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The Museum as Muse Featuring Artist Sarah Sze

Join artist Sarah Sze as she explores new offerings from The Met collection that inspire her work.


A collage of five artworks against a light parchment background
Five case studies for select recent acquisitions demonstrate the varied and complex nature of provenance research at The Met.
Lucian Simmons, Maya Muratov, Christine E. Brennan, Ria Breed, Anne Dunn-Vaturi, Michael Seymour, and Mary Chan
April 8
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
White-line tracing of a rose against a pink watercolor background.
Curator Deniz Beyazit speaks with the artist Peter Hristoff about the role of history, Orientalism, and gender in his artistic practice.
Deniz Beyazit
March 11
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The Bodhisattva Jizō, Intan  Japanese, Japanese cypress wood (hinoki) with polychrome pigments, gold paint (kindei), cut gold leaf (kirikane), and rock-crystal eyes, Japan
Intan
1291
The Adoration of the Magi, Miguel Gonzalez (Mexico, active 1692-1704) Mexican, Oil on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, gold, Mexico
Miguel Gonzalez
ca. 1695–1700
Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), Rachel Ruysch  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rachel Ruysch
Michiel van Musscher
1692