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Traditional Indian Paining of gray elephtant.
Elephant Soul, Indian Brush
Take a closer look at the Asian elephant through the eyes of Indian court painters
Navina Najat Haidar
June 14, 2024
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
Detail image of the volute-krater that shows the divine couple seated between two columns, flanked by a priestess and figures playing instruments.
Athenian Masterpieces in Etruscan Tombs
The magnificent volute-krater on loan from Ferrara.
Chiara Pizzirani and Delphine Tonglet
July 30, 2024
Detail of Edgar Degas's "Monsieur and Madame Édouard Manet," with Edouard Manet lounging on his couch and his wife Suzanne at the piano. The painting has been cut in half vertically at Suzanne's face.
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Manet/Degas: A Podcast
Explore the legacy of Manet and Degas’s complicated relationship.
Ashley E. Dunn and Stephan Wolohojian
December 8, 2023
Metaphorical by Shi yee Liu
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How Liang Kai paints with metaphor
"He’s playing on the idea of the deceptive nature of what can be seen on the surface."
Shi-yee Liu
October 3, 2013
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Mexican Prints at the Vanguard
Discover the rich history of printmaking in Mexico and the The Met’s collecting of these prints.
Mark McDonald
September 16, 2024
Photo image of The Great Hall of the Met, with hanging calligraphy paintings
The Monumental Calligraphy of Tong Yang-Tze
Learn how the artist’s Great Hall Commission utilizes the idiosyncrasy of calligraphy to foster a broad, inclusive dialogue.
Lesley Ma
February 28
Deciphering the Flowers by Sheena Wagstaff
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Deciphering the language of paint in Arshile Gorky's Water of the Flowery Mill.
"It’s like an extraordinary kind of life that is in the process of procreation."
Sheena Wagstaff
December 24, 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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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
Unfinished by Andrea Bayer
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How Bassano's age and death change our understanding of his unfinished painting
"I think his age liberated him and that he was working on it for himself."
Andrea Bayer
May 1, 2013