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Cruel Elegance in an Eight-Hundred-Year-Old Chinese Brocade

Curatorial Fellow Pengliang Lu examines a Jin dynasty brocade on view in Chinese Textiles: Ten Centuries of Masterpieces from the Met Collection.

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The Decoration of Men's Fashion in Eighteenth-Century France

Former Intern Kirstin Purtich discusses the ways in which menswear became more elaborate and customizable in eighteenth-century Paris.

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Celebrating National Piano Month, Part One

Associate Curator Jayson Dobney celebrates National Piano Month by highlighting some of the breathtaking instruments found in the Museum's collection.

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Featured Catalogue: The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925

To coincide with the opening of the exhibition The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925, Curator Thayer Tolles has coauthored an evocative catalogue that explores the themes of the Old West as brought to life in enduringly popular sculptures.

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Artists in Exile: Paul Hindemith and Max Beckmann

Website Editor Michael Cirigliano II examines some of the parallels between composer Paul Hindemith and artist Max Beckmann—two prolific artists who both fled Nazi Germany in 1937.

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Show and Tell: Exploring Storytelling in Chinese Painting

Assistant Research Curator Shi-yee Liu discusses the three types of pictorial narratives explored in the exhibition Show and Tell: Stories in Chinese Painting.

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The World Is Never Sane: Delirious with Author Kelly Baum

Publishing and Marketing Assistant Rachel High discusses forms of delirium with the curator of Delirious, on view at The Met, Kelly Baum.

Artwork

Side Chair

Date:1850–60

Medium:Wood

Accession Number:1982.208.1

Location:On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 740

Artwork

Side Chair

Date:1850–60

Medium:Wood

Accession Number:1982.208.2

Location:On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 740

Gothic Revival Library

This library comes from a red-brick Gothic Revival villa built for banker Frederick Deming (1787–1860) and his family in the hamlet of Balmville, New York. The house is a classic example of the Gothic Revival style in domestic architecture and the room is arranged to illustrate how an upper-middle-class family might have furnished their library.