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The artist Louise Nevelson was known for her elaborate and monumental sculptures made of found materials such as discarded wood and scrap metal.
March 27, 2020
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Warps, wefts, heddles, and leashes: Learn how tapestries were made, across time and across cultures, in this mesmerizing short film.
February 28, 2020
Early modern rulers used scientific objects to express magnificence—but their "science" was more expansive than ours.
Ana Matisse Donefer-Hickie
February 24, 2020
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Monkman inaugurates The Met’s annual Great Hall Commission with mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People).
Kent Monkman
December 20, 2019
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Go behind the scenes with Vija Celmins as she muses on the process and inspiration for her work, on view in the retrospective exhibition, Vija Celmins.
Vija Celmins
August 27, 2019
Kjartansson muses on Death Is Elsewhere’s relationship to Icelandic storytelling traditions.
Ragnar Kjartansson
August 12, 2019
What happens when you listen to things you can normally only see? To find out, Beer turned 32 artworks into a playable instrument.
Lauren Rosati
August 9, 2019
Three centuries of light exposure caused a famous still life to fade. Here's how a team of conservators and curators brought it (digitally) back to life.
Gerrit Albertson
June 20, 2019
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Kids and families in the Discoveries program are celebrating thirty years of making art at The Met, and the halls are packed with young artists. Meet Ian, Graham, and Russell, with special guest reporter Sandra Jackson-Dumont!
May 29, 2019
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After three years traveling throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey returned to France with more than one thousand daguerreotype—unique photographic images on silvered copper plates.
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
May 12, 2019