“The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature, the first comprehensive exhibition in the United States dedicated to Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840); it will be on view through May 11, 2025. Friedrich’s art presents nature as a site of personal and… Read More
“Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now will present nearly 200 works of art that demonstrate the many ways in which ancient Egypt has been a source of inspiration and identity for Black artists and other cultural figures Opening at The Met on November… Read More
“This fall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present the first major exhibition in the United States focusing on early Sienese painting. Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350 will examine an exceptional moment at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance and the pivotal role of… Read More
“This exhibition takes visitors on an unprecedented exploration of sublime historical Himalayan Buddhist devotional art, deepening understandings and appreciation of how and why these works were made,” said Max Hollein, The Met’s Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer. “And at the center of… Read More
“Opening September 12, 2024, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mexican Prints at the Vanguard explores the rich tradition of printmaking in Mexico—from the 18th to the mid-20th century—through works drawn from the Museum’s collection. Among the early works presented are those by Mexico’s best-known… Read More
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents the exhibition Mary Sully: Native Modern, opening July 18, 2024. Born Susan Mabel Deloria on the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota, Mary Sully (1896–1963) was a little-known, reclusive Yankton Dakota artist who, between the 1920s and 1940s, produced… Read More
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled The Costume Institute’s spring 2024 exhibition, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. On view from May 10 through September 2, 2024, the exhibition features 220 garments and accessories that are connected visually through nature, which also serves as a metaphor for… Read More
“The Met’s highly anticipated 2024 Roof Garden Commission, by Kosovar artist Petrit Halilaj (born 1986, Kostërc, former Yugoslavia), is now on view through October 27, 2024. For his first major outdoor installation, Halilaj has transformed the Museum’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden with… Read More
“Opening April 2, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance is the first exhibition to examine an intriguing but largely unknown tradition of Renaissance painting: portraits designed as multisided objects in which the sitters’ images were concealed behind a… Read More
“Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800 will highlight new narratives and juxtapositions among more than 700 works of art, following an approximately five-year-long project to replace the galleries’ skylights. The Metropolitan Museum of Art will reopen its full suite of 45 galleries dedicated to European paintings… Read More
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present Africa & Byzantium, a seminal exhibition of nearly 200 works that will explore the tradition of Byzantine art and culture in North and East Africa from the 4th through the 15th century and beyond. On view from November 19,… Read More
“On September 14, 2023, The Met opened Picasso: A Cubist Commission in Brooklyn, the first exhibition dedicated to a captivating but lesser-known chapter in the Cubist period of Pablo Picasso (1881–1973). In 1910, while making radical formal experiments with the human figure that brought him… Read More
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