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Detail of Edgar Degas's "Monsieur and Madame Édouard Manet," with Edouard Manet lounging on his couch and his wife Suzanne at the piano. The painting has been cut in half vertically at Suzanne's face.
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Manet/Degas: A Podcast
Explore the legacy of Manet and Degas’s complicated relationship.
Ashley E. Dunn and Stephan Wolohojian
December 8, 2023
Black and white photograph of a woman wearing a white floral pattern outfit on the right with a potrait in the background done by Picasso of her.
Picasso on Stein
Learn how Picasso’s defining portrait of Gertrude Stein helped usher in a new era of modern art and literature.
Francesca Wade
November 22, 2023
Writer Fran Lebowitz speaking and gesturing with her hands in The Met’s Paintings Conservation Lab in front of Rembrandt’s Aristotle with a Bust of Homer painting.
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Fran Lebowitz: Pretend It’s a Museum
Fran Lebowitz goes behind-the-scenes to The Met’s Paintings Conservation Lab to see Rembrandt’s Aristotle with a Bust of Homer.
Fran Lebowitz
November 9, 2023
Purple-walled gallery with two portraits under the words "Manet" and "Degas."
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Exhibition Tour—Manet/Degas
Join Stephan Wolohojian, John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge, and Ashley Dunn, Associate Curator, to virtually explore Manet/Degas.
Ashley E. Dunn
October 10, 2023
Split image of Emma Scully as a child and as an adult looking at Van Gogh paintings at The Met
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Emma and the Van Gogh Paintings
Follow Emma Scully through time as she encounters Van Gogh.
August 31, 2023
Realistic painting of a white women with reddish hair sleeping in a curled up position on a large comfortable looking surface that has maroon red and brown clothe on it. The women is wearing a broad orange dress that is fairly transparent so the outline of her body is prominent. Behind her is a wall and behind that wall is a sunlit reflective body of water with a clear sky. A bright red flower creeps above the wall right above her.
The Fascination of Flaming June
Discover the magnetism of this iconic painting that nearly fell into obscurity.
Alison Hokanson
August 23, 2023
A Self-Portrait painting by the African American Painter Horace Pippin. A Black man sits against a blue background from his shoulders up looking directly towards us with deep brown eyes. He is wearing a black suit, off-white yellowish suit, and a striped tie with brown and a golden-mustard yellow.
Considering Horace Pippin
How has art history overlooked the crucial role disability played in Pippin's painting?
Bryan Martin
July 26, 2023
Painting of a woman in a white dress playing the harp while a lapdog sleeps at her feet in an adorned dressing room
Coxcombs and Macaronis: Fashion, Gender, and the Canon of Art History
How artists perceived to have “feminine” traits have faced exclusion in the history of European painting.
Adam Eaker
July 21, 2023
painting of a woman in a white dress wearing a broad hat sitting with a book with ribbon covering her face
The Portraits of Volker Hermes
The artist behind a series of popular photocollages discusses the signs and symbols of portraiture.
Christopher Alessandrini
June 30, 2023
Image of the artist cecily brown in front of an abstraction.
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An Evening with Cecily Brown
Join artist Cecily Brown and Met curator Adam Eaker for a conversation about Brown’s engagement with art history, influences from The Met collection, and her own singular artistic practice.
Adam Eaker
June 25, 2023