Tag: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibition Tour—A New Look at Old Masters
Join curators Keith Christiansen, Stephan Wolohojian, and Adam Eaker on a tour through the newly installed European Paintings galleries and explore new dialogues and themes among the works.
Exhibition Tour—Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany and Co.
Join exhibition curator Medill Higgins Harvey, special guests, curators Deniz Beyazit and Monika Bincsik, on a tour of the exhibition Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.
Exhibition Tour - Africa and Byzantium
Join Dr. Andrea Myers Achi, Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art in The Met’s Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, for a virtual tour of Africa & Byzantium.
Van Gogh's Cypresses
In this video, we visit one of the most fascinating art shows that is currently on view at the Met Museum.
What’s the Science behind Music?
Sound is invisible, yet it's all around us! What's going on here? What exactly is a sound, anyway?
Exhibition Tour—Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism
Join Dita Amory, Robert Lehman Curator in Charge, and Ann Dumas, Consulting Curator of European Art at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to virtually explore Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism.
Fran Lebowitz: Pretend It’s a Museum
Fran Lebowitz goes behind-the-scenes to The Met’s Paintings Conservation Lab to see Rembrandt’s “Aristotle with a Bust of Homer” (1653). Along the way, she tells her favorite story of visiting The Museum and contemplates the impossibility of choosing a fa...
Making Tempera Paint at Home
Did you know that you can make paint in your very own home? In this experiment, make a spectacular painting using only ingredients from your kitchen cabinet and refrigerator! Using everyday ingredients and tools, embark on a hands-on process that prompts...
Lauren Halsey: The Roof Garden Commission
Go behind the scenes with artist Lauren Halsey, who discusses the inspiration and making of The Met’s 2023 Roof Garden Commission.
Alice Neel: People Come First Virtual Opening
Kelly Baum (Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Curator of Contemporary Art, Modern and Contemporary Art) and Randall Griffey (Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art), take us on a virtual tour of Alice Neel: People Come First, which presents Alice Neel (1...
Alice Neel: They Are Their Own Gifts, 1978
A self-proclaimed “collector of souls,” the American painter Alice Neel (1900–1984) is known today for her powerful, psychologically rich portraiture.
Exhibition Tour - Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE
Join John Guy, Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia in The Met’s Department of Asian Art, and Donald S. Lopez, Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, University of Michigan...
Automata: The Extraordinary "Robots" Designed Hundreds Of Years Ago
Documentary presented by Professor Simon Schaffer which charts the amazing and untold story of automata - extraordinary clockwork machines designed hundreds of years ago to mimic and recreate life.
Conserving Michelangelo
Watch a video showing the conservation of a Michelangelo drawing on loan from Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford, in preparation for the exhibition Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer. Marjorie Shelley, Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge o...
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty - Exhibition Tour with Andrew Bolton
Join Andrew Bolton, the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, on a tour of the exhibition "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty."