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Six objects in The Met collection take you on Odysseus’s famed journey.
Department of Greek and Roman Art
August 6
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Writer Ann Patchett on choosing a work from The Met collection to include in Whistler, her latest novel.
June 25
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A close examination of The Met’s luxury copy of the printed book and original artist’s maquette for La Fin du monde.
June 8
Discover how Wilson’s illustrations for children’s literature emphasized the importance of representation.
Jeary Payne and Jason Reynolds
January 22
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Join Nobel Prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk for a look at the works that have inspired his writing for many years.
May 1, 2025
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During her CPP residency, artist OlaRonke Akinmowo challenged herself to create a writers collective as an expansion of the mission of The Free Black Women’s Library.
March 12, 2025
Curator Deniz Beyazit speaks with the artist Peter Hristoff about the role of history, Orientalism, and gender in his artistic practice.
Deniz Beyazit
March 11, 2025
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Listen to an optical poem illustrating W. H. Auden’s recitation of “Woods” with artworks from The Met collection, juxtaposed with footage of wildlife in Kingston, New York.
February 21, 2025
A new opera at The Met Cloisters reinterprets the Mexican writer’s magnum opus.
Emery Kerekes
January 23, 2025
"This poem echoes the dual structure of the inner and outer figures, but in the spirit of the work, transforms it into something unexpected." — Hannah Sanghee Park
Hannah Sanghee Park
December 11, 2024