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A Queen of Clubs playing card has a rectangular cutout revealing a faded passport photo underneath. Another card piece is partially overlaying her face.
The artist’s work challenges the social and political context of mass incarceration.
Lisa Sutcliffe
April 28
Collage of Miami storefronts palm trees and white torso.
Samoylova’s images capture the trompe l’oeil of Florida, many to do with water and glass—the mise-en-abyme of cypress trunks reflected in a tannic creek.
Ange Mlinko
March 21
Split image of a man wearing a blue jacket, composite with a handing pebble.
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Go behind the scenes with Jesse Krimes as he discusses his inspiration and artistic process for his works in the exhibition Jesse Krimes: Corrections, on view at The Met through July 13, 2025.
October 31, 2024
Detail of a clock face with gold-colored accents, roman numeral numbers, and a counter for the date.
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Keeping digital art alive.
September 10, 2024
Close up of ocean debris, including shells and rocks, against glittering black sand.
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The archaeology of rubbish.
August 13, 2024
The chest panel of an embroidered thobe. The embroidery accents the beige linen fabric with reds, greens, and blues in symmetrical, geometric patterns.
The memory, meaning, and makers of Palestinian embroidery.
Wafa Ghnaim
July 26, 2024
Group portrait of members of the Second Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Congregation poses in front of church building located at 441 Monroe Street; commercial buildings in background. Inset portrait of the Reverend Robert L. Bradby. Handwritten on front: "Second Baptist Church, Aug. 5, 1923. Jackson photo." Stamped on back: "Harvey C. Jackson, photographer. Clifford 6054 M. 2614 Beaubien St., Detroit, Mich. Suitable frames for this photograph in stock or made to order."
Unearthing my family history through James Van Der Zee and Harvey Cook Jackson's photography.
Lela Jenkins
June 14, 2024
Woman sitting in wooden chair, facing the camera man. Calm expression and bold pose.
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For me the photograph speaks to optical illusion, to ambiguity, to the blurring of immediate impressions and assumptions.
Carl Phillips
March 12, 2024
Colorful print of two workers drilling at the ground in front of an industrial construction setting.
How did a decade of unprecedented financial strife, radical social upheaval, and technological innovation shape art and cultural identity in the United States?
Allison Rudnick
September 18, 2023
The curators Jeff Rosenheim and Thelma Golden stand before a series of photographs by the renowned Harlem Renaissance photographer James Van Der Zee.
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James Van Der Zee, the world-renowned chronicler of Black life in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance and for decades thereafter, was a virtuoso portraitist and one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century.
December 13, 2022