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A young girl poses with a stoic face and a hand on her hip. Her dress and hair are accented with flowers.
PRIMA
Poet Deborah Landau responds to Gustav Klimt’s painting Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000).
Deborah Landau
July 14
Photograph of reflecting stone sculptures, medieval armor, a round shield, and Museum patrons in the sunlit Engelhard Court.
A World of Reflections
Photographer Harvey Wang describes capturing a dialogue between space, art, and visitors in The Met’s Engelhart Court.
Harvey Wang
July 9
An array of brightly colored and intricately patterned shapes with a beautiful light-pink watercolored background.
An Eyegay for Florine Stettheimer
Explore Chris Bogia’s original artwork, inspired by Stettheimer’s evocative aesthetics and support of New York’s queer community in the early twentieth century.
Chris Bogia
June 27
Two women caress each other while a dark gray bird and babies watch from the background.
Oh, Diana!
“I wanted to be that commanding huntress, to live among a fleet of adoring nymphs and hounds and transform any man who crossed me.”
Melissa Febos
June 12
At left, Orhan Pamuk displays pages from his journal, and at right is a painting of a leafy park pathway from his journal
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Orhan Pamuk: The Painterly Practice of a Novelist
Join Nobel Prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk for a look at the works that have inspired his writing for many years
May 1
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
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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Now Beacon, Now Sea
The poet Jennifer Franklin responds to Friedrich’s painting Monk by the Sea.
Jennifer Franklin
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