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Production Editor Dana Miller introduces two new episodes of MetCollects that take an in-depth look at works by immigrants that came to America more than a century apart.
Dana Miller
May 29, 2018
Curator Beth Saunders explores two of Adolf de Meyer's great muses: the arts and culture of Japan, and his wife, Olga.
Beth Saunders
April 3, 2018
A paper conservator at The Met sheds light on the modernist pastel technique of Mary Cassatt's Mother and Child (1914).
Marjorie Shelley
March 29, 2018
Curator Joanne Pillsbury highlights a number of the spectacular objects featured in Golden Kingdoms that reveal the prominence of women of power in the ancient Americas.
Joanne Pillsbury
March 7, 2018
The relocation of Charles Grafly's portrait bust of Henry Ossawa Tanner connects the work of two American artists.
Will Fenstermaker
February 15, 2018
Curator Joanne Pillsbury previews the exhibition Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas, which will illuminate the role of luxury arts along the Golden Road of the ancient Americas.
Joanne Pillsbury
January 31, 2018
Collections Management Associate Jane R. Becker examines how Rodin's portraits are among the artist's most experimental works.
Jane R. Becker
January 8, 2018
Collections Management Associate Jane R. Becker unearths a forgotten relationship between Auguste Rodin and the painter Eugène Carrière.
Jane R. Becker
December 11, 2017
Curator Keith Christiansen outlines the intriguing series of events that comprise the final years of Caravaggio's life.
Keith Christiansen
June 22, 2017
Curator Keith Christiansen discusses possible reasons as to why Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Hitchcock inserted themselves into their work.
Keith Christiansen
June 2, 2017