Metropolitan Museum to Open on Labor Day “Met Holiday Monday“
Superheroes and Featherwork in Ancient Peru Extended for Special September 1 Viewing
Galleries, shops, and dining areas at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be open to the public on September 1 (Labor Day), the next “Met Holiday Monday.” This special viewing day is also […]
Landscapes by Revered Chinese Painter Wang Hui in Fall Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum
Exhibition dates: September 9, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Location: Galleries for Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
Press preview: Monday, September 8, 10 a.m. - noon
The paintings of Wang Hui, the most celebrated artist of late 17th-century China, will be featured in an exhibition […]
Metropolitan Museum Acquires Lucas van Leyden Drawing
(New York, July 24, 2008)-The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired a drawing of the Archangel Gabriel announcing the birth of Christ by the Netherlandish master Lucas van Leyden (Leyden ca. 1494 - 1533 Leyden), it was announced today. The drawing, dating to the 1520s, enters the Museum’s collection […]
Nan Rosenthal Retires and Marla Prather Joins Modern Art Department at Metropolitan Museum
(New York, July 10, 2008)-After 15 years as Senior Consultant for modern and contemporary art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nan Rosenthal will retire on July 1, it was announced today by Gary Tinterow, Engelhard Curator in Charge of the Department of […]
Curators Pay Tribute to Outgoing Director with Exhibition The Philippe de Montebello Years
Exhibition dates: October 24, 2008 - February 1, 2009
Exhibition location: The Tisch Galleries
Press Preview: Monday, October 20, 10 a.m. - noon
(New York, June 2, 2008)-To celebrate Philippe de Montebello’s 31 years as
Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the […]
STATEMENT BY THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ON ACCIDENT INVOLVING ITALIAN TERRACOTTA RELIEF SCULPTURE BY DELLA ROBBIA
(NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2008)-The Metropolitan Museum of Art is saddened to report that late last night or early this morning, a late 15th-century glazed terracotta relief sculpture of Saint Michael the Archangel by Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525), […]
Metropolitan Museum Explores Relationship of Art and Science during First Annual World Science Festival
A variety of special programs - including lectures, gallery tours, family activities, and the inauguration of a new Audio Guide program - focusing on art and science will take place at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 28 through June 1 […]
Major Retrospective of British Artist J. M. W. Turner Opens at Metropolitan Museum on July 1
Exhibition dates: July 1 - September 21, 2008
Exhibition location: The Tisch Galleries, 2nd floor
Press preview: Monday, June 23, 10:00 a.m. - noon
The first major retrospective of the work of celebrated British artist J. M. W.
Turner (1775-1851) to be […]
Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840-1940 tells the story of photography’s first 100 years through the work of 13 key figures who helped shape the aesthetic and expressive course of the medium: Gustave Le Gray, Roger Fenton, Carleton Watkins, William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Nadar, Edouard Baldus, Charles Marville, Eugène Atget, Walker Evans, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Brassaï.
Monumental Khatchkar (Stone Cross) - the First on Display in a U.S. Museum - on Special Loan to Metropolitan Museum from Republic of Armenia
A monumental 12th-century Khatchkar - a 2,000-pound, nearly 8-foot-tall block of basalt, carved on its surface with symbols of the four evangelists, a massive cross, small birds at fountains, and surrounding patterns […]
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