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Baths and Bathing Culture in the Middle East: The Hammam

October 1, 2012

By Elizabeth Williams

Although today we think of bathing as a private activity, the public bath, or hammam, was a vital social institution in any Middle Eastern city for centuries before the advent of modern plumbing.
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Laura Mina, associate conservator in The Met's Costume Institute, offers a close look at an 18th-century court suit.
Image for Calling a Spade a Spade: A Lack of Uniformity in Suits and Decks
Curator Tim Husband weighs in on suit symbols and hierarchies in early European playing cards.
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In Memoriam: Judit Reigl

August 14, 2020

By Randall Griffey and Kelly Baum

Curators Randall Griffey and Kelly Baum reflect on the life of Hungarian born artist Judit Reigl (1945–2020) and her masterpiece *Guano (Menhir)*.
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Violinist Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 4 as part of a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
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Art of the Sufis

October 1, 2018

By Courtney A. Stewart

Rather than focusing on religious law, theology, philosophy and other written proscriptions, Sufis understand and experience God by turning inward and experiencing the divine within themselves.
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Curator Soyoung Lee highlights two paintings on view in Diamond Mountains by Shin Jangshik, whose panoramic painting of the mountains served as a backdrop at the recent Korean leaders summit.
Image for J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D major | MetLiveArts
Violinist Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 6 as part of a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
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Violinist Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 as part of a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
Image for J. S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor | MetLiveArts
Violinist Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 5 as part of a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
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Claire McCardell (American, 1905–1958)

Date: 1944
Accession Number: 1970.153.3

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Claire McCardell (American, 1905–1958)

Date: 1945
Accession Number: 1970.153.2

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Fendi (Italian, founded 1925)

Date: spring/summer 1991
Accession Number: 1995.116

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Rudi Gernreich (American (born Austria), Vienna 1922–1985 Los Angeles, California)

Date: ca. 1964
Accession Number: 2009.300.2918

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Date: 1920s
Accession Number: 1979.124.10

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Date: 1890–95
Accession Number: 1975.227.6

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Date: 1915–25
Accession Number: 1979.124.3

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Date: early 1920s
Accession Number: 1979.579.2

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Date: 1920s
Accession Number: 1979.124.8

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Date: 1920–30
Accession Number: 1977.248.2