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Image of an ensemble playing in The Met's Islamic Gallery's Moroccan Court.
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Faraj Abyad: The Loyalty of the Poet
The Loyalty of the Poet sets Arabic poetry to new music by Syrian American composer, vocalist, and musician Faraj Abyad.
June 22, 2021
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A Conversation on Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits
This conversation focuses on Bodmer’s exceptionally detailed portraits of Omaha, Mandan, Hidatsa, Blackfoot, and other Plains nations peoples and the impact of the portraits on their communities.
Gerard Baker, Annika Johnson, Patricia Marroquin Norby, and Scott Manning Stevens
June 16, 2021
Composite image: On left, Zemí Cohoba Stand. On right, artist Miguel Luciano
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Zemí in the City (Cemí en la Ciudad)
Join curator James Doyle for a conversation with Civic Practice Partnership artist in residence Miguel Luciano about the contemporary resonance of Taíno art.
June 11, 2021
Two men DJing at The Met Cloisters bathed in blue light.
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Sonic Cloisters: Lost Souls of Saturn
Watch Lost Souls of Saturn, Seth Troxler and Phil Moffa, combine music, storytelling, and technology to create a unique, immersive performance environment.
June 3, 2021
Two men, Jared Spencer and Joshua Dumas, sat on a bench at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Our Met Engagement Story | Jared Spencer and Joshua Dumas | Met Stories
Speechwriter Jared Spencer explains why he proposed to his husband, Joshua Dumas, a technologist, at The Met.
June 1, 2021
Transcultural Trade and the History of Asian American Heritage
Five objects from The Met collection highlight the influence of Asian art on Western culture.
Shivani Sud and Shweta Raghu
May 26, 2021
Illustration of the magi presenting gifts to Mary and Jesus from an Austrian manuscript
Exploring Representations of the Black Magus in European Art
What can depictions of a key biblical scene tell us about perceptions of race in the Middle Ages?
Shania Johnson
May 13, 2021
A bronze plaque mounted on the facade of The Met
This Is Lenapehoking
A bronze plaque installed on the The Met Fifth Avenue’s facade recognizes the homeland of the Indigenous Lenape diaspora.
Sylvia Yount and Patricia Marroquin Norby
May 12, 2021
Left: A wooden sculpture of a woman holding an infant child. Right: A stone sculpture of a lounging figure
Compassion, Mercy, and Love: Guanyin and the Virgin Mary
How two independent cultures—feudal Europe and imperial China—depicted divine figures with incredible visual similarities.
Kevin D. Pham
May 7, 2021
A painting of an Indian woman wearing a sari and holding a child
Seeing Myself in Alice Neel’s Mother and Child
Neel’s painting of an Indian mother clothed in a resplendent sari sparks memories of childhood and emigration.
Savita Monie
May 4, 2021