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The Met’s home for deep dives on art, interviews, personal essays, scientific discoveries, and more.
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How did eighteenth-century European art subtly obscure Black labor and promote subjection?
Adrienne L. Childs
July 1

“I wanted to be that commanding huntress, to live among a fleet of adoring nymphs and hounds and transform any man who crossed me.”
Melissa Febos
June 12

Michael Gordon’s new work animates spaces across The Met Cloisters with percussive sound.
Emery Kerekes
July 2

From The Vaults
The Eames-designed visual display at The Met was primed for all types of visitors to understand the relationships between time, place, culture, and artistic value.
Kelsey Rose Williams
June 18

I wept thinking of the many treks around prison rec yards I’d made with men whose crimes would never be forgiven, for whom freedom sometimes felt as unlikely as sainthood.
Reginald Dwayne Betts
June 24
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From The Vaults
The Eames-designed visual display at The Met was primed for all types of visitors to understand the relationships between time, place, culture, and artistic value.
Kelsey Rose Williams
June 18

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In Circulation
Read articles and the latest news about The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Libraries' collections, activities, and research related to the history of art.

A glimpse inside Watson’s acquisitions from the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.
Raymond Lei
June 18

Books with audio elements.
Ellie Ngo
March 19

Watson Library’s contribution to the Digital Benin project via the Internet Archive.
Amy Hamilton
February 19