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Playing from Memory by Eric Kjellgren
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"The ancestors, in a sense, are of the human world, watch over human activities, but are also connected with the larger workings of the cosmos."
Eric Kjellgren
May 8, 2013
Two photo side by side, the left: sculpture of a giant spider with the city skyline blue, in the background. The image on the right is the artist, standing in between a sculpture.
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Go behind the scenes with artist Petrit Halilaj, who discusses with curator Iria Candela the inspiration and making of his 2024 Roof Garden Commission: Abetare.
May 7, 2024
Terrible Beauty by C. Griffith Mann
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"Medieval art is very much about a multi-media experience."
C. Griffith Mann
December 11, 2013
Fine Dining with Chris Lightfoot
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"It’s the smaller objects that really speak to you directly as an individual, as a person."
Christopher S. Lightfoot
February 6, 2013
Predestined by Barbara Drake Boehm
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"We’re seeing in the angels what we see in one another when we’re in difficult times."
Barbara Drake Boehm
October 9, 2013
Reading Matisse by Rebecca Rabinow
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"There are these gorgeous, sublime images, but there's also a sense of worry."
Rebecca Rabinow
March 27, 2013
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La curadora Laura Filloy Nadal te invita a asomarte al interior de tres maquetas de barro de la antigua cultura nayarita, que ofrecen una singular ventana para conocer algunos aspectos de la vida cotidiana en el occidente de México entre los años 100 antes de nuestra era y 200 de la era común.
September 24, 2024
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Join curator Laura Filloy Nadal on a tour through ancient Nayarit house models, offering a unique window into life in West Mexico between 100 BCE and 200 CE.
September 24, 2024
One of Nairy Baghramian's sculptures installed in the Met's niches for the Facade commission.
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Join artist Nairy Baghramian for a conversation about The Facade Commission: Nairy Baghramian, Scratching the Back.
October 13, 2023