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Art Historian and Met educator Emmanuel von Schack standing beside Juan Gris's cubist painting, "Still Life with Checked Tablecloth"
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ASL Tour of "Still Life with Checked Tablecloth" by Juan Gris
Explore Juan Gris’s cubist masterpiece Still Life with Checked Tablecloth. Presented in American Sign Language.
January 7, 2022
A small bronze sculpture of a seated boy pulling a thorn from the bottom of his foot appears within a display case at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; the figure hunches over looking intently at the bottom of his foot; the sculpture is set against the warm walls and limestone columns of the against gallery in the distance.
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Spotlight: Facing Pain
A conversation on focus, mindfulness, and what art can teach us about experiencing pain.
Denise Allen and Jared O’Garro-Moore PhD
January 6, 2022
The Novelist Min Jin Lee peruses through an assortment of books atop a red-orange tabletop surface, set against a backdrop of book shelves in a New York Public Library study room.
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Spotlight: “Writers are reaching for our thorns; the thorns which define our entire being.”
Novelist Min Jin Lee reflects on Antico’s Spinario in relation to her creative pursuits.
January 6, 2022
Close up of decorated building with pink, gold and beige details.
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Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts
Watch a preview of the exhibition Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts.
November 18, 2021
Image of women to the right of a chiaroscuro woodcut with makeup that looks like the woodcut.
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How To Look Like a 17th-century Woodcut Print
Transform yourself into a seventeenth-century Italian work of art with a step-by-step makeup tutorial and art history lesson on chiaroscuro woodcuts.
Cecilia Zhou
October 15, 2021
Painting of two medium-dark skinned boys sitting behind a round table. They are sitting in an empty room with a fireplace on the background.
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Radical Figuration in the Spirit of Alice Neel and Robert Henri
A conversation with David Antonio Cruz on the occasion of the exhibition Alice Neel: People Come First.
David Antonio Cruz
October 5, 2021
The designer Thebe Magugu wearing a shirt depicting two women seated next to each other
Thebe Magugu on the Political Power of Fashion
The innovative designer speaks about how fashion can address social issues, from gender-based violence to government corruption.
Mellissa Huber
September 10, 2021
Paolo Bordignon playing the organ.
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Paolo Bordignon Plays The Met's Appleton Organ
Watch a performance in the Musical Instruments galleries on The Met's Appleton Organ.
Paolo Bordignon
August 26, 2021
A photograph of a ceramic sculpture in the shape of roots of a plant side by side with a hand drawing of the same object.
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How to Draw Rhythmic Lines
Draw inspiration from modern ceramics and practice drawing rhythmic lines, surface texture, and organic shapes.
Jessica Houston
August 22, 2021
Photograph Tomie Arai, artist, and Mei Lum, civic practice partnership artist in residence at the Met, sitting down and smiling with a studio space in the background
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Chinatown’s Art and Activism—Then and Now
In this conversation between artists Tomie Arai and Mei Lum, learn about the relationship between art and activism in Manhattan's Chinatown.
Mei Lum and Tomie Arai
August 19, 2021