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.

The situation in Syria is both grave and deeply troubling. In the midst of such striking human suffering, all other concerns can easily get lost in the shadows. But we must believe that there will be a time when peace returns to Syria, and when that moment arrives, it would be tragic to find that most of the country's heritage had been lost.

Go Behind-the-Scenes at The Metropolitan Museum of Art to see how staff were able to do their jobs when the museum was closed.