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Several plaster mold models of a horse's head and a man's torso on a platform, while a human figure walks around to assess the fragmented sculptures.
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The Making of a Bronze Statue, 1922
How do you make a monument? Produced by the Museum in 1922, this short film follows the American artist Alexander Phimister Proctor’s process of sculpting Theodore Roosevelt.
January 24, 2023
Image of an older Chinese man doing calligraphy with a brush and ink behind The Met's Astor Court with plants in the background.
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Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with Chinese Calligraphy
Grab your brush and ink and give calligraphy a try to commemorate the Lunar New Year!
January 19, 2023
Rashida Bumbray, Untitled (How High the Moon), 2022
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Rashida Bumbray | Civic Practice Partnership, 2017–2021
Civic Practice Partnership artist-in-residence Rashida Bumbray is a performance artist, curator, choreographer, and the Director of Culture and Art at the Open Society Foundations. Her work focuses on Black urban spaces and communities, and what it means to be in a space that has layers of generational trauma.
January 19, 2023
Closeup of a handwritten name, "Dave," engraved onto a brown and yellow stone surface.
The Potters
Across the world, we find rich seams of clay—created from the perfect combination of animal, vegetable, mineral, and circumstance.
Camille T. Dungy
January 12, 2023
Collage of modern art works in red, green, and orange tones against black background
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Paul Klee: "In the Magic Kitchen" | MetSpeaks
Join scholar Charles W. Haxthausen as he explores the variety of artist Paul Klee’s practice and reflects on its art-historical implications.
Charles W. Haxthausen
December 15, 2022
Collage in blue and orange tones depicting flowers, mugs and a few other abstract shapes
Feminine/Masculine: The Collages of Picasso, Braque, and Gris
How did Cubist artists use collage to probe the relationship between the sexes?
Elizabeth Cowling
November 8, 2022
Artist Sholeh Wolpé seated in a garden wearing a black shirt and red scarf
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Spotlight: The Long Journey Home
Poet Sholeh Wolpé honors the enduring wisdom of a twelfth-century, Sufi epic.
October 6, 2022
Detail of the Conference of the Birds folio
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Spotlight: Seeking Unity with the Divine
“It’s a world that’s designed to please the eye and please the soul.”
Maryam Ekhtiar and Leili Anvar
October 6, 2022
Irving Penn's "The Tarot Reader (Bridget Tichenor and Jean Patchett), New York" with two women in stylist black clothing reading tarot cards with a diagram of a hand behind them
Immaterial: The Tarot Reader
“At first glance, this Irving Penn photo looks like it could be its own tarot card.”
Alexander Chee
September 28, 2022
Composite images of Guadeloupe-born model Adrienne Fidelin posing with elaborate headdresses
Mode au Congo: Travails of the Traveling Hats
How did a set of Congolese headdresses influence the evolution of modern fashion?
Wendy A. Grossman
September 26, 2022