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Gray abstract face silhouettes against a solid green background with text that reads "session 5 community partnership"
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Listen to a conversation with an international array of scholars, artists, writers, performers, and activists on changing narratives in museums.
Joshua Bell, Louise Hunter, Samir Meghelli, Salma Jreige, Sarah Fortmann-Hijazi, and Kemi Ilesanmi
October 13, 2021
Various people in a plaza pulling strings on a statue
A selection of prints investigate the role art has played in revolutions, protests, and social activist movements from the eighteenth century to the present.
Ashley E. Dunn, Constance C. McPhee, and Allison Rudnick
October 1, 2021
The Second Branch Bank facade installed on a lawn in Central Park
Take a tour through New York City’s past with these architectural features and historic interiors preserved at The Met.
Moira Gallagher
August 10, 2021
Split screen with speakers and textile
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The Met’s groundbreaking traveling exhibitions toured New York City between 1933 and 1942.
Giulia Chiostrini, Elizabeth Cleland, Stephanie Post, and Eva Labson
June 17, 2021
An overhead image of highways
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Using time-lapse footage of New York City, the filmmaker Hilary Harris imagines the metropolis as a living organism.
May 28, 2021
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Flowers are more than merely decorative. People throughout time have used them as storytelling devices.
December 4, 2020
Get a first look at a new AR filter Met visitors can use on Instagram to view objects from the collection in their own home.
Nina Diamond and Claire Lanier
November 9, 2020
An artist kneels in a tiny village
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Since the 1970s, the artist Charles Simonds has created enigmatic dwellings for an imaginary civilization of “Little People.”
October 23, 2020
A stained glass window
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This atmospheric short film presents the many wonders of France’s Cathedral of Saint Peter of Beauvais, from its intricate stained glass to its soaring, vaulted interior.
October 2, 2020
Man standing in a black shirt and green pants standing up again a brick wall.
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Zamora discusses Lattice Detour, his 2020 Rooftop Commission.
Héctor Zamora
September 4, 2020