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A Self-Portrait painting by the African American Painter Horace Pippin. A Black man sits against a blue background from his shoulders up looking directly towards us with deep brown eyes. He is wearing a black suit, off-white yellowish suit, and a striped tie with brown and a golden-mustard yellow.
Considering Horace Pippin
How has art history overlooked the crucial role disability played in Pippin's painting?
Bryan Martin
July 26, 2023
Close-up of the marble statue of Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, made by Randolph Rogers, from her above her shoulders showing a young girl with closed eyes and a hand cupped around her right ear in a gesture suggesting it aids her hearing. Nydia’s face is directly facing the camera. The sculpture is in the American Wing Engelhard Sculpture Court at The Met, a skylit space with direct, dramatic natural light.
Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
"No place for a blind girl in a city of ash."
Georgina Kleege
July 10, 2023
Sculpture of a right ear with the canal indicated by a circular hole, traces of red paint, and five syllabic signs carved into the lobe
Celebrating Disability at The Met
Disabled and Deaf artists reflect on work from the Museum's collection.
Victoria Martinez
July 1, 2022
Illustrated portrait of Lakshmee and Annie Lachhman-Persad
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Access to Inspiration
Hear two sisters who are accessibility advocates describe why seeing and making art is fundamental to more than just creativity.
Lakshmee Lachhman-Persad and Annie Lachhman
March 30, 2022
Chuck Close portraits
Accessibility Matters
Watson Library's efforts to make its e-resources accessible
Scott Carlton
January 19, 2022
Art Historian and Met educator Emmanuel von Schack standing beside Juan Gris's cubist painting, "Still Life with Checked Tablecloth"
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ASL Tour of "Still Life with Checked Tablecloth" by Juan Gris
Explore Juan Gris’s cubist masterpiece Still Life with Checked Tablecloth. Presented in American Sign Language.
January 7, 2022
Art Historian and Met educator Emmanuel von Schack standing beside Marsden Hartley painting, "Portrait of a German Officer"
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ASL Tour of "Portrait of a German Officer" by Marsden Hartley
Today on International Sign Languages Day, join art historian and Met educator Emmanuel von Schack to explore Marsden Hartley’s 1914 painting “Portrait of a German Officer” in the The Met’s modern and contemporary art galleries, presented in American Sign Language.
September 23, 2021
Met visitor Linbania Jacobson sits on a gallery bench in The Met's nineteenth-century painting galleries. She is framed to either side by two paintings; the text "Met Stories" appears in the center of the image.
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Linbania Jacobson: Caregiving
Watch Episode 8, in which Linbania Jacobson tells the story of how her husband's dementia diagnosis led them to a program at The Met, which affirmed his humanity and gave meaning and joy to her role as a caregiver. Linbania, now a Volunteer with Met Access Programs, says, “I have found my new life.”
September 17, 2020
Composite image of Daniel-Bergmann seated in Astor Court framed on either side by paintings of koi fish; the text "Met Stories" appears in the center of the image
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Daniel Bergmann: Breakthrough
Watch Episode 6, in which Daniel Bergmann, an Undergraduate Degree Candidate at Harvard University with autism, tells the story of how childhood visits to The Met’s koi pond led to the most important breakthrough in his life. It was only when he learned to spell at age twelve, that he could tell his parents, Meredith and Michael Bergmann, about his discovery.
July 16, 2020
Composite image of Michael Zacchea siting in the Greek and Roman galleries at The Met, flanked by two Greek and Roman statues to either side; the text "Met Stories" appears in the center of the image
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Michael Zacchea: Catharsis
Watch Episode 5, in which Michael Zacchea, retired Marine Lt. Col. and author, processes his post-traumatic stress in the ancient Greek and Roman art galleries after returning home from the Iraq War.
April 30, 2020