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Etching is an intaglio printmaking process in which lines or areas are incised using acid into a metal plate in order to hold the ink.
December 21, 2018
The oldest form of printmaking, woodcut is a relief process in which knives and other tools are used to carve a design into the surface of a wooden block.
December 21, 2018
Screenprinting is a process where ink is forced through a mesh screen onto a surface.
December 21, 2018
Lithography is a planographic printmaking process in which a design is drawn onto a flat stone (or prepared metal plate) and affixed by means of a chemical reaction.
December 21, 2018
The Met Breuer Architecture Tour features stories about a landmark building, its remarkable history, and the architect himself.
Nina Diamond
December 19, 2018
Paintings Conservation Fellow Gerrit Albertson recounts the recent treatment of a rare Margareta Haverman work in The Met collection now on view in the exhibition In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met.
Gerrit Albertson
December 6, 2018
An investigation into materials used by Thornton Dial sheds new light on the artist's practice and the symbolism of his work.
Marina Ruiz Molina
October 2, 2018
Three experts respond to a writer's desire to know more about Remington's tour-de-force sculpture, bringing us a detailed analysis of, and a glimpse inside, The Old Dragoons of 1850.
Linda Borsch, Federico Carò, and Thayer Tolles
September 6, 2018
Elaborately decorated arms and armor were essential to the grandeur of Versailles. Armorer and Conservator Edward Hunter highlights some of these ceremonial weapons.
Edward Hunter
July 26, 2018
Curatorial Fellow James Green explores the ways in which beads and beadwork have been incorporated into many artistic traditions across the globe.
James Green
July 26, 2018