Some 160 paintings and works on paper, including rarely loaned masterpieces, will illuminate the friendship and rivalry between these two giants of 19th-century French art
Lisbeth Thalberg
Join Nairy Baghramian and Akili Tommasino, Associate Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Met, for a conversation about The Facade Commission: Nairy Baghramian, Scratching the Back. Baghramian has been commissioned to create four new sculptures for The Met Fifth Avenue’s facade niches, marking the artist’s first public installation in New York City […]
Lisbeth Thalberg
Join Jacolby Satterwhite for one of two drawing sessions in The Astor Court and The Temple of Dendur. Create drawings in response to the artist’s prompt: “Intersect Your Past, Present, and Future with the artwork in front of you.” Satterwhite will select drawings to be a part of his upcoming work (all participants must agree […]
Lisbeth Thalberg
Exhibition will reunite iconic paintings—including Wheat Field with Cypresses and The Starry Night—and other rarely, if ever, lent works to offer an unprecedented perspective on Van Gogh’s fascination with the flamelike trees (New York, December 6, 2022)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that a groundbreaking exhibition of some 40 works by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) will be […]
Lisbeth Thalberg
Shapes from Out of Nowhere: Ceramics from the Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection celebrates an extraordinary gift to The Met of 125 modern and contemporary ceramics from Robert A. Ellison Jr., given to the Museum in honor of its 150th anniversary. The exhibition will present a selection of over 75 works from this unparalleled collection that charts the […]
Martin Cid Magazine
The Met to Open Nearly Two Dozen. Newly Installed European Paintings Galleries on December 12, Following Two Years of Skylights Construction A New Look at Old Masters is a prelude to the final reinstallation of the European paintings galleries (1250–1800), expected to take place in 2022 On December 12, nearly two dozen galleries dedicated to old […]
Martin Cid Magazine
The Met’s rich collection of photography can be explored through three exhibitions now on view: the recently opened Pictures, Revisited; the major 150th anniversary exhibition Photography’s Last Century: The Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Collection, and the focused installation 2020 Vision: Photographs, 1840s–1860s. In celebration of the Museum’s 150th anniversary, these three exhibitions showcase the breadth and depth of […]
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