial: Space, Part 1
Giving form to a feeling.
June 18, 2024
Detail of Adam's face.
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Immaterial: Stone
Making and breaking legacies.
June 4, 2024
White "Immaterial" logo text superimposed on a close-up of colorful feathers.
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Introducing: Immaterial Season 2
Revealing the stories behind the building blocks of creativity.
May 24, 2024
layers of pick shaped colors on top of each other almost looking like a flower with orange creeping out from the top left corner.
Color and Form
Learn about the multifaceted ways postwar artists engaged with color through a selection of vibrant prints.
Jennifer Farrell
November 17, 2023
A cracked egg floats over a table top surface featuring a bowl and whole eggs as well as a bucket of paint brushes and bottles of blue, yellow, and red pigments.
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So That’s How You Make Paint?
What does a cake have in common with an Italian Renaissance painting? The answer may surprise you! Watch to learn about the special properties of egg yolk that make it just as perfect for painting as it is for baking.
October 20, 2023
A painting of a Madonna and egg and an illustrated egg artist holding a paint brush flank either side of an open sketch book with colorful test paint swatches labeled bright, grainy, and dull.
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How to Make Tempera Paint at Home
Did you know that you can make paint in your very own home? In this experiment, make a glorious painting using only ingredients from your kitchen cabinet and refrigerator.
October 20, 2023
Vincent Van Gogh’s Cypresses hangs on a wall in a wooden frame. The painting depicts tall trees on the left side with a swirling sky behind.
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Van Gogh’s Materials and Process
Gain a deeper understanding of Van Gogh’s artistic process through new discoveries from recent technical studies of Wheat Field with Cypresses and Cypresses in The Met collection.
Silvia A. Centeno and Charlotte Hale
August 21, 2023
Image of an older Chinese man doing calligraphy with a brush and ink behind The Met's Astor Court with plants in the background.
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Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with Chinese Calligraphy
Grab your brush and ink and give calligraphy a try to commemorate the Lunar New Year!
January 19, 2023