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Detail of a jar made by the enslaved potter Dave (later known as David Drake).
Examining Storage Jars from the American South
Scientific research on food residue found in nineteenth-century stoneware vessels produced by enslaved artisans sheds light on the contents once stored inside.
Adriana Rizzo
January 10, 2023
The curators Jeff Rosenheim and Thelma Golden stand before a series of photographs by the renowned Harlem Renaissance photographer James Van Der Zee.
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The James Van Der Zee Archive
James Van Der Zee, the world-renowned chronicler of Black life in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance and for decades thereafter, was a virtuoso portraitist and one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century.
December 13, 2022
Photo of two women looking at a brown, blue, and red tapestry of a King, woman on left is pointing at the tapestry.
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Conserving the King Arthur Tapestry
Follow the conservation treatment of “King Arthur” from the “Nine Heroes Tapestries” series, among the oldest in The Met’s collection.
December 13, 2022
Two curators behold the Mantuan Roundel, installed in the galleries
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The Mantuan Roundel
Learn more about an extremely rare bronze relief attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli. Created around 1500, it is one of the largest and most technically sophisticated examples of a bronze roundel from the early Renaissance.
December 12, 2022
The artist Atang Tshikare is visible on a cell phone before a blurred backdrop of the Afrofuturist period room currently on view at The Met.
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Meet the Artists: Atang Tshikare
Meet Atang Tshikare, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
October 21, 2022
The Met Fifth facade
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Meet the Artist—Hew Locke: Gilt
Go behind the scenes with artist Hew Locke
September 29, 2022
Detail of the interior of a 5th-century BC bronze Chinese zhong or bell with a green patina
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Immaterial: Metals, Part One
Dive into the magic of iron, bronze, lead, and copper.
August 17, 2022
The artist and designer Jomo Tariku is visible on an iPhone against a blurred backdrop showcasing the Afrofuturist period room at The Met.
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Meet the Artists: Jomo Tariku
Meet Jomo Tariku, one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room."
August 17, 2022
Poet Camille Dungy, a Black woman with long dreadlocks wearing a black turtleneck, laughing and standing among trees
Immaterial: Bonus Feature, Camille T. Dungy on Poetry, Podcasting, and the Ecstasy of Nuance
Get to know the host of Immaterial.
Benjamin Korman
August 15, 2022
Sphinx in color
Reconstructing the Archaic Greek Sphinx
See how the sphinx of a Greek funerary monument was reconstructed in its original form and color.
Vinzenz Brinkmann, Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, and Heinrich Piening
August 12, 2022