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An image of two young figures sitting on the branch of a birch tree. The top and bottom portions of the image are blurred, drawing attention to the in-focus face of the figure on the left.
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“Birches” by Robert Frost: An Optical Poem, 2024
“When I see birches bend to left and right / Across the lines of straighter darker trees, / I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.” On April 7, 1955, Robert Frost delivered a poetry reading at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
March 26, 2024
collage of a harlem block with two buildings. A jazz band plays and children also play on the street.
The Sounds of The Block
How does the rediscovery of an audio component for Romare Bearden’s monumental collage transform our understanding of it?
Lauren Rosati
February 22, 2024
Model wearing a white silky outfit and a silver and gold embroidered jacket designed by Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent: When Fashion Meets Art
On the 40th anniversary of Yves Saint Laurent’s exhibition at The Met, we revisit the connection between fashion and art.
Aurola Wedman Alfaro
December 14, 2023
Black and white photograph of a woman wearing a white floral pattern outfit on the right with a potrait in the background done by Picasso of her.
Picasso on Stein
Learn how Picasso’s defining portrait of Gertrude Stein helped usher in a new era of modern art and literature.
Francesca Wade
November 22, 2023
The buildings that field owned before they were torn down in a sepia photograph.
A Home for Modern Art in Brooklyn
Hamilton Easter Field worked to bring Brooklyn into the New York art world in the early 20th century—but his efforts have been overlooked.
Anna Anna Jozefacka
November 13, 2023
An interior courtyard featuring sculptures and potted plants
Green Rooms: Plants at the Museum
Gallery photographs over the last century reveal the evolving use of plants in indoor design.
Jennie Choi
November 8, 2023
abstract cubist image with a lot of whites, browns, and greys and lines everywhere.
Reevaluating Picasso’s Unfinished Masterpiece
Scholar and curator Anna Jozefacka discusses an unrealized decorative commission by Pablo Picasso intended for a Brooklyn residence.
Isabelle Qian
October 16, 2023
Detail of the pamphlet for the Act Up Art Box with the text "A limited edition box of objects"
A Short History of the ACT UP Art Box
"ACT UP felt like a collision of creativity, political fervor, and justifiable anger..."
Peter Antony
June 7, 2023
Two construction workers onsite installing the Ming Garden in Astor Court.
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Ming Garden, 1983 | From the Vaults
This short film from 1983 documents the installation of a Ming-style garden courtyard at The Met, the first permanent cultural exchange between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
May 16, 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