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Identity by Danielle Kisluk-Grosheide
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"This furniture allowed you to move in certain ways that might be seductive."
Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide
October 9, 2013
Family by Perrin Stein
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"I think David got at some essential aspect of being a parent."
Perrin Stein
May 29, 2013
Two people admire a framed portrait of a woman in a black gown against a dark backdrop. The gallery setting is elegant and contemplative.
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Join Stephanie Herdrich, Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Paintings & Drawings, and Caroline Corbeau-Parsons, Curator of Drawings and Paintings, Musée D’Orsay, Paris, and Paul Perrin, Director of Conservation and Collections, Musée D’Orsay,Paris, to virtually explore Sargent and Paris.
May 8
Grid of six artworks spanning 5,000 years of art history
January 24, 2013
A Queen of Clubs playing card has a rectangular cutout revealing a faded passport photo underneath. Another card piece is partially overlaying her face.
The artist’s work challenges the social and political context of mass incarceration.
Lisa Sutcliffe
April 28
Multi colored blue, pink, green, purple, and blue waves swilr around a cirlce with four people in the middle in different colors.
"I see vibrant thoughts as clouds and feel volatile emotions as waves."
Kurt Behrendt
October 7, 2024
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Discover the rich history of printmaking in Mexico and the The Met’s collecting of these prints.
Mark McDonald
September 16, 2024
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La curadora Laura Filloy Nadal te invita a asomarte al interior de tres maquetas de barro de la antigua cultura nayarita, que ofrecen una singular ventana para conocer algunos aspectos de la vida cotidiana en el occidente de México entre los años 100 antes de nuestra era y 200 de la era común.
September 24, 2024
Two photo side by side, the left: sculpture of a giant spider with the city skyline blue, in the background. The image on the right is the artist, standing in between a sculpture.
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Go behind the scenes with artist Petrit Halilaj, who discusses with curator Iria Candela the inspiration and making of his 2024 Roof Garden Commission: Abetare.
May 7, 2024
Bricks by Sarah B. Graff
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"It always had this possibility to come alive in a very real sense."
Sarah Graff
October 1, 2013