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William Kentridge's The Refusal of Time (2012)
Sherman Fairchild Foundation Fellow Alexandra Nichols explains why time-based art demands special attention.
Alexandra Nichols
September 11, 2018
The Met Fifth facade
Production Editor Dana Miller introduces a new MetCollects episode on Ranjani Shettar's installation Seven ponds and few raindrops.
Dana Miller
August 9, 2018
The Met Fifth facade
Production Editor Dana Miller introduces a new MetCollects episode on the early video work of William Wegman.
Dana Miller
July 19, 2018
The Met Fifth facade
Assistant Curator Shanay Jhaveri writes about Ranjani Shettar's technique and how the artist's use of materials transforms her sculptures into lyrical illusions.
Shanay Jhaveri
June 19, 2018
The Met Fifth facade
Production Editor Dana Miller introduces a new episode of MetCollects that takes an in-depth look at an ancient Olmec kneeling figure new to the Museum's collection.
Dana Miller
June 18, 2018
The Met Fifth facade
Production Editor Dana Miller introduces two new episodes of MetCollects that take an in-depth look at works by immigrants that came to America more than a century apart.
Dana Miller
May 29, 2018
The Met Fifth facade
In celebration of the fiftieth episode of MetCollects, Video Editor Sarah Cowan and Production Editor Dana Miller discuss how the online series began and take a look at what's to come next.
Dana Miller and Sarah Cowan
March 19, 2018
African Crest with a large forehead and prominent eyes carved out of wood
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"Can an invention remain new?": Alisa LaGamma on the tsesah crest.
Alisa LaGamma
November 17, 2017
Guitarist and composer Anthony Wilson plays a guitar on a stage with three additional guitars in the background
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"What makes an instrument an individual?" Anthony Wilson plays John Monteleone's "Four Seasons" guitars.
July 7, 2017
Close-up view of the face of an ornate clock embellished with gold
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“Who controls time?” Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide on a longcase clock by Ferdinand Berthoud and Balthazar Lieutaud.
Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide
January 17, 2017