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A short but elongated silver teapot with an ivory lid finial adorned with abstract floral motifs rendered in maroon, orange, taupe, and turquoise enamel.
Champlevé Enameling
A decorative technique that fuses a powdered glassy material into a recess in a metal surface through the application of heat.
Medill Higgins Harvey, Moira Gallagher, and Anne Grady
August 24, 2022
Detail of the interior of a 5th-century BC bronze Chinese zhong or bell with a green patina
Audio
Immaterial: Metals, Part One
Dive into the magic of iron, bronze, lead, and copper.
August 17, 2022
Close-up detail of a sheet of tan linen cloth
Audio
Immaterial: Linen
Suit up as we undress the complex legacy of linen.
August 3, 2022
Extreme close-up of a carved piece of green jade
Audio
Immaterial: Jade
How did a Māori hei tiki find its way halfway across the world to The Met?
July 20, 2022
Marble portrait bust of the emperor Gaius, known as Caligula
Audio
Spotlight: Debunking the Myth of Whiteness
Two scholars discuss misconceptions about race and polychromy in the ancient world.
Sarah Lepinski and Dan-el Padilla Peralta
July 7, 2022
Archaeologist Ulrike Koch Brinkmann painting a copy of an ancient Greek sculpture
Video
Spotlight: The Modern Invention of Ancient White Marble
Archaeologists Vinzenz and Ulrike Koch Brinkmann reflect on how reconstructing the former color of an ancient Roman bust can help us better understand history.
July 7, 2022
Detail view of the inside of a conch shell
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Immaterial: Shells
It all began with the call of the conch.
July 6, 2022
Interior view of a concrete structure at the Vulcania Museum in Auvergne
Immaterial: Bonus Feature, Max Hollein Reflects on Concrete, the Podcast’s Most Controversial Material
The Met’s director talks Brutalism, the “white cube” gallery, and growing up on construction sites.
The Digital Editors
June 27, 2022
Detail of the curves of a clay vessel with stripes of dark and light red clay
Audio
Immaterial: Clay
Touch it, smell it... eat it?
June 22, 2022
Detail of a concrete object with a crack running up the left side
Audio
Immaterial: Concrete
What makes concrete so controversial? Well, it’s complicated.
June 8, 2022