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Connections

Jimmy, TAG Member; Emily, TAG Member; and Audrey, TAG Member

Posted: Monday, August 20, 2012

Teen Blog, Connections

As frequent visitors to the Met, we often create personal connections with the works of art we see in the galleries. In the Teen Advisory Group's recent photo adventure throughout the Museum, we attempted to integrate the works of art into our own reality.

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The Monuments of Paris

Emily, TAG Member

Posted: Monday, July 30, 2012

Laura Larson (American, b. 1965) | The Monuments of Paris, 1998 | 2000.125

There are many types of art—photographs, film, and video—in the exhibition Spies in the House of Art. I found several of the works in this exhibition quite amusing and a little strange. I was particularly interested in The Monuments of Paris by Laura Larson because it looks at first glance like a conventional tourist photograph.

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Unapproachable

Emily, TAG Member

Posted: Monday, May 14, 2012

Members of the Teen Advisory Group discuss Madame X in the galleries

My art teacher has a poster of Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) in our classroom, so as soon as I saw the actual painting in the Met's galleries, I immediately recognized it.

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Symbols of Power

Emily, TAG Member

Posted: Friday, February 10, 2012

Hans Memling (Netherlandish, active by 1465, died 1494) | Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1482 | Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.112)

Did you know that, at one point, this young man had a halo?

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This blog, written by the Metropolitan Museum's Teen Advisory Group (TAG) and occasional guest authors, is a place for teens to talk about art at the Museum and related topics.

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