Editorial Assistant Nadja Hansen spoke with Sabine Rewald, curator of Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century, to ask about her inspiration for the exhibition and the process of creating such a beautiful exhibition and catalogue.
I have the opportunity to observe this creative process, to get to know the individuals
Below the falcon, the name Horus name of Amenemhat I (wHm-msw.t) is written. The inscription above the falcon headed god reads: bHd.t(j) Di=f anx, (Horus of Edfu, may he give life). The remaining inscription probably accompanies the divine figure to the left
On View Gallery Amenemhat I, known to have been by birth from the south of Egypt
How conservators at The Met are using advanced technological resources to re-examine works of art in the Museum’s collection.
sculpture arrived in the conservation laboratory it was considered by art historians to have
Behind the scenes at The Met.
What’s the humidity that we should have? How much they should vary?
In this interview, exhibition curator Kiki Karoglou shares provocative insights into the contemporary relevance of mythological hybrid beings and offers a behind-the-scenes look into the making of the exhibition.
They have a grip on our imagination.
Hear from barber Joshua Livingston about the power of community spaces to support connection and well-being, whether when visiting an art museum or getting a haircut.
I was feeling like I didn’t have the resources available to me to make it work.
Conservators Glenn Petersen and Mecka Baumeister and Jan G. Reeder, former consulting curator for the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Costume Institute, examine the mystery behind and debunk the myths around Pierre Yantorny and his work.
; Gift of Miss Mercedes de Acosta, 1953 (2009.300.1179 a-f) A number of myths have
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Tuesday, September 9 Storytime at The Met Cloisters Look, listen, sing, and have
century On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 341 The Tellem are believed to have
Teaching artist Laurie Murphy discusses the Copyist Program at The Met, in which artists can apply to work directly from their artistic predecessors while in the Museum’s galleries.
Since then, countless numbers of copyists have taken personal journeys while working
