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Exhibition Tour—Manet/Degas
Join Stephan Wolohojian, John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge, and Ashley Dunn, Associate Curator, to virtually explore Manet/Degas.
Ashley E. Dunn
October 10, 2023
Vincent Van Gogh’s Cypresses hangs on a wall in a wooden frame. The painting depicts tall trees on the left side with a swirling sky behind.
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Van Gogh’s Materials and Process
Gain a deeper understanding of Van Gogh’s artistic process through new discoveries from recent technical studies of Wheat Field with Cypresses and Cypresses in The Met collection.
Silvia A. Centeno and Charlotte Hale
August 21, 2023
Image of the artist cecily brown in front of an abstraction.
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An Evening with Cecily Brown
Join artist Cecily Brown and Met curator Adam Eaker for a conversation about Brown’s engagement with art history, influences from The Met collection, and her own singular artistic practice.
Adam Eaker
June 25, 2023
Detail of a brass ewer inlaid with copper and silver with geometric patterns and a vignette with two figures in the center.
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The Blacas Ewer
In 1232, Shuja' ibn Man'a al-Mausili completed a magnificent brass ewer inlaid with copper and silver, very likely for the local ruler of Mosul, Iraq.
June 27, 2016
Stare by Jeff Rosenheim
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Walker Evans' candid photos of 1930s subway passengers are early conceptual art
"I think it is one of the first conceptual art projects that I’m aware of."
Jeff L. Rosenheim
December 24, 2013
Deciphering the Flowers by Sheena Wagstaff
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Deciphering the language of paint in Arshile Gorky's Water of the Flowery Mill.
"It’s like an extraordinary kind of life that is in the process of procreation."
Sheena Wagstaff
December 24, 2013
Face by Joanne Pillsbury
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This 3,000-year-old Olmec face was made to last. What can we learn from it?
"Being able to recognize a face is one of those fundamental survival skills."
Joanne Pillsbury
December 19, 2013
Gesture by Nicholas Cullinan
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How to understand a Jackson Pollock painting
"This painting is incredibly honest; Pollock isn't trying to fool us in any way."
December 18, 2013
Terrible Beauty by C. Griffith Mann
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This altar piece embodies the culture of storytelling in the Middle Ages
"Medieval art is very much about a multi-media experience."
C. Griffith Mann
December 11, 2013
Hipster by Jan Glier Reeder
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Why Charles James saw himself as a sculptor of fabric
"The construction defies any usual dress-making norms."
Jan Glier Reeder
December 6, 2013