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Detail shot of the keys of the Cristofori Piano
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How Cristofori’s invention gave a new voice to the harpsichord.
Jayson Kerr Dobney and Anthony Roth Costanzo
September 7, 2022
Still from "The Living Room" of Berenice Abbott sitting in an armchair in front of a fire with a camera on the table in front of her
Filmmakers Martha Wheelock and Kay Weaver discuss their memories of living and working with the legendary photographer.
Christopher Alessandrini and Stephanie Wuertz
June 24, 2022
Sepia-tone photograph of old-timey wagon trucks and cars traveling up and down West Street in New York City set against a backdrop of multi-story apartments and midsize skyscrapers.
Join the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project and The Met to learn about queer artists who have called the city home.
Nicole Sussmane
June 21, 2022
Detail of an ancient Egyptian limestone statue of Hatshepsut
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What does the androgynous depiction of Hatshepsut—and its subsequent destruction—tell us about the role of gender in Ancient Egypt?
Aude Semat and Mona Eltahawy
June 2, 2022
A black and white photograph of two nude women in a loving embrace.
Once the toast of Paris, avant-garde photographer Germaine Krull held a mirror to queer life in interwar France.
Marina Molarsky-Beck
August 17, 2021
A detail of Paul Cadmus's The Fleet's In depcting a sailor making a pass at a man in a suit
When Cadmus’s 1934 painting The Fleet’s In! was censored by the US Navy, the artist responded by deftly brokering his artwork’s visibility.
Bryan Martin
June 25, 2021
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Explore Alice Neel’s relationship with queer culture and her vivid portraits of LGBTQIA+ subjects, including artist Jackie Curtis and poet Adrienne Rich.
Randall Griffey
June 12, 2021
Two men, Jared Spencer and  Joshua Dumas, sat on a bench at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Speechwriter Jared Spencer explains why he proposed to his husband, Joshua Dumas, a technologist, at The Met.
June 1, 2021
A white-walled gallery with several paintings hung on the walls
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Join the exhibition’s co-curators on a tour of this landmark exhibition.
Kelly Baum and Randall Griffey
March 25, 2021
“I wanted a persona to really reflect our point of view at the time that colonial policies were beginning.”
Kent Monkman
December 23, 2019
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