Art

The Met details the journey of a Tiffany "Garden Landscape" window to its new home. Explore the window's unique construction and the stories behind its creation, including the women who played crucial roles. Witness its meticulous restoration and installa...

From 1985 - 1992 the noted science-fiction author hosts dramatizations of his own short stories over 6 seasons and 65 episodes.

Frans Hals’ portrait of Verdonck is a striking example of a painter utterly in love with paint. Every brushstroke pulses with energy, capturing the unruly spirit of one of Haarlem’s most notorious characters. Verdonck was infamous enough to be restrained...

A rare 1902 Beethoven portrait was found in a seminary basement after decades.

Marking a new record for the most valuable work by a woman artist ever sold at auction, Frida Kahlo’s ‘El sueño (La cama)’ sold to applause at Sotheby's New York tonight at $54.7 million.

Frida Kahlo’s El sueño (La cama) (1940) is one of the artist’s most haunting and introspective works—an image suspended between dream and death, intimacy and surrealism. Painted during a turbulent period in her life, the composition transforms her bed int...

Through the words of his son, curators, and a conservator, this short documentary revisits the extraordinary life and legacy of Wifredo Lam (1902–1982)—the Cuban artist who bridged continents, cultures, and movements.

For the first time ever, 4,500 masterpieces and King Tutankhamun’s tomb will be put on display together just over 100 years from when the tomb was discovered.

You'll never guess what happens to his ears!

Dive into the eerie universe of H.P. Lovecraft—his life, his legacy, and the ten essential tales that define cosmic horror. Discover why Lovecraft continues to haunt imaginations a century on.

Join Diana Craig Patch, the Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge of Egyptian Art, and Brendan Hainline, Research Associate in the Department of Egyptian Art to virtually explore the exhibition Divine Egypt, on view at The Met through January 19, 2026.

After decades hidden in a North Adams attic, a long-lost Jewish mural has been rediscovered, restored, and given new life at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts — preserving a vivid piece of immigrant and artistic history.

It’s difficult to pick a favorite object in The Met collection, but New York artist Laurie Anderson finds herself making a beeline to the Mail Shirt with Inscribed Rings (15th–16th century) whenever she visits.

As Franklin turns 50, we look back on how the first black "Peanuts" character was introduced to the comic strip during a polarizing time in U.S. history.

Discover the story of Robb Armstrong, the acclaimed cartoonist behind JumpStart. Learn how he brought new representation to the comics page and was honored in the world of Peanuts.

Meet youthful spirit John Lyons, the 92-year-old Trinidadian-British painter, poet, and cook for whom curious creativity is a way of life. In his 90s he’s still working, creating and thriving and insists he only feels 30!