“From June 12, 2026, to February 28, 2027, an exhibition at The Met will focus on cross-cultural encounters in Europe and the Middle East during a period of growing imperialism and colonialism. Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy will present works of art traditionally identified as Orientalist in… Read More
“The show examines the centrality of the dressed body, juxtaposing garments and works of art from across the Museum’s vast collection to create pairings that not only illuminate the indivisible connection between clothing and the body but also the complex interplay between artistic representations of… Read More
“From clapping hands and tapping feet to beatboxing and whistling, the human body is a musical instrument. In turn, instruments often draw their form and decoration from the body. Musical Bodies, which opens on June 7 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will explore the… Read More
“Raphael: Sublime Poetry, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art March 29 to June 28, 2026, will be the first comprehensive, international loan exhibition in the United States on Raphael (Raffaello di Giovanni Santi; 1483–1520), considered one of the greatest artists of all time.… Read More
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art introduces an exhibition of daring work by the fashion photographer and art director Lillian Bassman (American, 1917–2012). Lillian Bassman: Bazaar and Beyond, on view through July 26, 2026, presents Bassman’s provocative vision for the mid-century American magazine. In this exhibition of… Read More
“Beloved in Nordic countries for her highly original style, Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946) is relatively unknown to the rest of the world. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck will be the first major exhibition in the United States… Read More
“Divine Egypt at The Metropolitan Museum of Art—the first major exhibition of Egyptian art at the Museum in over a decade—will explore how images of gods in ancient Egypt were experienced not merely as spiritual depictions in temples, shrines, and tombs but were the instruments… Read More
“Man Ray: When Objects Dream at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the first major exhibition to examine the media-crossing, radical experimentation of American artist Man Ray (1890–1976) through one of his most significant bodies of work, the rayograph. Man Ray coined the term rayograph to… Read More
“This summer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York, opening July 17, 2025. Born in Chippewa City, a remote Native American village on the shore of Lake Superior in northern Minnesota, George Morrison (Wah-wah-ta-ga-nah-gah-boo and Gwe-ki-ge-nah-gah-boo, Grand Portage Band… Read More
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art reopened The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, following the completion of a major renovation. The wing includes the collections in the Arts of Africa, the Ancient Americas, and Oceania galleries, and features over 1,800 works spanning five continents and hundreds of… Read More
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents an adventurous new history of American photography from the medium’s birth in 1839 to the first decade of the 20th century. Drawn from the Museum’s William L. Schaeffer Collection—a magnificent recent promised gift to The Met by trustee Philip… Read More
“Opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 27, 2025, Sargent and Paris will explore the early career of John Singer Sargent (born 1856, Florence; died 1925, London), from his arrival in Paris in 1874 as a talented 18-year-old art student through the mid-1880s,… Read More
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