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• Advance Details about Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Spring Exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass, Announced at the Palace Museum in China

  Thursday, January 8, 2015, 1:00 p.m.

  English | 中国

• The Roof Garden Commission: Pierre Huyghe

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:20 a.m.

  May 12–November 1, 2015 (weather permitting)

• Hungarian Treasure
  Silver from the Nicolas M. Salgo Collection

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:19 a.m.

  April 6–October 25, 2015

• Treasures and Talismans
  Rings from the Griffin Collection

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:18 a.m.

  May 1–October 18, 2015

• Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:17 a.m.

  June 30–October 4, 2015

• Discovering Japanese Art
  American Collectors and The Met

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:16 a.m.

  February, 14–September 27, 2015

• Navigating the West:
  George Caleb Bingham and the River

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:15 a.m.

  June 17–September 20, 2015

• Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art
  

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:14 a.m.

  December 9, 2014–September 16, 2015

• Maurice Prendergast:
  Boston Public Garden Watercolors

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:13 a.m.

  June 1–September 7, 2015

• Coptic Art, Dikran Kelekian, and Milton Avery

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:13 a.m.

  August 11, 2014–September 7, 2015

• China: Through the Looking Glass

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:12 a.m.

  May 7–September 7, 2015 (Extended)

  English | 中国

• Van Gogh: Irises and Roses

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:11 a.m.

  May 12–August 16, 2015

• Fatal Attraction: Piotr Uklanski Photographs

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:10 a.m.

  March 17-August 16, 2015

• Hans Hofmann: Selected Paintings

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:09 a.m.

  November 18, 2014-July 5, 2015

• Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700
  Opulence and Fantasy

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:08 a.m.

  April 20 – July 26, 2015

• TULLIO LOMBARDO’S ADAM
  A Masterpiece Restored

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:07 a.m.

  November 11, 2014–June 14, 2015

• Bazm and Razm: Feast and Fight in Persian Art

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:06 a.m.

  February 17–May 31, 2015

• Captain Linnaeus Tripe: Photographer
  of India and Burma, 1852-1860

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:05 a.m.

  February 24–May 25, 2015

• The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:04 a.m.

  March 9–May 10, 2015

• Celebration of the Year of the Ram

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:03 a.m.

  January 17-April 19, 2015

• Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today
  Mural Rediscovered

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:02 a.m.

  September 30, 2014–April 19, 2015

• Ennion: Master of Roman Glass

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:01 a.m.

  December 9, 2014–April 13, 2015

• Painting Music in the Age of Caravaggio

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

  January 20–April 5, 2015

• The Art of the Chinese Album

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:59 a.m.

  September 6, 2014–March 29, 2015

• Marisol’s Monumental Self-Portrait
  Looking at The Last Supper

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:58 a.m.

  October 8, 2014–March 15, 2015

• Madame Cézanne

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:56 a.m.

  November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015

• The Winchester Bible:
  A Masterpiece of Medieval Art

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:54 a.m.

  December 9, 2014-March 9, 2015

• Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:52 a.m.

  October 20, 2014—February 16, 2015

• Thomas Struth: Photographs

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:50 a.m.

  September 30, 2014–February 16, 2015

• El Greco in New York

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:48 a.m.

  November 4, 2014 - February 1, 2015

• Bartholomeus Spranger
  Splendor and Eroticism in Imperial Prague
  November 4, 2014–February 1, 2015

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:46 a.m.

• Carleton Watkins: Yosemite
  November 3, 2014–February 1, 2015

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:45 a.m.

• Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire
  October 21, 2014-February 1, 2015

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:44 a.m.

• Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection
  October 28, 2014-January 25, 2015

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:42 a.m.

• Kimono: A Modern History

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:40 a.m.

  September 27, 2014–January 19, 2015

• The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad Elahi
  August 5, 2014–January 11, 2015

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:38 a.m.

• Grand Design: Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry
  October 8, 2014–January 11, 2015

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:38 a.m.

• Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age
  September 22, 2014–January 4, 2015

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:37 a.m.

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• The Roof Garden Commission: Dan Graham with Günther Vogt
  April 29 - November 2, 2014 (weather permitting)

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:36 a.m.

• The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy: British Art and Design
  May 20-October 26, 2014

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:34 a.m.

• Garry Winogrand
  June 27–September 21, 2014

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:32 a.m.

• Italian Renaissance Drawings from the
  Robert Lehman Collection
  May 13-September 1, 2014

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:30 a.m.

• Now You See It: Photography and Concealment
  March 31 - September 1, 2014

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:28 a.m.

• Unique by Design: Contemporary Jewelry in the Donna Schneier Collection
  May 13–August 31, 2014

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:26 a.m.

• Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy—Selections from the Collection of Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang
  April 29–August 17, 2014

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:24 a.m.

• Charles James: Beyond Fashion
  May 8–August 10, 2014

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:22 a.m.

• Goya and the Altamira Family
  April 22-August 3, 2014

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:20 a.m.

• Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 5th to 8th Century
  April 14–July 27, 2014

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:18 a.m.

• Carpets of the East in Paintings from the West
  March 11–June 29, 2014

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:16 a.m.

• Early Renaissance Drawing in Verona
  March 10–June 8, 2014

  Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3:14 a.m.

• Amie Siegel: Provenance
  June 23, 2014 - January 4, 2015

  Sunday, December 14, 2014

• Schedule of Exhibitions
  Through December 2014

  Saturday, December 13, 2014, 1:00 p.m.

• George R. Goldner to Step Down After Leading Metropolitan Museum’s Department of Drawings and Prints for 21 Years; Nadine M. Orenstein to Become Drue Heinz Curator in Charge of the Department

  Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

• Souls Grown Deep Foundation Donates 57 Works to Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Monday, November 24, 2014, 11:00 p.m.

• Visitors to Four 2014 Exhibitions at Metropolitan Museum Generated $753 Million in Spending in New York

  Monday, November 24, 2014, 1:00 p.m.

• Khan Academy to Carry Extensive Content Created by Metropolitan Museum Based on Its World-Renowned Collection
  New Partnership Will Extend Free Online Learning Opportunities Globally

  Monday, November 24, 2014, 12:00 p.m.

• New Trustees James W. Breyer, Howard S. Marks, Beatrice Stern, and Caroline Diamond Harrison Elected at Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

• Met Museum Celebrates Diwali, Indian “Festival of Light,” with Dance Performances
  Sunday, November 2, 2014

  Friday, October 31, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Teens Take the Met—Dynamic Free Program for Teens—Will Launch on Friday, October 17

  Thursday, October 9, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Acquires Important Group of Egyptian Vessels and Ornaments Excavated in 1913-14 at Haraga

  Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 1:00 a.m.

• Cloisters Concerts in 2014–15 Season Feature Expanded Range and New Locations
  

  Sunday, October 5, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Seventh Annual ¡Fiesta! Celebrates Hispanic and Latin American Cultures with Afternoon of Free Family Programs and Performances for All Ages

  Thursday, September 25, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s New David H. Koch Plaza Opens to the Public September 10

  Tuesday, September 9, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

  Two-year Renovation Project Transforms Plaza along Fifth Avenue Into Welcoming Entry for the Museum’s More than Six Million Annual Visitors
  

• Metropolitan Museum Launches Flagship App for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

  Tuesday, September 2, 2014, 1:00 p.m.

  The Met App Provides Easy Way for the Museum’s Community, Locally and Globally, to Stay Current with What’s Happening at the Museum

• Metropolitan Museum Launches 82nd & Fifth App in 12 Languages, Based on Award-Winning Online Series Featuring 100 Works of Art and 100 Curators They Inspired

  Thursday, August 7, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:
  
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• Cloisters Museum and Gardens Announces Fall 2014 Schedule of Programs

  Wednesday, August 6, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• P.S. Art 2014: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of NYC Kids

  Tuesday, August 5, 2014, 7:00 a.m.

• Emily K. Rafferty, President of Metropolitan Museum of Art for Past Decade, to Retire in 2015

  Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Announces 6.2 Million Annual Attendance

  Friday, July 25, 2014, 7:27 p.m.

• David Landau and Marie-Rose Kahane Donate 44 Glass Works by Carlo Scarpa to Metropolitan Museum

  Friday, July 11, 2014, 6:00 p.m.

• Iria Candela and Beatrice Galilee Appointed to New Curatorships Endowed by Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky within Met’s Modern and Contemporary Art Department

  Friday, July 11, 2014, 2:11 p.m.

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• Metropolitan Museum Acquires Rare, Early Roman Porphyry Vessel

  Friday, July 11, 2014, 2:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Launches New Interactive Web Feature One Met. Many Worlds. in 11 Languages

  Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 5:00 p.m.

  Press release available in these languages:

  English | العربية | 中文 | français | deutsch | italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | português | русский | español

• Morrison H. Heckscher to Become Curator Emeritus After Leading American Wing for 13 Years and Distinguished 48-Year Tenure at Metropolitan Museum; Sylvia L. Yount Appointed to Head American Wing

  Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 3:00 p.m.

• Director Thomas P. Campbell Announces Senior Staff Promotions at Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, June 10, 2014, 9:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Initiative Broadens Access to 400,000 Digital Images

  Friday, June 6, 2014, 3:48 p.m.

• Alarm Will Sound Premieres a Work Inspired by One of the Metropolitan Museum’s Most Iconic Galleries

  Thursday, May 29, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• The Passions of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
  March 10-May 26, 2014

  Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 6:30 a.m.

• Radiant Light: Stained Glass from
  Canterbury Cathedral
  February 25 - May 18, 2014

  Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 6:00 a.m.

• Lucas Samaras: Offerings from a Restless Soul
  February 24 - September 1, 2014

  Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 5:30 a.m.

• Tibet and India
  Buddhist Traditions and Transformations
  February 8 - June 8, 2014

  Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 5:00 a.m.

• Making Pottery Art:
  The Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection of French Ceramics (ca. 1880-1910)
  February 4 - August 18, 2014

  Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 4:30 a.m.

• Cleopatra’s Needle
  December 3, 2013 - June 8, 2014

  Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• The Flowering of Edo Period Painting: Japanese Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection
  February 1-September 7, 2014

  Monday, May 19, 2014, 10:30 p.m.

• Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C. F. Martin
  January 14 - December 7, 2014

  Monday, May 19, 2014, 10:00 p.m.

• The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: In Pursuit of the Best in the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
  October 8, 2013–October 5, 2014

  Monday, May 19, 2014, 9:30 p.m.

• Rare Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, Including 15th-Century Haggadah, on View during Passover at Metropolitan Museum
  April 4, 2014
  

  Monday, May 19, 2014, 9:00 p.m.

• Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris
  January 29 - May 4, 2014

  Monday, May 19, 2014, 8:30 p.m.

• Feathered Walls – Hangings from Ancient Peru
  September 16, 2013–May 12, 2014

  Monday, May 19, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Acquires Monumental Portrait by Leading 17th-Century French Painter Charles Le Brun of Everhard Jabach and His Family

  Friday, May 16, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Stephen M. Cutler Elected a Trustee at
  Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 8:23 p.m.

• The Anna Wintour Costume Center and Charles James: Beyond Fashion Opening Ceremony

  Monday, May 5, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Instagram Account Wins Prestigious Webby Award

  Friday, May 2, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Major Gift from Adrienne Arsht to Support Met Museum Presents, the Innovative Series of Performances and Talk

  Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Its 2014–15 Season of Met Museum Presents

  Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 2:30 p.m.

• Schedule of Exhibitions
  Through June 2014

  Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• 14 International Museum Leaders to Participate in Metropolitan Museum’s First-ever Colloquium Aimed at Broadening Dialogue on Global Museum Issues

  Thursday, April 3, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• The American West in Bronze, 1850-1925
  December 18, 2013–April 13, 2014

  Thursday, March 27, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China
  December 11, 2013–April 6, 2014

  Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 4:00 a.m.

• 大都会博物馆首次中国当代艺术特展2013年12月11日开幕
  [Landmark Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art to Open at Metropolitan Museum December 11]
  2013年12月11日- 2014年4月6日

  Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 4:00 a.m.