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Detail of a vibrant quilt made up of squares with narrow, rectangular strips of alternating colors.
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Threads of identity.
July 16, 2024
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Join curators Anna-Claire Stinebring and Joanna Seidenstein for a closer look at early Renaissance landscape painting in the newly renovated and reinstalled European Paintings galleries at The Met, Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800.
July 10, 2024
Collage of three images black and white one of a outline of a black face, the third a black background with white text, and the last a painting depictions of a party.
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Join scholar Richard J. Powell as he rethinks the art of Cubism through the historical and aesthetic lens of African American art. Artists such as Dudley Murphy, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Mickalene Thomas, and Nina Chanel Abney use angular and fractured forms that resonate with the cultural effects of ragtime, jazz, hip-hop, and other Black performing arts traditions.
Richard J. Powell
July 10, 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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Behind the scenes at The Met.
July 2, 2024
Two women standing standing together in a low lit room.
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Join exhibition curator Medill Higgins Harvey, special guests, curators Deniz Beyazit and Monika Bincsik, on a tour of the exhibition Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co
Medill Higgins Harvey
June 20, 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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Giving form to a feeling.
June 18, 2024
Traditional Indian Paining of gray elephtant.
Take a closer look at the Asian elephant through the eyes of Indian court painters
Navina Najat Haidar
June 14, 2024
A woman in a multicolored dress is seated on a yellow couch, her back to the viewer. In the background at right is a black and white portrait of a mother holding a baby; at left is the room's doorway. The wallpaper and floor is characterized by whimsical and geometric designs, including portraits as part of the wallpaper.

Kathryn Calley Galitz takes a deep dive into
portraiture from Ancient Roman coins to Instagram selfies.

Rachel High
June 6, 2024
Detail of Adam's face.
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Making and breaking legacies.
June 4, 2024
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Join curators Stephan Wolohojian and Denise Allen for a closer look at Venetian painting and sculpture.
Stephan Wolohojian
May 29, 2024