Provenance

The stories of how artworks arrived at The Met.

Time Present and Time Past: The Many Histories of Tell Halaf, Syria

Explore the relationship between contemporary artists’ use of archaeological materials in their work and attempts to understand the historical context in which the ancient works were first produced.

 

The Second Branch Bank facade installed on a lawn in Central Park

Glimpses of Old New York

Take a tour through New York City’s past with these architectural features and historic interiors preserved at The Met.

White Cube / Black Box: The Universal Museum and the Digital Age, Session 4

Join artists, researchers, and art professionals for a symposium that uses the exhibition Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property as a starting point to challenge the concept of the universal museum—a place to see the whole world under one roof—and its relationship to material and digital cultural heritage.

White Cube / Black Box: The Universal Museum and the Digital Age, Session 3

Join artists, researchers, and art professionals for a symposium that uses the exhibition Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property as a starting point to challenge the concept of the universal museum—a place to see the whole world under one roof—and its relationship to material and digital cultural heritage.

White Cube / Black Box: The Universal Museum and the Digital Age, Session 2

Join artists, researchers, and art professionals for a symposium that uses the exhibition Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property as a starting point to challenge the concept of the universal museum—a place to see the whole world under one roof—and its relationship to material and digital cultural heritage.

White Cube / Black Box: The Universal Museum and the Digital Age, Session 1

Join artists and researchers for a symposium on the exhibition Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property and digital cultural heritage.

Detail of a sculptural relief plaque made of brass depicting a central figure on horseback flanked by smaller attending figures to either side.

The Legacy of Benin Court Art: From Tragedy to Resilience

The extraordinary aesthetic power, beauty, and complexity of Benin artworks has profoundly influenced Black public intellectuals and artists, while their continued segregation reflects their forced removal.

An ornate silver menorah with flowers, birds, and lions

A Hanukkah Menorah Bears Shining Witness for the Festival of Lights

The story of this stunning menorah reflects the beauty and resiliency of Jewish faith.

The Fuentidueña Apse (Excerpts), 1957 & 1959

This short film presents rare footage of 12th-century Romanesque apse at its original site in the Castilian countryside, where dismantling the structure required meticulously numbering and crating each of its nearly 3,300 stone pieces.

A tall man with dark skin, wearing a navy blue suit, stands next to a terracotta figure of a nude woman, in front of a purple background

Excavating Empires of the Sahel: In Conversation with Daouda Keïta

Keïta, an archaeologist and museum director, speaks on historic West African empires.
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