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editorial

Exploring Coptic Prayers Written on Venetian Paper

January 19, 2016

By Alzahraa K. Ahmed

Hagop Kevorkian Curatorial Fellow Alzahraa K. Ahmed summarizes her recent investigation into the production dates of two Coptic codices in the Department of Islamic Art's collection.

Press Release

Coptic Art, Dikran Kelekian, and Milton Avery

Essay

The Temple of Dendur: Architecture and Ritual

November 2, 2018

By Dieter Arnold and Adela Oppenheim

Curator Adela Oppenheim focuses on the architecture of The Temple of Dendur as a setting for the cultic worship of Isis.

Press Release

Illusionist Ricky Jay and Critic Michael Kimmelman Discuss the Life and Work of Matthias Buchinger at the Metropolitan Museum

Publication

"Icon, Contact Relic, Souvenir: The Virgin Eleousa Micromosaic Icon at The Met"

The Metropolitan Museum Journal is issued annually and publishes original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection. Highlights of volume 56 include an investigation into the politics that governed dispersal of a pair of Sèvres elephant-head vases during the French Revolution, a consideration of imagery used in a rare seventeenth-century Ethiopian prayer book, and a critique of the Museum’s early collecting of ancient art of the Americas.

Publication

"The Critic Sadakichi Hartmann as the Subject of a Caricature by Marius de Zayas"

editorial

Looking Closely: An Unexpected Discovery in the Islamic Collection

December 3, 2014

By Fatima Quraishi

Hagop Kevorkian Fellow Fatima Quraishi discusses the unexpected meaning of the inscription on a Coptic panel in the Museum's collection.

editorial

Historical Photographs on Display in the Uris Center for Education

May 13, 2011

By Marlene Graham

My first day as senior manager of the Museum's Uris Center for Education in July 2010 was an exhilarating and hectic day, chock-full of new information, faces, and experiences.