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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 Mediated Image and Jesse Krimes
The artist’s work challenges the social and political context of mass incarceration.
Lisa Sutcliffe
April 28
Modern Living by Amelia Peck
Video
Frank Lloyd Wright designed this pavilion as a living room and small concert space
"This was my first step into modernism, which after this I began to appreciate more and more."
Amelia Peck
January 31, 2013
layers of pick shaped colors on top of each other almost looking like a flower with orange creeping out from the top left corner.
Color and Form
Learn about the multifaceted ways postwar artists engaged with color through a selection of vibrant prints.
Jennifer Farrell
November 17, 2023
A man with a cartoonish face is laden with objects, with a critical poem written beneath him.
A Brief History of Comic Valentines
They're not always love notes. Explore the history of the penny dreadful.
Nancy Rosin
February 14, 2024
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Exhibition Tour—Africa & Byzantium
Join Dr. Andrea Myers Achi, Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art in The Met’s Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, for a virtual tour of Africa & Byzantium
Andrea Myers Achi
November 30, 2023
Two people admire a framed portrait of a woman in a black gown against a dark backdrop. The gallery setting is elegant and contemplative.
Video
Exhibition Tour— Sargent and Paris
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
Exposure by Freyda Spira
Video
This isn't just an engraving of Adam and Eve from 1504. It's a global ad campaign
"Prints interest me because they circulate in society."
Freyda Spira
October 2, 2013
Cinematic by Helen Evans
Video
Why this plate has one of the most cinematic depictions of David and Goliath
"One doesn’t tend to think of silver plates as being quite as emotionally involving."
Helen C. Evans
May 15, 2013
abstract cubist image with a lot of whites, browns, and greys and lines everywhere.
Reevaluating Picasso’s Unfinished Masterpiece
Scholar and curator Anna Jozefacka discusses an unrealized decorative commission by Pablo Picasso intended for a Brooklyn residence.
Isabelle Qian
October 16, 2023
collage of a harlem block with two buildings. A jazz band plays and children also play on the street.
The Sounds of The Block
How does the rediscovery of an audio component for Romare Bearden’s monumental collage transform our understanding of it?
Lauren Rosati
February 22, 2024