Meryl Cates, coordinator of marketing for Met Museum Presents, previews the upcoming Gloria—A Pig Tale, a fully staged opera that will transform the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium into a scenic farm.
Press Officer Meryl Cates explores some of the online resources available to learn about Tullio Lombardo's Adam ahead of Met Curator Luke Syson's talk on the subject of this important work of art from Renaissance Venice.
Deirdre Larkin, managing horticulturist of The Met Cloisters, discusses the origins of pannage, the practice of bringing pigs to the wood to forage, and its significance in medieval art and life.
Curator Joanne Pillsbury examines the intimacy of miniature architectural models on view in Design for Eternity: Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas and discusses how they beckon the viewer to contemplate much larger concepts.
American artists Mike and Doug Starn (born 1961) have been invited by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to create a site-specific installation for The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, opening to the public on April 27, 2010.
