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Composite image of black man wearing all black with a b lack hat and glasses, next to the great hall of The Met Museum with the lights lighting the ceiling
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Go behind the scenes with artist Jacolby Satterwhite, who discusses his artistic process and inspiration for his 2023 multi-channel video installation in The Met’s Great Hall.
October 19, 2023
Looming Change by Melinda Watt
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"There are tulips, roses, carnations, irises, hydrangea, and they form this sort of dense garden that weaves in and out of the paisley shapes."
March 27, 2013
Startled by John Carpenter
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"Your perception of reality, your normal expectations of how you view things, is completely confounded."
John T. Carpenter
May 29, 2013
Bundle of Emotions by Yaelle Biro
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"It has all these apertures almost as if it is breathing and hearing what is around it."
Yaëlle Biro
July 17, 2013
Arresting by Charles Little
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"Amongst the violence and the chaos, you have to dissect the beauty and the tranquility that’s taking place here."
Charles T. Little
August 21, 2013
Below the Surface by Ian Alteveer
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"As I warmed up to this work, I realized that a work can be inscrutable and you can still love it."
Ian Alteveer
March 20, 2013
Idolized by Diana Craig Patch
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"This piece spoke to me when I realized, you don't need a single written word, three thousand years later, we can understand the same language."
Diana Craig Patch
September 10, 2013
Hipster by Jan Glier Reeder
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"The construction defies any usual dress-making norms."
Jan Glier Reeder
December 6, 2013
Gratitude by Ken Moore
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"This object has art, it has music, it's got myth, but behind all that there's a very human story."
Ken Moore
June 19, 2013
Love by Mia Fineman
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"When you are truly in love and then you lose it, you feel like you’re being emptied out."
Mia Fineman
June 25, 2013