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A woman thoughtfully gazes at a painting in a gallery. The painting depicts a lady in a blue skirt and white bonnet pouring liquid by a window.
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Join Ana Gasteyer, actress, comedian, and singer, for a look at one of her favorite Met objects.
April 23
At left, Orhan Pamuk displays pages from his journal, and at right is a painting of a leafy park pathway from his journal
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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
The people standing together in a gallery with hard hanging from the wall, facing them.
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Join Alison Hokanson, Curator in the Department of European Paintings, and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, along with Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and CEO, to virtually explore Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature.

February 20, 2025
A man and women stand in front of a large painting. The painting is well lit and the people are in shadow.
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Join Stephan Wolohojian, John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge of the Department of European Paintings, and Caroline Campbell, Director (An Stiúrthóir) of the National Gallery of Ireland, to virtually explore Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350.
October 24, 2024
Two people standing in the European Paintings galleries looking at a painting
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Join curators Stephan Wolohojian, Adam Eaker, David Pullins, and Anna-Claire Stinebring along with their special guests as they guide you through the newly reopened galleries dedicated to European Paintings from 1300 to 1800.
October 15, 2024
Writer Amor Towles looks upwards to his right at a statue. Two other statues, set on pedestals, are visible in the background
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For writer Amor Towles, The Met is not just one museum, but many.
October 7, 2024
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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
Traditional European style painting of a white man with grey hair wearing a brown top collar shirt and black hat.
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Join curator Adam Eaker and conservator Dorothy Mahon as they discuss the restoration of Rembrandt’s Artistotle with a Bust of Homer.
July 31, 2024
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Join curators Anna-Claire Stinebring and Joanna Seidenstein for a closer look at early Renaissance landscape painting in the newly renovated and reinstalled European Paintings galleries at The Met, Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800.
July 10, 2024
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Join curators Stephan Wolohojian and Denise Allen for a closer look at Venetian painting and sculpture.
Stephan Wolohojian
May 29, 2024