Exhibitions

SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS
Through December 2013

Punk Fashion Will be Focus of Spring 2013 Costume Institute Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum
May 9–August 14, 2013

Roof Garden Installation by Imran Qureshi to Open at Metropolitan Museum May 14
May 14–November 3, 2013 (weather permitting)

Exhibition on Unicorns in Medieval and Renaissance Art Marks 75th Anniversary of The Cloisters
May 15–August 18, 2013

Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum Considers How Civil War Changed American Art
May 27–September 2, 2013

Picasso Masterpiece Now on View as Special Preview of Gift of Major Cubist Collection from Leonard A. Lauder

Land Marks, an Exhibition Featuring Earthworks Artists, Now on View at Metropolitan Museum
April 30–August 18, 2013

Velázquez Masterpiece from Italy’s Galleria Estense on View in U.S. for First Time at Metropolitan Museum This Spring
April 16-July 14, 2013

Landmark Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Considers Evolving Role of Photography during American Civil War
April 2–September 2, 2013

Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity to Open at Metropolitan Museum on February 26
February 26 – May 27, 2013

James Nares’ Video Street to be Centerpiece of Exhibition Opening March 5 at Metropolitan Museum
March 5—May 27, 2013

At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston Opens February 26 at
Metropolitan Museum
February 26—July 28, 2013

Plain or Fancy? Restraint and Exuberance in the Decorative Arts
February 26–August 18, 2013

Spectacular Sculptures by Contemporary Cambodian Artist Go on View at Met Museum Beginning February 23
February 23 – July 7, 2013

Bird-themed Exhibition Goes on View at Metropolitan Museum Beginning February 2
February 2, 2013–July 28, 2013

Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Examines Changing Image of Eros, Ancient Greek God of Love, from Antiquity to Renaissance
January 29-June 23, 2013

Metropolitan Museum Celebrates 100-year Anniversary of Arms and Armor Department with Special Exhibition in Recently Refurbished Galleries
October 2, 2012 – September 29, 2013

After Photoshop: Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age
September 25, 2012—May 27, 2013

The Path of Nature: French Paintings from the Wheelock Whitney Collection, 1785–1850
January 22–April 21, 2013

Matisse: In Search of True Painting—An Exploration of Matisse’s Painting Process—Opens December 4 at Metropolitan Museum
December 4, 2012—March 17, 2013

New Metropolitan Museum Installation of Historical Trade Cards Celebrates Women and Sport
Through July 14, 2013

Major Exhibition on Theme of Nature in Western Art to Open at National Museum of China in Beijing on February 1

“道法自然：大都会艺术博物馆精品展”
2月1日在中国国家博物馆开幕 (Chinese)

Special Exhibition Tells Story of How African Artifacts Were First Recognized as Art in U.S.
November 27, 2012 – September 2, 2013 (extended)

Rare Italian Stringed Instruments from the Sau-Wing Lam Collection on View at the Metropolitan Museum Beginning December 18
December 18, 2012 – June 30, 2013

First Comprehensive Retrospective of American Artist George Bellows in Nearly Half a Century on View at Metropolitan Museum
November 15, 2012–February 18, 2013

Magnificent 18th–Century Mechanical Furniture by Abraham and David Roentgen on View in Fall Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum
October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013

Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche on Display for Holiday Season at Metropolitan Museum
November 20, 2012—January 6, 2013

First Major Exhibition Devoted to History of Manipulated Photography Before Digital Age Opens at Metropolitan Museum October 11
October 11, 2012—January 27, 2013

Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years
September 18—December 31, 2012

Three Exhibitions—Search for the Unicorn, Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet, and Canterbury Stained Glass—Celebrate The Cloisters’ 75th-Anniversary Year

Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective
June 18—September 22, 2013

Islamic Art Installation at Metropolitan Museum Allows Public to See What Conservators See
April 2-August 4, 2013

Bernini’s Terracotta Models Illuminate His Unique Creative Process in Met Museum Exhibition
Opening This October
October 3, 2012–January 6, 2013

Evolution of Chinese Ceramics and Their Global Influence are Theme of Entirely New Installation on Metropolitan Museum’s Great Hall Balcony

Distinctive Style of Japanese Art Known as Rinpa is Explored in Metropolitan Museum Exhibition
September 12, 2012 – January 13, 2013

Artistry of Turkmen Silversmiths is Celebrated in Exhibition of Tribal Jewelry at Metropolitan Museum
October 9, 2012–February 24, 2013

Metropolitan Museum Examines Chinese Garden Theme in Special Exhibition Opening This Summer
August 18, 2012 – January 6, 2013

Tomás Saraceno to Create Bold Vision for Aerial Urban Living—Cloud City—as Work of Art atop Metropolitan Museum's Roof Garden
May 15– November 4, 2012 (weather permitting)

Colors of the Universe: Chinese Hardstone Carvings
June 16, 2012—January 6, 2013

Buddhism Along the Silk Road: 5th-8th Century
June 2, 2012 – February 10, 2013

British Silver: The Wealth of a Nation
May 15–January 20, 2013

History of the Nude in Photography in Naked before the Camera at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
March 27 - September 9, 2012

Metropolitan Museum to Show Rylands Hagaddah, Important Medieval Hebrew Manuscript
On view March 27, 2012

Fabergé from the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection
Opening November 22, 2011

Ellsworth Kelly’s Drawings of Plants, Flowers, Leaves—Spanning 60 Years—on View Beginning June 5 at Metropolitan Museum
June 5 – September 3, 2012

Tomás Saraceno on the Roof: Cloud City
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Rare Loans from the Accademia Carrara on View in Bellini, Titian, and Lotto at Metropolitan Museum
May 15–September 3, 2012

Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada’s Impossible Conversations at Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute
May 10–August 19, 2012

Exhibition of Works by Dürer and Other Masters at Metropolitan Museum Highlights Achievements in Central European Draftsmanship 1400-1700
April 3–September 3, 2012

Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Explores Origins of Ancient Egyptian Art
April 10–August 5, 2012

Special Exhibition Featuring Superb Collection of Chinese Prints from British Museum on View at Metropolitan Museum Beginning May 5
May 5 – July 29, 2012

Rembrandt Self-Portrait from Kenwood House, London, on View in the United States for the First Time in New Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum
April 3–May 20, 2012

Early Portraits by Rembrandt and Degas in Exhibition Opening at Metropolitan Museum February 23
February 23–May 20, 2012

Metropolitan Museum Announces Live Streaming from Red Carpet of Costume Institute Benefit

Metropolitan Museum Announces Live Streaming from Red Carpet of Costume Institute Benefit

The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde
February 28 – June 3, 2012

Landmark Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Considers Two Centuries that Shaped the Medieval World
March 14-July 8, 2012

SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS
APRIL – DECEMBER 2012

Rarely Seen “Extra Small” Modern and Contemporary Works at Metropolitan Museum featured in XS
Through April 15, 2012

Buried Finds: Textile Collectors in Egypt
Through July 15, 2012

Works by Three Generations of Contemporary Iranian Artists Featured in Metropolitan Museum Installation
March 6–September 3, 2012

Major Retrospective Exhibition of Chinese Modern Artist Fu Baoshi Goes on View at Metropolitan Museum
January 21 - April 15, 2012

New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts
Opened: January 16, 2012

Masterpieces of Renaissance Portraiture on View in New Exhibition Opening at Metropolitan Museum
December 21, 2011–March 18, 2012

American Cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe Celebrated in Metropolitan Museum Retrospective Exhibition
December 20, 2011–May 6, 2012

Metropolitan Museum Shows Rare Cards of Major League Baseball Players Who Broke the Color Barrier
Through June 17, 2012

Contemporary Artists Explore the Secret Life of Museums and Their Collections in Spies in the House of Art
February 7 – August 26, 2012

The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis
November 15, 2011–April 22, 2012

Exhibition of American Indian Art Now On View at Metropolitan Museum
December 6, 2011 – October 14, 2012

Metropolitan Museum to Open Renovated Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia
Opened: November 1, 2011

Storytelling in Japanese Art
November 19, 2011–May 6, 2012

Victorian Electrotypes on View in New Installation at the Metropolitan Museum
November 22, 2011–April 22, 2012

Lisbon's Hebrew Bible
On view November 22, 2011

Art in Renaissance Venice, 1400-1515: Paintings and Drawings from the Museum's Collections
November 8, 2011 - February 5, 2012

Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche on Display for Holiday Season at Metropolitan Museum
November 22, 2011–January 8, 2012

The Making of a Collection: Islamic Art at the Metropolitan
November 1, 2011-February 5, 2012

Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe Features 200 Works by European and American Modernists in the Metropolitan Museum's Collection
October 13, 2011–January 2, 2012

Exhibition Celebrating Late Renaissance Master Perino del Vaga at Metropolitan Museum
September 27, 2011–February 5, 2012

Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi, 1501-1547), a pupil of Raphael, was a leading innovator of the late Renaissance style known as Mannerism, and one of the most influential Italian artists of the 16th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired a painting and a drawing by the master, and they will both be featured in Perino del Vaga in New York Collections, on view from September 27, 2011, through February 5, 2012. The new acquisitions will be seen alongside some 18 drawings by the artist from the Metropolitan Museum, the Morgan Library & Museum, and private collections, as well as a second painting from a New York private collection.

Major International Loan Exhibition Featuring Greatest Artists in History of Indian Painting Goes on View at Metropolitan Museum in October
September 28, 2011 – January 8, 2012

Epic Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum Reexamines Masterpieces of African Art in Relation to Historic Figures
September 21, 2011 – January 29, 2012

Good Humor at the Met—Caricature and Satire Explored in Infinite Jest at the Metropolitan Museum
September 13, 2011–March 4, 2012

Acclaimed Hong Kong Collection of Ming Loyalist Art On View at Metropolitan Museum This Fall
September 7, 2011 – January 2, 2012

Schedule of Exhibitions
January - June 2012

The 9/11 Peace Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold and New York City Students On View at Metropolitan Museum Beginning August 30
August 30, 2011 – January 22, 2012

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Metropolitan Museum Highlights Frans Hals Paintings from Collection in Exhibition on View Beginning July 26

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds the most important collection of paintings in America by the celebrated Dutch artist Frans Hals (1582/83-1666), whose portraits and genre scenes were famous in his lifetime for their immediacy and dazzling brushwork. Frans Hals in the Metropolitan Museum—on view from July 26, through October 10, 2011—presents 13 paintings by Hals, including two lent from private collections, and several works by other Netherlandish masters.

Mother India at Metropolitan Museum Features Depictions of the Goddess in Indian Painting

Devi, the Indian goddess, is the omnipresent embodiment of power and wisdom given expression in all of India’s ancient religions. From the beginnings of figurative representation in early India, she has been the frequent subject of sculpture and a favored subject in later devotional painting. Mother India: The Goddess in Indian Painting, to be presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from June 29 through November 27, 2011, will feature 40 works from the Museum’s collection that depict Devi in all her various aspects. Perhaps the most widely worshipped deity in all India, Devi stands alongside Shiva and Vishnu in the first rank of the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain pantheons.

Alexander McQueen's Iconic Designs in Costume Institute Retrospective at Metropolitan Museum

The spring 2011 Costume Institute exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, is on view May 4 through August 7 (new, extended closing date). The exhibition celebrates the late Mr. McQueen's extraordinary contributions to fashion. From his Central Saint Martins postgraduate collection in 1992 to his final runway presentation, which took place after his death in February 2010, Mr. McQueen challenged and expanded our understanding of fashion beyond utility to a conceptual expression of culture, politics, and identity.

SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS
MAY 2011 - JANUARY 2012

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Rarely Seen 18th-Century Pastel Portraits on View in New Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum

Pastel quite suddenly became popular throughout Europe in the 18th century, so much so that, by 1750, some 2,500 artists and amateurs were working in pastel in Paris alone. Portraits in pastel were commissioned by all ranks of society, but most enthusiastically by the royal families, their courtiers, and the wealthy middle classes. Although pastel is a drawing material, 18th-century pastel portraits are often highly finished, quite large, brightly colored, and elaborately framed, evoking oil paintings, the medium to which they were invariably compared. The powdery pastel crayons are particularly suited to capturing the fleeting expressions that characterize the most life-like portraits.

Sculptures by Renowned British Artist Anthony Caro on View at Metropolitan Museum April 26

Sculptures by Anthony Caro (b. 1924)—who is considered the most influential and prolific British sculptor of his generation, and a key figure in the development of modernist sculpture over the last 60 years—will be featured in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2011 installation on The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, opening April 26. The installation will include a selection of sculpture in steel, painted and unpainted, spanning the artist's career to date and highlighting principal aspects of his long career: engagement with form in space, dialogue between sculpture and architecture, and creation of new, abstract analogies for the human figure and landscape.

Korean Ceramics from the Leeum Collection on View at Metropolitan Museum

A special loan exhibition focusing on the dynamic art of buncheong ceramics will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 7.  Featuring more than 60 masterpieces from the renowned collection of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul, Korea—the majority of which have never before been seen in the U.S.—Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art will explore the bold and startlingly modern ceramic tradition that flourished in Korea during the 15th and 16th centuries of the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), as well as its eloquent reinterpretations by today's leading ceramists.

Rooms with a View, First Exhibition to Focus on Motif of the Open Window in 19th Century Art, at Metropolitan Museum

During the Romantic era, the open window appeared either as the sole subject or the main feature in many pictures of interiors that were filled with a poetic play of light and perceptible silence. Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 5 through July 4, 2011, is the first exhibition to focus on this motif as captured by German, Danish, French, and Russian artists around 1810–20. Works in the exhibition range from the initial appearance of the motif in two sepia drawings of about 1805–06 by Caspar David Friedrich to paintings of luminous empty rooms from the late 1840s by Adolph Menzel. The show features 31 oil paintings and 26 works on paper, and consists mostly of generous loans from museums in Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Austria, Sweden, and the United States.

Night Vision at Metropolitan Museum Features 20th-Century Photography Made After Dark

Night Vision: Photography After Dark, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 26 through September 18, 2011, will feature photography of the 20th century inspired by the pleasure, danger, and allure of the night. For more than 100 years photographers have been drawn to the challenge of making images after dark, capturing the aesthetic effects of nighttime rain, early-morning fog, shining street lamps, and dimly lit rooms. Modern camera artists have been captivated by glowing skyscrapers, dazzling neon signs, glittering nightlife, and the shadowy realm of the nocturnal underworld. Highlights of the Metropolitan's exhibition include classic night photography of the 1930s-1950s by Berenice Abbott, Bill Brandt, Brassaï, Robert Frank, André Kertész, William Klein, Weegee, and Garry Winogrand, as well as three early photographs by Diane Arbus that have never been shown or published before, and recently acquired photographs by Peter Hujar and Kohei Yoshiyuki.

Rare Medieval Hebrew Manuscript to be Displayed at Metropolitan Museum

The Washington Haggadah—one of the most important illustrated Hebrew manuscripts preserved in an American public collection and an unprecedented loan from the Library of Congress—will be shown at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning April 5, to coincide with the observance of Passover later that month. A Haggadah is the book used at the Passover seder, the ritual meal that commemorates the exodus of the ancient Israelites from Egypt. Although the essential components of the text were established in the second century, the Haggadah was first made into an independent, illustrated book in the Middle Ages. The manuscript will remain on view through June 26.

After the Gold Rush at Metropolitan Museum Features Contemporary Photographs from the Collection
March 22, 2011 – January 2, 2012

Richard Serra's First Retrospective Exhibition of Drawings Opens at Metropolitan Museum on April 13

The first retrospective of the drawings of American contemporary artist Richard Serra will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 13, 2011, through August 28, 2011. Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective traces the crucial role that drawing has played in Richard Serra's work for more than 40 years. Although Serra is well known for his large-scale and site-specific sculptures, his work has also changed the practice of drawing. This major exhibition will show how Serra's work has expanded the definition of drawing through innovative techniques, unusual media, monumental scale, and carefully conceived relationships to surrounding spaces. The exhibition, which includes many loans from important European and American collections, features 43 drawings and 28 sketchbooks from the 1970s to the present, as well as four films by the artist and a new, large-scale work completed specifically for this presentation.

Met Museum's New Installation Positions African Masks with Works by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Africa, Europe, and U.S.
March 8 - August 21, 2011

Exhibition of Magnificent Andean Tunics on View at Metropolitan Museum Beginning March 8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present a special exhibition focusing on the Andean tunic, beginning March 8. Featuring some 30 tunics drawn from the Museum's collection with loans from The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., The Cleveland Museum of Art, and two private collections, The Andean Tunic, 400 BCE – 1800 CE, will examine the form of the tunic, essentially a type of shirt, which had an important cultural place in Andean South America for centuries. Textiles, a much developed art form there in ancient times, were themselves valued as wealth, and tunics were among the most treasured of them.