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Morning Catch by Jeff Munger
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Why this porcelain broth bowl stops a Met curator in his tracks
"It’s so exaggerated by current standards of taste that I think it’s very hard for us to appreciate it today."
May 22, 2013
Phenomenon by Bradley Strauchen-Scherer
Video
This is the earliest surviving piano
"It's completely intuitive; it's very responsive; it's incredibly intimate."
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer
July 24, 2013
Terrible Beauty by C. Griffith Mann
Video
This altar piece embodies the culture of storytelling in the Middle Ages
"Medieval art is very much about a multi-media experience."
C. Griffith Mann
December 11, 2013
Futuristic sculpture of a fragmented, abstract human form in stone against a neoclassical arch. The tone is dynamic and modern amidst classical architecture.
The Fierce Animacy of the (In)Human Ornament
Anne Anlin Cheng
May 16
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.
Audio
Manet/Degas: A Podcast
Explore the legacy of Manet and Degas’s complicated relationship.
Ashley E. Dunn and Stephan Wolohojian
December 8, 2023
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
Two women in opulent dress and jewelry sit facing each other on a patterned carpet
Painted with Beetles
Shimmering jewels in Pahari School paintings.
Olivia Dill and Marina Ruiz Molina
May 27
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
South-facing view of The Met exterior steps from the 5th Ave plaza. Sunlight hits the building facade, and the steps bustle with seated and standing visitors.
Audio
Immaterial: Space, Part 2
Behind the scenes at The Met.
July 2, 2024