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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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Orhan Pamuk: The Painterly Practice of a Novelist
Join Nobel Prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk for a look at the works that have inspired his writing for many years
May 1
The people standing together in a gallery with hard hanging from the wall, facing them.
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Exhibition Tour—Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature

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
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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Exhibition Tour—Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 | Met Exhibitions
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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Exhibition Tour—Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800
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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Meet Me at The Met: Amor Towles
For writer Amor Towles, The Met is not just one museum, but many.
October 7, 2024
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Look Again:European Paintings—Rethinking Spain & The Spanish Americas
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
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Look Again:European Paintings—Rembrandt: Restoring a Masterpiece
Join curator Adam Eaker and conservator Dorothy Mahon as they discuss the restoration of Rembrandt’s Artistotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653, now on view in the renovated and reinstalled European Paintings galleries at The Met, Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800.
July 31, 2024
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Look Again: European Paintings—The Origins of Landscape
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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Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800—Venice and Antiquity
Join curators Stephan Wolohojian and Denise Allen for a closer look at Venetian painting and sculpture.
Stephan Wolohojian
May 29, 2024
An image of two young figures sitting on the branch of a birch tree. The top and bottom portions of the image are blurred, drawing attention to the in-focus face of the figure on the left.
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“Birches” by Robert Frost: An Optical Poem, 2024
“When I see birches bend to left and right / Across the lines of straighter darker trees, / I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.” On April 7, 1955, Robert Frost delivered a poetry reading at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
March 26, 2024