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A close-up detail of a painted face rendered in muted green, blue, and gray tones.
What I See or Seem to See
Author Leena Krohn reflects on Helene Schjerfbeck’s portrait of Sigrid Nyberg.
Leena Krohn
December 18, 2025
A small wooden carved box featuring figures and a tree in relief.
A Likeness
The author of After Sappho offers a queer feminist reading of Eve and the serpent, reimagining sin as likeness, desire, and bodies transcending gender and species.
Selby Wynn Schwartz
January 9
A woman stands in a colorful, paint-splattered studio surrounded by large abstract canvases.
Video
From The Vaults
Helen Frankenthaler in Her Studio, 1967
The Met visits Helen Frankenthaler’s studio as she reflects on a six-decade career redefining abstract painting with her experimental soak-stain technique.
December 11, 2025
Black and white image of man standing next to mural depicted in black and white of a mother shielding her baby and while a strong black meale guards her.
Black Motherhood in Art Historical and Medical Contexts
How did John Wilson’s depiction of violence towards Black families embody systemic problems facing Black mothers in the United States?
Lisa E. Farrington and Leslie Farrington
January 7
Fan showing a dramatic scene of a volcanic eruption and lava flow.
Fans to Remember
How does an everyday object meant to provide relief from the heat represent centuries of travel and exquisite design?
Ashley E. Dunn and Jane R. Becker
December 11, 2025

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Woman holding a camera and filming a child in dancing attire, with text at the top reading "Africa's Cultural Landmarks"
Africa’s Cultural Landmarks
Short documentaries direct a local lens on some of Africa’s most notable cultural landscapes.
A chalk-line illustration of an art detective points her magnifying glass at a microscope; hands reach towards the microscope while a crew of bugs and a fingerprint ghost look on
MetKids Microscope
See the science behind the art (and the art behind the science!) at The Met.
A black-and-white still from the 1928 film Behind the Scenes: The Working Side of the Museum, which depicts the superimposed image of an old-fashioned time-card machine over the face of a wall clock
From the Vaults
Audiovisual materials from the Museum’s extensive archive.

Public Space

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These articles highlight art in public places and the art of public spaces.

A graffitied concrete wall in a blacktop court, surrounded by chain-link fencing. Rows of hands expressing different signs fill the court in front of the wall.
Revisiting Attorney Street
Writer Lisa Hsiao Chen reflects on the life and work of Martin Wong, whose landmark painting Attorney Street (Handball Court with Autobiographical Poem by Piñero) tells a story of Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1970s and ’80s.
Lisa Hsiao Chen
October 7, 2025
Archival image of model figures examining technology displays and floorplans at The Met.
Video
From The Vaults
Metropolitan Overview, 1975
In 1975, Charles and Ray Eames produced a short film exploring how The Met might “host” guests and foster connections between the public and its collection.
June 18, 2025
Black-and-white photo sheet of objects from around The Met
From The Vaults
Reimagining The Met with Charles and Ray Eames
The Eames-designed visual display at The Met was primed for all types of visitors to understand the relationships between time, place, culture, and artistic value.
Kelsey Rose Williams
June 18, 2025

From the Archives

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Articles, images, and film from The Met's 150-year history.

A woman stands in a colorful, paint-splattered studio surrounded by large abstract canvases.
Video
From The Vaults
Helen Frankenthaler in Her Studio, 1967
The Met visits Helen Frankenthaler’s studio as she reflects on a six-decade career redefining abstract painting with her experimental soak-stain technique.
December 11, 2025
Medieval-style hall with brick arches and statues, illuminated by lanterns arranged around a central stone structure.
A Medieval Imagination
Discover how American sculptor George Grey Barnard’s fascination with medieval European art inspired an enterprising collection and the eventual foundation of The Met Cloisters.
Shirin Fozi and Julia Perratore
November 13, 2025
Two people are standing on a crate to attach a large, black-and-white print to the wall, while two stand below holding the rolled part of the print.
Video
Avedon in Gallery
Step inside the gallery and watch as conservators, technicians, curators, and the artist Richard Avedon and his assistants bring his Mission Council to life.
September 4, 2025

In Circulation

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Read articles and the latest news about The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Libraries' collections, activities, and research related to the history of art.

Unfolded box for holding a book.
Thinking Inside the Box
Simple solutions for fitting nontraditional book formats upright on library shelves.
Andrijana Sajic and Clare Manias
December 17, 2025
Display case of books within a larger exhibition
A Loan of One’s Own
Watson Library books in museum exhibitions.
Kelsey Talbot
November 19, 2025
Two covers of Jamel Shabazz books
Behind the Seams
Resources for exploring Black style and Dandyism in The Costume Institute Library.
Julie Lê and Kai Toussaint Marcel
October 15, 2025
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