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Exhibition
Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt
Through January 25, 2026
Now on view at
The Met Fifth Avenue
in
Gallery 302
Free with Museum admission
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Overview
Exhibition Objects
I Want My Spot Back
2011-2012
"Damaged Bone Series"
Michael Aschenbrenner (American, born Pomona, California, 1949)
1990
Body as Shell
Alwar Balasubramaniam (Indian, born 1971)
2011–15
Point of Contact
Louise Bourgeois (American, Paris 1911–2010 New York)
1967–68
Silenus, the Tutor of Dionysos
Byzantine
4th–7th century
Bone Carving, Possibly of a Dionysiac Revel
Byzantine
300–500
Fragment with Personifications of Victory and the Nile
Byzantine
6th century
Fragment with Personifications of Victory and the Nile
Byzantine
6th century
Dionysos
Byzantine
4th–6th century
Richly Decorated Tunic
660–870 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
Arm and Hand Fragment
Coptic
4th–7th century
Fragment of a Male Torso with a Tree Trunk
Coptic
4th–7th century
Fragment of a Female Figure
Coptic
4th–7th century
Tunic with Dionysian Ornament
probably 5th century
Fragment of a Stela
Coptic
4th century
Plaque with an Eros
Coptic
4th–5th century
Plaque from a Casket with a Dancing Woman
Coptic
4th–5th century
Plaque from a Casket with a bird
Coptic
4th–5th century
Fragment of a Plaque with a Standing Woman
Coptic
4th century
Ready Now Now (Lynch Fragment)
Melvin Edwards (American, born Houston, 1937)
1988
RFK Funeral Train
Paul Fusco (American, 1930–2020)
Laumont Studio
June 8, 1968, printed 2006
RFK Funeral Train
Paul Fusco (American, 1930–2020)
Laumont Studio
June 8, 1968, printed 2006
RFK Funeral Train
Paul Fusco (American, 1930–2020)
Laumont Studio
June 8, 1968, printed 2006
Glass Gardens Cask II; Tomb Jewel II
William Harper (American, born Bucyrus, Ohio, 1944)
1999
Persephone
Anita Huffington (American, born Baltimore, Maryland, 1934)
1999
Bone plaque with Female Dancer
Late Roman/Early Byzantine
4th–6th century
Panel of Venus, “Pudica Type”
Late Roman/Early Byzantine
4th–6th century
Panel with Warrior Resting
Late Roman/Early Byzantine
4th–6th century
Wise Like That
Whitfield Lovell (American, born Bronx, New York 1959)
2000
Amategram Series - The Vivification of the Flesh
Ana Mendieta (American (born Cuba), Havana 1948–1985 New York)
1981
"Memento Mori" Brooch with stand from the "Thanatos Series"
Bruce Metcalf (American, born Amherst, Massachusetts, 1949)
2001
Cemetery
Gabriel Orozco (Mexican, born Jalapa Enriquez, 1962)
2002
Everything #4, Edition 3 of 8
Adrian Piper (American, born New York, 1948)
2004
Everything #4, Edition 4 of 8
Adrian Piper (American, born New York, 1948)
2004
Everything #4, Edition 5 of 8
Adrian Piper (American, born New York, 1948)
2004
Everything #4, Edition 6 of 8
Adrian Piper (American, born New York, 1948)
2004
Everything #4, Edition 7 of 8
Adrian Piper (American, born New York, 1948)
2004
Everything #4, Edition 8 of 8
Adrian Piper (American, born New York, 1948)
2004
Preface to the third edition_Acknowledgment (Coupe II)
Walid Raad (Lebanese-American, born Chbanieh 1967)
2014
Cryopreservation Unit, Cryonics Institute, Clinton Township, Michigan
Taryn Simon (American, born 1975)
2004, printed 2007
ENOCH (display unit)
Tavares Strachan (Bahamian-American, born Nassau 1979)
2015–17
Enibas
Gunnar Theel (German, born 1941)
1992
Three Women In A Country Funeral, Long Xian, Shaanxi Province
Liu Zheng (Chinese, born Hebei Province,1969)
2000
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Dates
Through January 25, 2026
The Met Fifth Avenue
Gallery 302
Free with Museum admission
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