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Ephemeral by Nonnie Frelinghuysen
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"I think he looked at this with special eyes and those eyes help transform the way we look at nature."
Nonnie Frelinghuysen
June 26, 2013
Paradox by Maryam Ekhtiar
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"Works of art aren’t what they seem always."
Maryam Ekhtiar
June 26, 2013
Detail from Sanford Robinson Gifford's "A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove), a vast landscape in mostly gold hues.
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“The artist daringly creates an enormous void, and what he does so brilliantly is to fill the void with this extraordinary light.”
Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
June 14, 2013
Sea Change by Barbara Weinberg
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“The sea is a universal realm, and it's a place that we don't really understand.”
H. Barbara Weinberg
June 5, 2013
Startled by John Carpenter
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"Your perception of reality, your normal expectations of how you view things, is completely confounded."
John T. Carpenter
May 29, 2013
Archival still with text card reading "Glories of Medieval Art: The Cloisters"
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Philippe de Montebello, former Director of The Met, guides viewers through The Cloisters, pointing out Romanesque and Gothic architecture and artwork, beautiful tapestries, and the diverse species in the gardens.  He outlines the history of the building and its many influences and highlights significant works of art in the collection.
April 18, 2013
Atmospheric by Malcolm Daniel
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"It's not about the particular place, it's about a state of mind."
Malcolm Daniel
April 10, 2013
Looming Change by Melinda Watt
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"There are tulips, roses, carnations, irises, hydrangea, and they form this sort of dense garden that weaves in and out of the paisley shapes."
March 27, 2013
Close up view of the pattern of blue and gold flowers that make up the center swirl in a Turkish tughra.
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"By looking closely I really discovered that there is a system. That there is a beauty. There is a sense of music even behind how these flowers work together."
Deniz Beyazit
March 6, 2013
Black and white photograph of Edie Watts in The Met galleries
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Educator Edie Watts highlights the subtle and surprising instances where bugs are depicted throughout works in The Met collection.
September 26, 2011