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Keïta, an archaeologist and museum director, speaks on historic West African empires.
Will Fenstermaker and Isabella Garces
February 26, 2020
At 41 carats, the gemstone is the largest known natural green diamond, and is on view now at The Met.
Wolfram Koeppe and Ana Matisse Donefer-Hickie
January 28, 2020
Four beloved paintings of the Sublime have now been given to The Met, and can be seen in the newly endowed Christen Sveaas Gallery.
Asher Miller
November 25, 2019
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Join contemporary artist Rayyane Tabet on a tour of his exhibition Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property.
October 30, 2019
How James Rorimer, future director of The Met, visited a fairy-tale castle in Germany and discovered a trove of paperwork documenting Nazi art looting in World War II.
James Moske
June 3, 2019
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Curator Denise Allen discusses Max Klinger’s Galatea and its provenance.
Denise Allen
May 20, 2019
In memory of Jayne Wrightsman, a curator shares a moving story about one of Mrs. Wrightman's many gifts to The Met: the elegant gold-and-white Neoclassical room from the Hôtel de Cabris.
Katharine Baetjer
April 23, 2019
The story of a remarkable young woman and how her painting by Paul Klee escaped confiscation by the Nazis and came to The Met.
Mary Chan
April 9, 2019
Two researchers trace the journey of two fifteenth-century medieval objects from their confiscation by the Nazis to their restitution and subsequent acquisition by The Met.
Christine E. Brennan and Katharina Weiler
February 22, 2019
Associate Museum Librarian Michael Carter discusses some recent additions to the Brummer Gallery Records digital collection.
Michael Carter
October 31, 2018