Hispanic/Latine Heritage | Perspectives | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

A mixed-media collage decorated with two black-and-white photos, a childlike drawing, and an image of the Virgin Mary and Jesus surrounding a drawing of a flower and poem about the artist's mother.

Juan Sánchez on the Guariquen Portfolio

Learn more about the artist’s singular blending of media, Puerto Rican and Nuyorican culture, activism, issues of colonialism, and personal history in his remarkable prints.

Deborah Cullen-Morales September 6

Ballet Hispánico: Buscando a Juan

For this MetLiveArts commission, Ballet Hispánico Artistic Director and CEO Eduardo Vilaro reacts to the ideas presented in the exhibit Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter with Buscando a Juan (“Looking for Juan”) and explores the “sancocho”—literally, mixed soup—of cultures and diasporas.

Sep 19, 2023

The God from the Black Water

Maya artists mined a rich body of mythological lore to visualize their gods in imaginative ways.

Joanne Pillsbury and Laura Filloy Nadal Nov 14, 2022

"A Veritable Poem of Light": Tiffany's Mosaic Curtain in Mexico City

Tiffany Studios completed significant commissions across Latin America in the twentieth century, yet they remain surprisingly understudied.

Juliana Fagua-Arias Oct 6, 2022

Portfolio catalog from La Familia: An En Foco Exhibition

Arte en El Barrio

Latinx and Hispanic American Organizations, Workshops, and Alternative Spaces in New York City

Louisa M. Raitt Sep 28, 2022

Celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month

Contemporary artists reflect on how their culture and The Met's collection influence their practice.

Isabella Garces Sep 19, 2022

Reimagining Peruvian Portraiture with Ana de Orbegoso

Learn how the artist updates ancient Andean aesthetics to reflect the world today.

Mandy Kritzeck Sep 16, 2022

The Living History of Colombian Art

Colombia's art and unique geography provide a different way of looking at and understanding the country's past.

Isabella Garces Aug 12, 2022

Artist Miguel Luciano and a woman wearing red pants carrying the Zemí Cohoba stand through the streets of El Barrio

Miguel Luciano’s Cemí-Libre

Celebrate Taíno culture, the legacy of the Young Lords, and the El Barrio community with Miguel Luciano

Jun 28, 2022

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