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Fran Lebowitz: Pretend It’s a Museum

November 9, 2023

By Fran Lebowitz

Fran Lebowitz goes behind-the-scenes to The Met’s Paintings Conservation Lab to see Rembrandt’s Aristotle with a Bust of Homer.
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The Artist Project: Kamrooz Aram

February 29, 2016
Artist Kamrooz Aram reflects on the ancient arts of Iran in this episode of The Artist Project.
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Iman Issa on Ancient Egypt

November 22, 2024

By Iman Issa

How do we define a historical concept so distant yet pertinent today?
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Spectrum Spotlight: Ian Alteveer

December 17, 2013

By Lucy Redoglia and Christopher

Lucy Redoglia and Christopher Gorman introduce readers to Ian Alteveer, curator in the Met's Department of Modern and Contemporary Art.
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Looking toward the holiday season, Research Assistant Julia Cohen discusses a ninth-century Iraqi book about dining etiquette and several examples of Islamic serveware.
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The Story behind Our Brand Identity

December 1, 2016

By Emile Molin and Daniel Koppich

Learn about the creation of The Met's updated brand identity that launched in early 2016.
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Modern and Contemporary Art in Iran

October 1, 2004

By Marika Sardar and Maryam Ekhtiar

The 1949 opening of the Apadana gallery in Tehran signaled a commitment to the creation of a form of modern art grounded in Iran.
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Queer Activist Art

June 7, 2024

By Jasmine Kuylenstierna

Gran Fury’s weapons of mass production.
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Siah Armajani (Iranian, Tehran 1939–2020 Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Date: 2015–16
Accession Number: 2017.246

Image for Spouted jar

Date: ca. 9th century BCE
Accession Number: 60.20.15

Image for Cup with a frieze of gazelles

Date: ca. early 1st millennium BCE
Accession Number: 62.84

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Date: ca. 8th century BCE
Accession Number: 1996.82.1

Image for Cup decorated with ibexes

Date: ca. 4000 BCE
Accession Number: 48.98.23

Image for Pin in the form of a lion

Date: ca. 9th century BCE
Accession Number: 61.100.10

Image for Vessel terminating in the head of a ram

Date: ca. 7th–6th century BCE
Accession Number: 55.10

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Date: ca. early 1st millennium BCE
Accession Number: 64.130

Image for Beaker with bronze pin in base

Date: ca. 9th century BCE
Accession Number: 65.163.51

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Date: ca. 9th century BCE
Accession Number: 65.163.38