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Regarding Issey Miyake through the Costume Institute Library’s Ephemera
Fashion ephemera from the designer Issey Miyake paint a picture of his career and ethos.
Mika Kiyono
March 18
Female figure with long, dark hair and blue skin stands assertively, eyes wide and tongue out. Her multiple arms hold a sword and severed head, and she wears a necklace and belt of body parts.
Seeing Kali Clearly
Wrathful images of the divine in South Asia are meant to protect and nurture, not to be feared.
Vaishnavi Patil
March 9
Character for horse in Chinese calligraphy in semicursive script.
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Celebrate the Year of the Horse with Chinese Calligraphy
Celebrate the Year of the Horse, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, with a calligraphy video demonstrating four script types.
February 17
Seated man in colorful robes and a headdress, encircled by a yellow-eyed cat.
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Colorful Korea—Inside the Collector’s Eye
Join the son and grandson of Lea R. Sneider to take a deep dive into the lively and colorful forms highlighted in her diverse collection.
September 16, 2025
Wu Man, hands aloft, playing the pipa on stage against a deep blue background.
Power of the Pipa
Renowned pipa player Wu Man returns to The Met to perform Lou Harrison’s Pipa Concerto with The Knights.
Emery Kerekes
September 2, 2025
Visualization of Oceania from a top down hemispheric perspective
Mapping Oceania with Hawai‘i Artist Sean Connelly
Sean Connelly's Spheric Oceania offers an alternative cartography, mapping Oceania as a cosmic container of ancestral connection.
Maggie Wander and Sean Connelly
August 20, 2025
The backs of Maia Nuku and Max Hollein as they look up at Bisj poles in the Arts of Oceania galleries
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Exhibition Tour—Arts of Oceania | Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Join curator Maia Nuku to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of Oceania galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
Maia Nuku
July 24, 2025
Map of Oceania
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The Arts of Oceania Map | Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
This dynamic animated map visually traces the early migration of the ancestors of Papuan-speaking peoples and the later migrations of Austronesian-speaking voyagers.
May 28, 2025
Villagers in Omadesep climbing up ladder-like scaffolds to install tall bisj poles
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Asmat Encounters
In 1961, 23-year-old Michael C. Rockefeller made two trips to New Guinea where he met with Asmat elders and artists.
May 28, 2025
Futuristic sculpture of a fragmented, abstract human form in stone against a neoclassical arch. The tone is dynamic and modern amidst classical architecture.
The Fierce Animacy of the (In)Human Ornament
How do Lee Bul’s sculptures hold space for critical remembrance to show how the past shapes our present?
Anne Anlin Cheng
May 16, 2025