All Articles, Audio, and Videos

Art Explained
Select...
Media Type
Protective by Alison Manges Nogueira
Video
"I can see a very deep sense of compassion, a mother's desire to protect her child, which she may only be able to do for a short while."
Alison Manges Nogueira
April 17, 2013
Originality by Dita Amory
Video
"The density of lines enhances the extraordinary emotion of the moment."
Dita Amory
April 24, 2013
Detail of a pen and brown ink self portrait by Albrecht Dürer
Video
"All kinds of aesthetic decisions are taken that make the jump from an observation to a work of art."
Stijn Alsteens
June 12, 2013
Shellshocked by Yassana Croizat Glazer
Video
"It reminds me of extraordinary vacations spent by the seashore."
November 25, 2013
Breakthrough by Thomas P. Campbell
Video
"Faded as it is, damaged as it is, it still almost moves me to tears that it survives."
Thomas P. Campbell
October 2, 2013
Accident by Samantha Rippner
Video
"It’s just the start of what we now know as the media and the barrage of information that infiltrates our daily life."
November 13, 2013
Grid of six artworks spanning 5,000 years of art history
January 24, 2013
Man and woman standing in purple gallery as they look at painting
Video
Join Stephan Wolohojian, John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge, and Ashley Dunn, Associate Curator, to virtually explore Manet/Degas.
Ashley E. Dunn
October 10, 2023
Video
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
White "Immaterial" logo text superimposed on a close-up of colorful feathers.
Audio
Revealing the stories behind the building blocks of creativity.
May 24, 2024