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Painting of a living area. Modest light comes through red and gold curtains. A wooden desk, dresser, and armchair round out the image.
In Menzel’s Sitting Room
My eyes seem to drag me straight to the curtains, which take only a gentle toll on the peaky daylight that comes through them.
Eliza Barry Callahan
March 27
Collage of Miami storefronts palm trees and white torso.
Kayak
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
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Now Beacon, Now Sea
The poet Jennifer Franklin responds to Friedrich’s painting Monk by the Sea.
Jennifer Franklin
February 3
Two men in coats stand beside a large tree, gazing at a crescent moon in a dusky sky.
Winter in the Newest World
The poet Emily Pittinos responds to Friedrich’s painting Two Men Contemplating the Moon.
Emily Pittinos
February 3
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Sounds of the Sublime
A sound recordist imagines the auditory world of Caspar David Friedrich’s landscapes.
Martyn Stewart
January 31
Detail from Tiepolo's The Triumph of Marius. Marius is at the lower left. Behind him, Jugurtha's stoic figure sits atop a horse amidst a parade of colors and faces.
Tiepolo’s Triumph
How many millions have climbed the Great Staircase since Tiepolo’s Triumph of Marius was unrolled from its giant storage drum in 1965?
Hugh Raffles
September 26, 2024
A group rests and eats under the shade of a tree.
The World, and That’s All
“During my ten years of working as a guard at The Met, no picture rewarded my attention as consistently.”
Patrick Bringley
September 3, 2024
Metal scluped spider with the city skyline in the background.
Returning Home
Writer and scholar Sven Spieker considers how student graffiti in Southeastern European elementary schools inspired Petrit Halilaj’s rooftop commission.
Sven Spieker
August 23, 2024
Carving on a marble stele of a young man.
The Birth of a Hero
Despite its grandeur, the monument seemed so personal, so intimate and melancholic.
Rick Riordan
June 11, 2024
Portrait of an old man in a simple brown tunic with fur trim. His hands are placed over each other in the bottom right corner of the frame.
Memling's Faces
They say we are given a face at birth that we must live with initially, but by a certain age, we make our own face and then we must live with that.
David Levi Strauss
May 20, 2024