Fell’s Cave, a rock shelter in the valley of the Río Chico not far from the Strait of Magellan, was initially occupied by hunters around 10,000 B.C. who left behind an impressive layer of refuse.

While the majority of paintings in the Pachmari Hills are from historic periods, the earliest Mesolithic depictions provide visually rich and compelling images of the natural environment and some aspects of Mesolithic life.

Teen Advisory Group Members Dan and Kristen share a poem and collage they created in response to the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art.

Director Thomas P. Campbell announces today's launch of The Artist Project, a yearlong online series in which one hundred artists talk about works of art in The Met's collection that spark their imagination.

Toward the end of the first century a.d. Jerusalem lay in ruins, the second temple built by Herod the Great (74/73–4 b.c.) destroyed and ransacked by the Roman army. Meanwhile, in Babylon, scribes continued to copy ancient texts, inscribing some of them on cuneiform tablets made of clay.

Joseph, a participant in this summer's Digital Stories workshop, shares his impressions of the exhibition Garry Winogrand, on view through September 21.

Editorial Assistant Nadja Hansen spoke with Mike Hearn, curator of Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China, to discuss his inspiration for the exhibition, authoring the accompanying catalogue, as well as the evolving role of Chinese art in the Western world.

Curator Keith Christiansen gives an update on the European Paintings Skylights Project and offers behind-the-scenes photos of the galleries under construction.

Assistant Museum Librarian Leah High discusses the wild times had at the recent #MetKids party.