Events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (all upcoming events, Talks)

Exhibition Tour—Photography and the American Civil War

Gallery Talk

In this exhibition, investigate the evolving role of the camera during the war by examining haunting battlefield landscapes, medical studies of wounded soldiers, portraits of both Abraham Lincoln and his assassin John Wilkes Booth, and other fascinating images.

Wednesday, May 22, 10:00–11:00 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

The Interior Environment in European Paintings

Gallery Talk

Explore interior spaces created by early European painters and discover how these places offer clues about the outside world.

Thursday, May 23, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Controlling the Environment: Himalayan Tangka Paintings

Gallery Talk

See how painters in the Nepalese and Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist tradition expressed their concern with controlling the Himalayan environment through images of powerful deities and protectors.

Friday, May 24, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Art, Religion, and the Environment in Ancient Greece

Gallery Talk

Picture the roadsides, sacred paths, and outdoor sanctuaries where the Greeks placed works of art to connect themselves to the divinities they worshipped.

Saturday, May 25, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Geology, Transcendentalism, and American Landscape Painting

Gallery Talk

Investigate how mid-nineteenth-century American painters responded to the expanding field of geology and its effects on society, including the spread of scientific knowledge among the public, the associated moral lessons and religious connotations, and its impact on western expansion and tourism.

Sunday, May 26, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Emotion and Observation in Nineteenth-Century Landscapes

Gallery Talk

Explore the varied role that emotion and the direct study of nature played in works by nineteenth-century painters Theodore Rousseau, Caspar David Friedrich, John Constable, and Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes.

Tuesday, May 28, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

The Spaces of Women's Fashion in the Collection of Impressionist Art

Gallery Talk

Explore the public and private spaces for women's fashion in late nineteenth-century France.

Wednesday, May 29, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Picturing the Passion: Medieval Art and the Environment

Gallery Talk

Discover how the political, social, and spiritual environments of medieval Europe shaped depictions of the final events of Christ's life.

Thursday, May 30, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Ikebana Display

Gallery Program

The display will consist of sixteen different flower arrangements in the styles of various Ikebana schools, including Sogetsu, Ikenobo, Ohara Ryu, Ichiyo, Misho Ryu, and Yamato Ikenobo.

Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:00–5:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Ikebana Display

Gallery Program

The display will consist of sixteen different flower arrangements in the styles of various Ikebana schools, including Sogetsu, Ikenobo, Ohara Ryu, Ichiyo, Misho Ryu, and Yamato Ikenobo.

Friday, May 31, 2013, 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission