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Dream Logic by Joseph Scheier Dolberg
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“This is a guy who’s asking the question, ‘Who am I, and what am I supposed to do with my life?’”
Joseph Scheier-Dolberg
November 12, 2013
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Join curator David Pullins and conservator Jose Luis Lazarte Luna as they discuss the new approach to Spanish painting of the “Golden Age”.
David Pullins and José Luis Lazarte Luna
August 27, 2024
Composite image of black man wearing all black with a b lack hat and glasses, next to the great hall of The Met Museum with the lights lighting the ceiling
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Go behind the scenes with artist Jacolby Satterwhite, who discusses his artistic process and inspiration for his 2023 multi-channel video installation in The Met’s Great Hall.
October 19, 2023
Ephemeral by Nonnie Frelinghuysen
Video
"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
Identity by Danielle Kisluk-Grosheide
Video
"This furniture allowed you to move in certain ways that might be seductive."
Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide
October 9, 2013
Faith by Luke Syson
Video
"Something which is profoundly beautiful on a human level has the capacity to transport beyond daily experience."
January 31, 2013
She by Jason Sun
Video
"It also tells us a lot about human nature, about this constant and eternal pursuit of beauty."
Zhixin Jason Sun
October 16, 2013
Starting Over by Elizabeth Cleland
Video
"This tapestry is almost the antithesis of what one expects from a great sixteenth-century weaving."
Elizabeth Cleland
July 17, 2013
Deciphering the Flowers by Sheena Wagstaff
Video
"It’s like an extraordinary kind of life that is in the process of procreation."
Sheena Wagstaff
December 24, 2013
Cracking the Code by Dirk Breiding
Video
"Art history is very much like detective work, and if you’re lucky there’s even a mystery to be solved."
Dirk H. Breiding
April 3, 2013