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Carving on a marble stele of a young man.
The Birth of a Hero
Despite its grandeur, the monument seemed so personal, so intimate and melancholic.
Rick Riordan
June 11, 2024
Portrait of an old man in a simple brown tunic with fur trim. His hands are placed over each other in the bottom right corner of the frame.
Memling's Faces
They say we are given a face at birth that we must live with initially, but by a certain age, we make our own face and then we must live with that.
David Levi Strauss
May 20, 2024
Detail of Romare Bearden's "The Block," a collage of diverse elements including urban scenes, portraits, and abstract shapes in a vibrant composition.
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The Block
I am startled by the intimacy the mural grants us.
Major Jackson
March 22, 2024
Woman sitting in wooden chair, facing the camera man. Calm expression and bold pose.
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At the Reception
For me the photograph speaks to optical illusion, to ambiguity, to the blurring of immediate impressions and assumptions.
Carl Phillips
March 12, 2024
Black Abstraction, Georgia O'Keeffe (American, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 1887-1986 Santa Fe, New Mexico), Oil on canvas
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Abstraction
This painting was different from the work I knew: it seemed somehow vaster than the landscapes, deader than the bones.
Maggie Millner
March 1, 2024
Multi object sculpture, outside of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
To Provoke and Transgress
The writer Manijeh Moradian reflects on the unruly forms of Nairy Baghramian's facade commission.
Manijeh Moradian
December 22, 2023
Black and white photograph of a woman wearing a white floral pattern outfit on the right with a potrait in the background done by Picasso of her.
Picasso on Stein
Learn how Picasso’s defining portrait of Gertrude Stein helped usher in a new era of modern art and literature.
Francesca Wade
November 22, 2023
Close-up of the marble statue of Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, made by Randolph Rogers, from her above her shoulders showing a young girl with closed eyes and a hand cupped around her right ear in a gesture suggesting it aids her hearing. Nydia’s face is directly facing the camera. The sculpture is in the American Wing Engelhard Sculpture Court at The Met, a skylit space with direct, dramatic natural light.
Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
"No place for a blind girl in a city of ash."
Georgina Kleege
July 10, 2023
Sketch by Tadeo Ando.
On Karl Lagerfeld
The renowned architect reflects on the life and legacy of his friend.
Tadao Ando
June 29, 2023
Painting by Phillip Guston of a one-eyed person laying in bed smoking a cigarette with a clock in the background.
Philip Guston at The Met
Musa Guston Mayer reflects on her father's art and its legacy.
Musa Guston Mayer
May 25, 2023