The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
But Americans have always been aware of the unique vision that led them to explore
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
history, its founders, and trustees communicates the remarkable circumstances that led
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
of Staff and Director of Public Programs at Gagosian, where she established and led
The early rulers of Tikal established the North Acropolis as the ritual center of the city at the beginning of the first millennium.
like Tikal were experiencing difficulties—perhaps war, famine, or disease—that led
Prints documented the plight of the oppressed and commemorated the struggles and achievements of social reform.
The mural program led by Diego Rivera (1886–1957) is the best-known manifestation
The exhibition features jars, lids, bowls, floral collars, linen sheets, and bandages that were used at the pharaoh’s mummification and the rites associated with his burial, as well as related objects such as a sculpted head of the youthful Tutankhamun Although Historical Often
Winlock’s analysis was an important clue that led to Howard Carter’s 1922 discovery
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
to Rags Mina Loy, better known as a poet than an artist, was born in London and led
Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, 1872–Paris, 1946
Unfortunately, the global economic crisis led to her need to sell the gallery during
Prosperity from the incense trade led to flourishing artistic traditions that encompassed
Following renovation, 500 sub-Saharan African works highlight major movements—one-fourth on view for the first time—spanning the Middle Ages to today.
In parallel, Dutch and English settlement of southern Africa led to the eventual
