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Past Exhibition

Light and Tone: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints

May 18–September 5, 2023

The Department of Drawings and Prints boasts more than one million drawings, prints, and illustrated books made in Europe and the Americas from around 1400 to the present day. Because of their number and sensitivity to light, the works can only be …

Past Exhibition

Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art

January 26–April 16, 2023

Denmark in the nineteenth century experienced the disastrous fallout of the Napoleonic Wars, the devastating bombardment of Copenhagen, bankruptcy, and mounting antagonism with Germany. Yet, this sociopolitical and economic tumult also gave rise to…

editorial

Splinters of Light

October 7, 2015

By Jo

Guest Blogger Jo shares three poems inspired by works in the Met's collection.

video

Art in the Dark: How Does Light Change Art?

August 26, 2021

We need light to see art, but the safest place for it is in the dark. Umm… what? Learn how light energy can damage materials, and what we do at The Met to keep art safe for years to come.

editorial

Three Activities for the Three-Day Weekend

May 24, 2017

By Emily Sutter

Emily Sutter, producer and editor in the Digital Department, gives some crafty suggestions for the three-day weekend!

Publication

"Two Candelabra by Luigi Valadier from Palazzo Borghese"

editorial

Recipe for an Exhibition: The Installation of Pattern, Color, Light

July 20, 2015

By Kate Justement

Summer Intern Kate Justement considers the many elements involved in installing the new exhibition Pattern, Color, Light: Architectural Ornament in the Near East (500–1000), now on view through October 25.

Exhibition

Wedding Attire: Three Cultures, One Celebration

Ongoing

This presentation of wedding ensembles and related accessories from China, Japan, and Ottoman Turkey and the Balkans illustrates this diversity.

editorial

After Three Hundred Years of Fading, a Dutch Masterpiece Is Digitally Restored

June 20, 2019

By Gerrit Albertson

Three centuries of light exposure caused a famous still life to fade. Here's how a team of conservators and curators brought it (digitally) back to life.