Journey to the Cyclades: Exploring the Early Cycladic Culture of Greece

Join a multi-disciplinary, international group of scholars for a symposium held in conjunction with the display of the Leonard N. Stern Collection of Cycladic Art on loan from Greece and on view at The Met.

The display is the result of a historic 50-year partnership between The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Ministry of Culture of the Hellenic Republic, and the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens. The partnership brings 161 Cycladic works of art acquired by businessman and philanthropist Leonard Stern to The Met on long-term loan from the Greek government. As the single most comprehensive private collection of Cycladic art formed outside of Greece, the works include nearly all the major types of marble figures and vessels from the Early Bronze Age, offering an extraordinary opportunity to closely examine a large body of little-known Cycladic works that have been repatriated to Greece.


Nude stone Cycladic figure with it's arms crossed against a grey background.
Discover the fascinating history behind these enigmatic objects.
Joseph Alexander MacGillivray
January 24, 2024
A vibrant art studio scene with figures and bright colors. Foreground has a table with art supplies and flowers.
Video
In this year’s “The Michael and Juliet Rubenstein Lecture on Connoisseurship,” join world-renowned artist Kerry James Marshall in celebrating close looking as a source of inspiration.
January 30
A group of determined men, bundled in winter clothing, row a wooden boat through icy waters. One holds a flag; another stands, gazing forward
Video
Mark the 250th anniversary year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with a conversation featuring filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein.
January 29
More in:Lectures & Symposia