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My First Time by George Goldner
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El Greco's dramatic interpretation of Toledo
"To me the works of art that have the greatest impact are the ones that begin with reality and expand on the experience of reality."
February 27, 2013
Ephemeral by Nonnie Frelinghuysen
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How this Tiffany hair ornament embodies so much of what the artist was about
"I think he looked at this with special eyes and those eyes help transform the way we look at nature."
Nonnie Frelinghuysen
June 26, 2013
Grid of six artworks spanning 5,000 years of art history
Art, Explained
January 24, 2013
A man with a cartoonish face is laden with objects, with a critical poem written beneath him.
A Brief History of Comic Valentines
They're not always love notes. Explore the history of the penny dreadful.
Nancy Rosin
February 14, 2024
Detail of a vibrant quilt made up of squares with narrow, rectangular strips of alternating colors.
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Immaterial: Blankets and Quilts
Threads of identity.
July 16, 2024
Multi colored blue, pink, green, purple, and blue waves swilr around a cirlce with four people in the middle in different colors.
Tenzing Rigdol on Biography of a Thought
"I see vibrant thoughts as clouds and feel volatile emotions as waves."
Kurt Behrendt
October 7, 2024
Detail of Edgar Degas's "Monsieur and Madame Édouard Manet," with Edouard Manet lounging on his couch and his wife Suzanne at the piano. The painting has been cut in half vertically at Suzanne's face.
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Manet/Degas: A Podcast
Explore the legacy of Manet and Degas’s complicated relationship.
Ashley E. Dunn and Stephan Wolohojian
December 8, 2023
layers of pick shaped colors on top of each other almost looking like a flower with orange creeping out from the top left corner.
Color and Form
Learn about the multifaceted ways postwar artists engaged with color through a selection of vibrant prints.
Jennifer Farrell
November 17, 2023
Detail image of the volute-krater that shows the divine couple seated between two columns, flanked by a priestess and figures playing instruments.
Athenian Masterpieces in Etruscan Tombs
The magnificent volute-krater on loan from Ferrara.
Chiara Pizzirani and Delphine Tonglet
July 30, 2024
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Mexican Prints at the Vanguard
Discover the rich history of printmaking in Mexico and the The Met’s collecting of these prints.
Mark McDonald
September 16, 2024