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Essay

Love is Blind: Rebuses in The Met Collection

February 14

By Nancy Rosin

Explore European rebuses in The Met collection with Nancy Rosin, a volunteer cataloguer in Drawings and Prints.

Essay

Postmodernism: Recent Developments in Art in Pakistan and Bangladesh

October 1, 2004

By Atteqa Ali

Through their sometimes political artwork, Bangladeshi and Pakistani artists contribute unique perspectives to the complex debates surrounding their countries.

Essay

Ife (from ca. 6th Century)

October 1, 2000, revised September 1, 2014

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

The discovery of Ife’s now famous naturalistic bronzes, terracottas, and stone sculptures challenged European assumptions about the nature of African art and initiated significant debates concerning the antiquity of its past.

Essay

International Pictorialism

October 1, 2004

By Lisa Hostetler

The controversy between the two aesthetic camps—those who insisted that photographs should not be altered […] and those who believed that such manual intervention was necessary […]—was continued in lively debates that clarified the aesthetic role of photography in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art.

editorial

The Challenge of Interpreting Caricatures and Satires

November 9, 2011

By Nadine M. Orenstein

Caricatures and satires are generally created to comment on specific events or moments in history. The Headache, Enrique Chagoya's print of President Obama, for example, reminds us of the strident debates that took place more than a year ago about changes to the U.S. healthcare system.

editorial

How Can We Help You? (Seriously, We Want to Know)

October 8, 2014

By Lisa Harms

Former Assistant Museum Librarian Lisa Harms relates Watson Library's efforts to best serve you—our visitors!

Press Release

Met Exhibition to Reimagine the History of Chinoiserie Through a Feminist Lens

Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie will examine the history and legacy of the decorative style as it relates to women past and present

Essay

The Religious Arts under the Ilkhanids

October 1, 2003

By Qamar Adamjee and Stefano Carboni

The Mongols of the steppes believed in shamans—spiritual guides who could intercede between humans and the powerful spirits of good and evil.

video

Spotlight: The Importance of Reciprocity

April 6, 2022

Climate justice activist Xiye Bastida’s perspectives are brought to bear on Thomas Cole’s iconic landscape painting The Oxbow.

editorial

In Praise of Painting: Rethinking Art of the Dutch Golden Age at The Met

October 16, 2018

By Adam Eaker

Assistant Curator Adam Eaker welcomes readers to In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met, a new exhibition that expands the narrative of one of the most celebrated chapters in art history.