Upon arrival at the Museum, this painting‘s paper support was brittle and delaminating from the wooden panel: a direct consequence of being kept in an uncontrolled environment for many years.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, 2009 Benefit Fund, Hester Diamond Gift
The Modern Circle brings together patrons and collectors in support of the department.
Robert Kaplan of the exhibition, Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan-Levi Gift
Director Thomas P. Campbell reflects on the acquisition of Charles Le Brun’s magnificent portrait of Everhard Jabach and his family.
Charles Wrightsman Gift, 2014 (2014.250) «I often remind people that when the Met
„Kerry James Marshall: Mastry“ is the largest museum retrospective to date of the work of American artist Kerry James Marshall (born 1955).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation Gift
This exhibit highlights Senegalese Modernist Iba Ndiaye’s key work, Tabaski III, now part of The Met’s African Art collection.
artistic landmark work by Senegalese Modernist Iba Ndiaye (1928–2008), Tabaski III, a gift
Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897 (97.34) Artistic License An immigrant to the
Curator Jason Sun celebrates the Year of the Horse.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1977 (1977.78
A 2017–18 display at The Met commemorated the one hundredth anniversary of the acquisition of the ancient Egyptian hippo by juxtaposing it with an earthenware hippo made about four thousand years later by the American artist Carl Walters.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Gift
Associate Curator Jayson Dobney says farewell to National Piano Month by showcasing five additional examples of historic instruments from the Museum’s collection—including the oldest extant piano in the world.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Frederick R.
Curator Marsha Hill introduces the newly installed galleries for Egyptian Ptolemaic art and discusses the work behind evoking two vantage points in the display.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1938
