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Discover powerful artwork by Faith Ringgold and Wendy Red Star that reflects on freedom, justice, and identity.
Emily Sun
May 29, 2019
Sketch of an underground subway in Moscow from1935 by Nikolai Ladovsky.
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Part 3 of 3 in The Leonard A. Lauder Lecture Series on Modern Art– Art x Architecture: Russian Intersections 1917–37.
Jean-Louis Cohen
March 12, 2019
Black and white hand-drawn sketch of a Svoboda workers' club in Moscow from around 1927.
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Part 2 of 3 in The Leonard A. Lauder Lecture Series on Modern Art– Art x Architecture: Russian Intersections 1917–37.
Jean-Louis Cohen
March 5, 2019
Two building sketches by Leonid Alexander and Viktor Vesnin for the Palace of Labor in Moscow in 1922.
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Part 1 of 3 in The Leonard A. Lauder Lecture Series on Modern Art– Art x Architecture: Russian Intersections 1917–37.
Jean-Louis Cohen
February 26, 2019
Three people sitting on a stage with spotlights on them against a black background
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Three leading archaeologists examine the impact of the destruction of cultural heritage during recent conflicts in Iraq and Syria.
February 18, 2019
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Read all about the latest #MetKids video, which unwraps some of the myths around the famous painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze.
Emily Sun
January 30, 2019
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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Abigail Raport, Research Associate for Judaica, pauses to commemorate human loss with a photograph by Judith Glickman Lauder.
Abigail Rapoport
January 25, 2019
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A recent addition to The Met collection, Kara Walker's Resurrection Story with Patrons engages contemporary reports of racial violence in the United States and the imagery, histories, and monuments of Christian martyrdom.
Jennifer Farrell
January 15, 2019
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In this interview, exhibition curator Kiki Karoglou shares provocative insights into the contemporary relevance of mythological hybrid beings and offers a behind-the-scenes look into the making of the exhibition.
Sumi Hansen
November 21, 2018
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Fellow Aleesa Alexander writes on how Ronald Lockett's assemblages weave together themes of race, class, labor, gender, politics, geography, and illness into profound works of art.
Aleesa Alexander
July 3, 2018