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Exhibition

Jesse Krimes: Corrections

Through July 13
Photography has played a key role in structuring systems of power in society, including those related to crime and punishment. This exhibition presents immersive contemporary installations by the artist Jesse Krimes (American, b. 1982) alongside ni…
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Diamond in the Rust: Conserving a Damascened Tibetan Knife

February 6, 2015

By Marlene April Yandrisevits

Former Graduate Intern Marlene April Yandrisevits explores the conservation process applied to a Tibetan ritual knife currently on view in Sacred Traditions of the Himalayas.
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Meet the Artist — Jesse Krimes: Corrections | Met Exhibitions

October 31, 2024
Go behind the scenes with Jesse Krimes as he discusses his inspiration and artistic process for his works in the exhibition Jesse Krimes: Corrections, on view at The Met through July 13, 2025.
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The Mediated Image and Jesse Krimes

April 28

By Lisa Sutcliffe

The artist’s work challenges the social and political context of mass incarceration.
Press Release

The Met Announces Exhibition Featuring Major Works Exploring Systems of Power by American Artist Jesse Krimes

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Publication

Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art

An introduction to the complex stories of Mesoamerican divinity through the carvings, ceramics, and metalwork of the Maya Classic period Lives of the Gods reveals how ancient Maya artists evoked a pantheon as rich and complex as the more familiar Greco-Roman, Hindu-Buddhist, and Egyptian deities. Focusing on the period between A.D. 250 and 900, the authors show how this powerful cosmology informed some of the greatest creative achievements of Maya civilization.
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Publication

The Tomb of Three Foreign Wives of Tuthmosis III

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Seeds of Impressionism: Public Parks, Private Gardens with Author Colta Ives

April 18, 2018

By Rachel High

Publishing and Marketing Assistant Rachel High sits down with curator emerita Colta Ives to discuss the transformation of Paris during the nineteenth century into a city of tree-lined boulevards and public parks.
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Publication

"A Set of Knife, Fork, and Spoon with Coral Handles"

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Past Exhibition

Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art

November 21, 2022–April 2, 2023
In Maya art, the gods are depicted at all stages of life: as infants, as adults at the peak of their maturity and influence, and as they age. The gods could die, and some were born anew, serving as models of regeneration and resilience. In Lives of…
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Art

Hunting Knife with Scabbard, Knife and Fork

Date: blade, ca. 1678; hilt and scabbard, ca. 1740
Accession Number: 14.25.972a–d

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Art

Dagger (Kard) with Sheath

Date: ca. 1800
Accession Number: 36.25.724a, b

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Art

Hunting Knife Combined with Wheellock Pistol

Ambrosius Gemlich (German, Munich and Landshut, active ca. 1520–50)

Date: blade ca. 1528–29, etched with a calendar for the years 1529–34; barrel dated 1540 or 1546
Accession Number: 04.3.158

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Art

Dagger (Qama) with Sheath and Utility Knife

Date: dated A.H. 1273 /1856–57 CE and 1861
Accession Number: 91.1.890a–c

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Art

Imperial Knife with Sheath

Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 60.107a, b

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Art

Walking Stick with Companion Hunting Sword, Knife, and Scabbard

Date: ca. 1780
Accession Number: 2017.23a–d

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Art

Knife with Sheath, Chopsticks, Pickle Spear and Toothpicks

Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 36.25.987a–h

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Art

Hunting Sword with Scabbard, Knife, and Fork

Date: ca. 1742–80
Accession Number: 2023.380a–d

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Art

Knives

Russel Wright (American, Lebanon, Ohio 1904–1976 New York)

Date: ca. 1930
Accession Number: 1976.67.52ab

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Art

Knives

Peer Smed (American (born Denmark), Copenhagen 1878–1943 New York)

Date: 1935
Accession Number: 1971.230.63-.74