Visiting Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion?

You must join the virtual exhibition queue when you arrive. If capacity has been reached for the day, the queue will close early.

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Inspiration

Conserving Rusconi: Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture

Go behind the scenes at The Met to see the conservation of a 17th-century edition of Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture.

Materials

Immaterial: Blankets
and Quilts

Threads of identity.

Art Explained

The Leonard A. Lauder Distinguished Scholar Lecture—Blackbeats: Cubism Reimagined

Join scholar Richard J. Powell as he rethinks the art of Cubism through the historical and aesthetic lens of African American art. Artists such as Dudley Murphy, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Mickalene Thomas, and Nina Chanel Abney use angular and fractured forms that resonate with the cultural effects of ragtime, jazz, hip-hop, and other Black performing arts traditions.

Materials

Immaterial: Space, Part 2

Behind the scenes at The Met.

Inspiration

Channeling Edward

Go behind the scenes at The Met with photographer Eileen Travell as she channels the spirit of Edward C. Moore—the creative force who led Tiffany & Co. during the second half of the 19th century.

Materials

Immaterial: Space, Part 1

Giving form to a feeling.

Art Explained

Elephant Soul, Indian Brush

Take a closer look at the Asian elephant through the eyes of Indian court painters

Portraiture

Discovering My Roots

Unearthing my family history through James Van Der Zee and Harvey Cook Jackson's photography.

Reflections

The Birth of a Hero

Despite its grandeur, the monument seemed so personal, so intimate and melancholic.

Pride

Catalyst Quartet: “Bassline Fabulous” with Machine Dazzle

In December 2022, as part of their Met residency, Catalyst Quartet presented an immersive dive into Bach’s behemoth Goldberg Variations.

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