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European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Two women one in red, and one in all black walking a dim lit gallery.
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Exhibition Tour—Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie
April 10
Woman wearing purple gloves to stack a ancient marble sculptures on top of one another
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Assembling a Delftware flower pyramid
Multiple, separately fired components must be carefully stacked to assemble this monumental seventeenth-century ceramic vase for cut flowers.
March 4
The Met Fifth facade
Laying New Foundations
Curator Abraham Thomas reassesses the controversial legacy of 20th-century architect Paul Rudolph.
Lina Palazzo
January 15
Writer Amor Towles looks upwards to his right at a statue. Two other statues, set on pedestals, are visible in the background
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Meet Me at The Met: Amor Towles
For writer Amor Towles, The Met is not just one museum, but many.
October 7, 2024
Detail of a clock face with gold-colored accents, roman numeral numbers, and a counter for the date.
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Immaterial: Time
Keeping digital art alive.
September 10, 2024
Detail of Adam's face.
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Immaterial: Stone
Making and breaking legacies.
June 4, 2024
An image of a collection of European Decorative Art Objects.
Reassessing European Decorative Arts
Curator Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide on the reconsideration of European decorative arts.
Delia Cruz Kelly
July 5, 2023
A pair of black men with feathers decorating their heads and body next to a cup covered with a lid
The Linsky Project: Reinterpreting Porcelain Figures
New interpretive labels help visitors navigate the role of the decorative arts in negotiating race, labor, colonialism, and global commerce.
Marlise Brown
April 12, 2023
Images of trumpeters.
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The Black Presence in Tudor England
Learn more about John Blanke, a trumpeter who performed at the coronation of Henry VIII, and other documented free Black residents of Tudor England.
January 6, 2023
Two curators behold the Mantuan Roundel, installed in the galleries
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The Mantuan Roundel
Learn more about an extremely rare bronze relief attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli. Created around 1500, it is one of the largest and most technically sophisticated examples of a bronze roundel from the early Renaissance.
December 12, 2022