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Jacob Lawrence: An Intimate Portrait, 1993
In this short feature, produced to accompany a 1993 LACMA exhibition of Jacob Lawrence’s series on Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, hear from the artist and those who knew him well.
October 9, 2020
A black-and-white photo of Jacob Lawrence resting his head in his hand in front of one of his paintings
Reckoning with American History in Jacob Lawrence’s “Struggle”
In this 1968 interview, Lawrence discusses the importance of centering Black contributions to U.S. history.
The Digital Editors
October 1, 2020
A black-and-white photo of a man shrouded in all-white cloth
Visualizing a Sahelian Past
How art from the Sahel brings the region’s underappreciated past to life.
Alisa LaGamma and Hakimah Abdul-Fattah
September 10, 2020
Man standing in a black shirt and green pants standing up again a brick wall.
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Meet the Artist—Héctor Zamora on Lattice Detour
Zamora discusses Lattice Detour, his 2020 Rooftop Commission.
Héctor Zamora
September 4, 2020
The Met Fifth facade
How Do You Say Goodbye to a Building? Remembering Four Busy Years at The Met Breuer
Executive producer Nina Diamond fondly reflects on Marcel Breuer's remarkable building's time as The Met Breuer.
Nina Diamond
August 12, 2020
The Met Fifth facade
Missing Manet's Valtesse
European Paintings Collections Management Associate Jane R. Becker offers insights into the life of Emilie-Louise Delabigne, the famous sitter of Manet's portrait.
Jane R. Becker
June 30, 2020
The Met Fifth facade
Take a Look Behind the Curtain of Johannes Vermeer's Enigmatic Masterpiece
Scientists and a conservator at The Met, an art historian at The Frick Collection, and scientists at the Doerner Institut in Munich team up to investigate changes to the composition and the discoloration of some paint passages.
Dorothy Mahon, Silvia A. Centeno, Federico Carò, Margaret Iacono, Heike Stege, and Andrea Obermeier
June 18, 2020
Five people smile and stand in front of an ivory wall with white text that reads: "On the Shores"
Introducing New York to the Cultural Wealth of Medieval West Africa
Two recent fellows from Senegal reflect on their time at The Met conducting outreach for the exhibition Sahel.
Oumy Mbaye and Mouhamet Traoré
June 4, 2020
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A Tour of Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara
See this landmark exhibition featuring the cultural achievements of various medieval empires in sub-Saharan Africa.
May 15, 2020
Detail from Nicolas Poussin's "Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun"
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Nicolas Poussin’s Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658
Consider one of the masterpieces of The Met collection, a painting by Nicolas Poussin, as a Met curator reflects on its meaning and shares new perspectives given the experience of our current moment.
May 2, 2020