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Several plaster mold models of a horse's head and a man's torso on a platform, while a human figure walks around to assess the fragmented sculptures.
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How do you make a monument? Produced by the Museum in 1922, this short film follows the American artist Alexander Phimister Proctor’s process of sculpting Theodore Roosevelt.
January 24, 2023
Image of an older Chinese man doing calligraphy with a brush and ink behind The Met's Astor Court with plants in the background.
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Grab your brush and ink and give calligraphy a try to commemorate the Lunar New Year!
January 19, 2023
Collage of modern art works in red, green, and orange tones against black background
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Join scholar Charles W. Haxthausen as he explores the variety of artist Paul Klee’s practice and reflects on its art-historical implications.
Charles W. Haxthausen
December 15, 2022
Photo of two women looking at a brown, blue, and red tapestry of a King, woman on left is pointing at the tapestry.
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Follow the conservation treatment of King Arthur from the Nine Heroes Tapestries series, among the oldest in The Met’s collection.
December 13, 2022
Two people looking to the left with a camera against trees.
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Watch a silent film of the photographer couple, Bernd and Hilla Becher, on a road trip through the American heartland.
Max Becher
November 1, 2022
17th century etching of two peasant card players and a skeleton representing death
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Grab a cup of tea and join us for a bonus episode on tarot.
September 14, 2022
A metallic black and gold texture
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Let’s talk about the metals that break the rules.
August 31, 2022
A short but elongated silver teapot with an ivory lid finial adorned with abstract floral motifs rendered in maroon, orange, taupe, and turquoise enamel.
A decorative technique that fuses a powdered glassy material into a recess in a metal surface through the application of heat.
August 24, 2022
A flat cigarette case and a tall match case in a matching wood grain pattern rendered in deep red, black, brown, and gold metals.
Ancient Japanese metalwork, meaning “wood eye,” fuses contrasting metals with heat and pressure to create patterned mixed-metal laminates.
August 24, 2022
A pair of black iron candlesticks with a tapered conical base appear side-by-side. They are adorned with various sinuous floral motives that are modeled in low relief on the surface and surfaced in a variety of silver-, gold-, and copper-toned metals.
To produce a design or pattern by inlaying a softer metal into a harder one—often gold, silver, or copper into a darkened steel background.
August 24, 2022