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Sounds of the Sublime
A sound recordist imagines the auditory world of Caspar David Friedrich’s landscapes.
Martyn Stewart
January 31
A bearded man wearing a sweater with stripes, glasses, and an orange beanie smiles while holding up a fabric with a multicolored diamond pattern.
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Todd Oldham: The Muchness of André Leon Talley
Join designer Todd Oldham behind the scenes at The Met’s Costume Institute.
November 21, 2024
Detail from Tiepolo's The Triumph of Marius. Marius is at the lower left. Behind him, Jugurtha's stoic figure sits atop a horse amidst a parade of colors and faces.
Tiepolo’s Triumph
How many millions have climbed the Great Staircase since Tiepolo’s Triumph of Marius was unrolled from its giant storage drum in 1965?
Hugh Raffles
September 26, 2024
A group rests and eats under the shade of a tree.
The World, and That’s All
“During my ten years of working as a guard at The Met, no picture rewarded my attention as consistently.”
Patrick Bringley
September 3, 2024
Metal scluped spider with the city skyline in the background.
Returning Home
Writer and scholar Sven Spieker considers how student graffiti in Southeastern European elementary schools inspired Petrit Halilaj’s rooftop commission.
Sven Spieker
August 23, 2024
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