Search the Press Room

Current search results within: All dates

• Extraordinary Chinese Works from Dramatic Era of Khubilai Khan to Open in Landmark Fall Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum

  Monday, September 6, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present a major international loan exhibition devoted to the art of the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)—one of the most dynamic and culturally rich periods in Chinese history—beginning September 28. Bringing together over 200 works drawn principally from China, with additional loans from Taiwan, Japan, Russia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty will explore the art and material culture that flourished during the pivotal and vibrant period in Chinese culture and history dating from 1215, the year of Khubilai Khan's birth, to 1368, the fall of the Yuan dynasty. The assemblage of extraordinary works will include paintings and sculpture, as well as decorative arts in gold and silver, textile, ceramics, and lacquer, and the exhibition will highlight new art forms and styles that were generated in China as a result of the unification of the country under the Yuan dynasty, founded by Khubilai in 1271. The loans from China will include key pieces from recent archaeological finds that add immeasurably to our knowledge and understanding of Chinese art of this period.

• Kongo : Pouvoir et Majesté

  Saturday, August 28, 2010, 8:15 p.m.

• Met Cloisters의 정원

  Monday, August 23, 2010, 2:25 p.m.

• Hebrew Manuscripts on View during High Holy Days at Metropolitan Museum's Main Building and The Cloisters

  Sunday, August 22, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Two important medieval Hebrew manuscripts—a Mishneh Torah made between 1300 and 1400 in Germany and an illuminated leaf from a prayer book made in Austria around 1360—are on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters, respectively, in conjunction with the Jewish High Holy Days this fall. The Cloisters is the Metropolitan's branch museum dedicated to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. The High Holy Days are ten days of penitence and prayer that commence with Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and end with Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), the most solemn day of the Jewish year. This year, the High Holy Days begin the evening of September 8.

• Next "Met Holiday Monday" on Labor Day, September 6

  Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Last Chance to See Tutankhamun's Funeral; Additional Viewing Opportunity for Popular Summer Exhibitions

• Metropolitan Museum Announces Picasso Exhibition Drew 700,000 Visitors in 17 Weeks

  Monday, August 16, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Seventh Highest Exhibition Attendance on Record at the Met

• Ancient Roman Mosaic from Israel on View at Metropolitan Museum

  Sunday, August 15, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  In 1996, workmen widening the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv road in Lod (formerly Lydda), Israel, made a startling discovery: signs of a Roman mosaic pavement were found about three feet below the modern ground surface. A rescue excavation was conducted immediately by the Israel Antiquities Authority, revealing a mosaic floor that measures approximately 50 feet long by 27 feet wide. It is of exceptional quality and in an excellent state of preservation. The mosaic, comprising seven panels, is symmetrically divided into two large "carpets" by a long rectangular horizontal panel, and the entire work is surrounded by a ground of plain white. To preserve the mosaic, it was reburied until funding was secured for its full scientific excavation and conservation. Recently removed from the ground, the three most complete and impressive panels will be exhibited to the general public for the first time when they go on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 28. The pavement is believed to come from the home of a wealthy Roman living in the Eastern Roman Empire in around A.D. 300. Because the mosaic's imagery has no overt religious content, it cannot be determined whether the owner was a pagan, a Jew, or a Christian.

• Metropolitan Museum Concerts
  September 2010

  Monday, August 9, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Judy Collins at The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing,
  Dee Dee Bridgewater's Tribute to Billie Holliday, and
  "Strings of the Black Sea," Music from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Crimea, and Turkey

• 大都会艺术博物馆以12种语言推出应用程序82nd & Fifth，以同名获奖网上系列为基础，由100位策展人讲述激发他们灵感的100件艺术作品

  Saturday, August 7, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:

  English | العربية | 中文 (繁體) | 中文 (简体) | français| deutsch| italiano| 日本語| 한국어| português| русский | español
  

• 大都會藝術博物館以12種語言推出應用程式82nd & Fifth，以同名獲獎網上系列為基礎，由100位策展人講述激發他們靈感的100件藝術作品

  Friday, August 6, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:
  
  English | العربية | 中文 (繁體) | 中文 (简体) | français| deutsch| italiano| 日本語| 한국어| português| русский | español
  
  

• Le Metropolitan Museum lance son application « 82nd & Fifth » en 12 langues. Elle est fondée sur la série en ligne, primée, du même nom et montre 100 œuvres d’art et les 100 conservateurs qu’elles ont inspirés

  Thursday, August 5, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:

  English | العربية | 中文 (繁體) | 中文 (简体) | français| deutsch| italiano| 日本語| 한국어| português| русский | español
  
  

• Metropolitan Museum startet 82nd & Fifth App in 12 Sprachen, basierend auf der preisgekrönten Online Serie, die 100 Kunstwerke und 100 von ihnen inspirierten Kuratoren präsentieren

  Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:
  
  English | العربية | 中文 (繁體) | 中文 (简体) | français| deutsch| italiano| 日本語| 한국어| português| русский | español
  
  

• "The Met Cloisters" الحدائق في متحف

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 2:57 p.m.

• 修道院艺术博物馆内的花园

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 1:59 p.m.

• Il Metropolitan Museum lancia 82nd & Fifth, applicazione web in 12 lingue tratta dalla premiata serie online che mostra 100 opere d’arte e 100 curatori ad esse ispirati.

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:
  
  English | العربية | 中文 (繁體) | 中文 (简体) | français| deutsch| italiano| 日本語| 한국어| português| русский | español
  
  
  

• メトロポリタン美術館は 82nd & Fifthアプリを12カ国語でご紹介します。これは受賞歴のあるオンラインシリーズに基づき、100点もの美術品とそれらに影響を受けた100人の学芸員に焦点をあてています。

  Monday, August 2, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:

  English | العربية | 中文 (繁體) | 中文 (简体) | français| deutsch| italiano| 日本語| 한국어| português| русский | español
  
  

• 메트로폴리탄 박물관은 12개의 언어로 82nd & Fifth앱을 출시합니다. 이는 2013년 상을 수상한 온라인 시리즈로 100점의 작품을 100명의 큐레이터가 받은 영감을 토대로 보여 줍니다.

  Sunday, August 1, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:

  English | العربية | 中文 (繁體) | 中文 (简体) | français| deutsch| italiano| 日本語| 한국어| português| русский | español
  

• O Metropolitan Museum de Nova York, o MET, Lança o Aplicativo 82nd & Fifth em 12 Línguas, Baseado na Premiada Série Online, Apresentando 100 Obras de Arte e 100 Curadores Que Elas Inspiraram

  Saturday, July 31, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:

  English | العربية | 中文 (繁體) | 中文 (简体) | français| deutsch| italiano| 日本語| 한국어| português| русский | español
  
  

• Музей Метрополитен (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) запускает приложение 82nd & Fifth на двенадцати языках, основанное на знаменитой серии онлайн эпизодов, представляющей 100 произведений искусства и 100 кураторов, которых вдохновили эти работы. 

  Friday, July 30, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:

  English | العربية | 中文 (繁體) | 中文 (简体) | français| deutsch| italiano| 日本語| 한국어| português| русский | español
  
  

• El Museo Metropolitano (The Metropolitan Museum) lanza la aplicación 82nd & Fifth en 12 idiomas, basado en la galardonada serie online 100 obras de arte y 100 conservadores a los que inspiraron

  Thursday, July 29, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Press release available in these languages:

  English | العربية | 中文 (繁體) | 中文 (简体) | français| deutsch| italiano| 日本語| 한국어| português| русский | español

• Medieval Art and The Cloisters

  Monday, July 26, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  The Middle Ages, the period between ancient and modern times in Western civilization, extends from the fourth to the early 16th century—that is, roughly from the Fall of Rome to the beginning of the Renaissance in Northern Europe. The Metropolitan Museum's collection of medieval art, one of the richest in the world, encompasses the art of this long and complex period in all its many phases, from its pre-Christian antecedents in western Europe through early medieval, the Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic periods. The Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, established in 1933, oversees both the collection in the Museum's main building on Fifth Avenue and that of The Cloisters in northern Manhattan.

• Ancient Near East

  Sunday, July 25, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  The Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art was formed in 1956, although the first objects to enter the collection—cuneiform tablets and stamp and cylinder seals—were acquired in the late 1800s.

• The American Wing

  Sunday, July 25, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  The American Wing houses one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of American art in existence—more than 15,000 paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts objects—all of which are accessible to the public on four floors of gallery and study areas. It also features one of the Museum's loveliest and most popular spaces, The Charles Engelhard Court, a glassed-in garden featuring large-scale American sculptures, leaded-glass windows, and other architectural elements.

• Photographs

  Sunday, July 25, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Established as an independent curatorial department in 1992, the Metropolitan Museum's Department of Photographs houses a collection of more than 20,000 works acquired by the Museum over 80 years.

• Islamic Art

  Sunday, July 25, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  The Metropolitan Museum's collection of Islamic art is the most comprehensive in the world. It includes more than 12,000 of the finest objects, dating from the seventh to the 20th century and reflecting the cultural and geographic sweep of historic Islamic civilization, which extends as far west as Spain, Morocco, and Senegal and as far east as India, Southeast Asia, and China. Outstanding holdings include the collections of glass and metalwork from Egypt, Syria, and Mesopotamia; more than 450 Islamic carpets—the largest collection in the United States, including a 16th-century Egyptian carpet in emerald green and wine red that is a masterpiece of Mamluk design and some 3,000 textiles; pages from a sumptuous copy of the Shahnama, or Book of Kings, created for Shah Tahmasp (1514-76), and other outstanding royal miniatures from the courts of Persia and Mughal India; and a 14th-century glazed ceramic mihrab, or prayer niche, from a theological school in Isfahan.

• Director Thomas P. Campbell Announces Curatorial and Conservation Appointments at Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  (New York, July 22, 2010)—Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, today announced three appointments within the Museum's curatorial and conservation departments:

• Important Roman Sculpture Joins Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  (New York, July 8, 2010)—An ancient Roman group statue of great importance and beauty—a depiction of the Three Graces of Greek mythology—has been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by Thomas P. Campbell, the Museum's Director. The marble sculpture is a second-century A.D. Roman copy of a Greek work from the second century B.C. Discovered in Rome in 1892, the statue has been on loan to the Museum from a private collector since 1992, and has been on view in the center of the Leon Levy and Shelby White Sculpture Court since it opened in 2007.

• Ramayana Manuscripts on View at Metropolitan Museum

  Thursday, July 1, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  The Ramayana –The Story of Rama, one of the great epic narratives of South Asia literature, is the focus of an installation on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art through September 26. Showcasing 30 brilliantly polychromed paintings and pictorial textiles that depict episodes from the narrative, Epic India: Scenes from the Ramayana explores the magical power embodied in this ancient prose-narrative text that has so captured the imagination of Indian artists from early in the history of Indian art. The exhibition is drawn largely from the Metropolitan Museum's own collection, with some major loans from a New York private collection. The paintings on view were produced mostly during the 17th and 18th centuries in the Hindu court ateliers of Rajasthan, western India, and the Punjab Hills; others are of northern Indian provenance in a Sub-Imperial Mughal style.

• Italian Old Master Drawings from the Tobey Collection on View at Metropolitan Museum

  Thursday, July 1, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo presents 72 extraordinary works of the 16th through 18th centuries, from one of the preeminent collections of Italian Old Master drawings in private hands. It features masterpieces by gifted and historically important draftsmen—principally Italian masters but also artists whose careers brought them south of the Alps—among them Correggio, Parmigianino, Bernini, Poussin, Guercino, Canaletto, and Tiepolo. The drawings represent the principal centers of Italian art: Florence, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Parma, Venice, Genoa, and Milan. Their strikingly broad range of subject matter includes figure studies, historical and mythological narratives, landscapes, vedute, botanical drawings, motifs copied from or inspired by classical antiquity, and designs for painted compositions.

• Metropolitan Museum Announces 5.24 Million Annual Attendance, Highest Since 2001, as Fiscal Year Ends

  Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  (New York, June 30, 2010)—Attendance at The Metropolitan Museum of Art reached 5,240,000 visitors during the fiscal year that ends today, June 30, the Museum has announced. This is the first year since 2001 that attendance at the Metropolitan has exceeded five million. The number, which includes attendance at The Cloisters museum and gardens, ranks among the highest in its entire 130-year history.

• Ringo Starr's Gold Drum on View at Met Museum in
  Celebration of the Musician's 70th Birthday
  
  

  Monday, June 28, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  July 'Artists Den' National Television Broadcast Features Ringo Starr at the Met

• Ringo Starr's Gold Drum on View at Met Museum in
  Celebration of the Musician's 70th Birthday
  
  

  Monday, June 28, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  July 'Artists Den' National Television Broadcast Features Ringo Starr
  at the Met

• Contemporary Photography and Video Featured in Between Here and There at Metropolitan Museum

  Sunday, June 13, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Themes of dislocation and displacement in contemporary photography will be explored in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's forthcoming exhibition in the Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography. Drawn almost entirely from the Museum's collection, Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography on view July 2, 2010 through February 21, 2011, will feature 22 artists whose photographic works convey a sense of a rootless or unfixed existence.

• El Museo Metropolitano lanza una nueva función web interactiva Un Met. Muchos Mundos. en 11 idiomas

  Thursday, June 10, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• Метрполитен-Музей запускает новую интерактивную интернет-функцию «Один Мет. Много Миров» на 11 языках

  Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• O Metropolitan Museum de Nova York, o MET, lança uma nova ferramenta interativa: One Met. Many Worlds. em 11 línguas

  Monday, June 7, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• 메트로폴리탄 박물관은 새로운 인터랙티브한 웹 기능인 하나의 MET. 다양한 세계.를 11개의 언어로 출시합니다

  Sunday, June 6, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• Il Metropolitan Museum lancia Un solo Met. Tanti Mondi, nuova applicazione web interattiva in 11 lingue

  Saturday, June 5, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum startet neues interaktives Web-Feature "Ein Met. Zahllose Welten." in 11 Sprachen

  Friday, June 4, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• Leon Levinstein's Rarely Seen New York City Street Photographs On View at Metropolitan Museum

  Thursday, June 3, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  A master of classic American street photography, Leon Levinstein (American, 1910–1988) is best known for his candid and unsentimental black-and-white figure studies made in New York City neighborhoods from Times Square and the Lower East Side to Coney Island. From June 8 through October 17, 2010, The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950-1980. This exhibition, drawn exclusively from the Metropolitan's collection, features 44 photographs that reflect Levinstein's fearless approach to the medium. Levinstein's graphic virtuosity—seen in raw, expressive gestures and seemingly monumental bodies—is balanced by an unusual compassion for his off-beat subjects from the demimonde.

• P.S. Art 2010 Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum
  Juried Display of Art by NYC Public School Students on View

  Thursday, June 3, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Exceptional works of art by 70 New York City public school students, ages four through 20, will be displayed in the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education at The Metropolitan Museum of Art for two months this summer through P.S. Art, a collaborative program between the New York City Department of Education and Studio in a School Association, Inc. The juried exhibition P.S. Art 2010: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of NYC Kids will open for special viewing by the public beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, for participants in the Museum Mile Festival, and will remain on view through August 8.

• June 8 Events at Met Museum: P.S. Art Opening, Museum Mile, and Cool Culture

  Thursday, June 3, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  WHAT: Three photo ops/one evening:

• Le Metropolitan Museum lance une nouvelle fonction interactive en onze langues sur Internet: Un Met. Des Mondes.

  Thursday, June 3, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• 大都会艺术博物馆以11种语言推出全新观众互动网页"来MET参观。看多元文化。"

  Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• متحف المتروبوليتان للفنون (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) يُطلق تطبيقًا تفاعليًّا جديدًا على الشبكة "METحف واحد، عوالم كثيرة" (One Met. Many Worlds) بإحدى عشرة لغة.

  Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Partners with Berg Publishers to Make Costume Institute Images Available

  Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  (New York, June 2, 2010) -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it has entered a partnership with Berg Publishers, the leading academic and reference imprint owned by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, to enable more than 2,000 images of The Costume Institute's collection to be made available through the Berg Fashion Library, a new online resource launching in late June 2010.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces 2010-2011 Concert Season

  Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  57th Season Features Acclaimed PianoForte Recitals; New York Philharmonic CONTACT! Series; Pacifica Quartet's Season of Shostakovich; Music from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, and the Philippines; Itzhak Perlman, Chanticleer, Sharon Isbin, Patti Smith, Judy Collins, Christine Ebersole, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and More

• Metropolitan Museum Announces Departure of Concerts & Lectures General Manager Hilde Limondjian

  Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that Hilde Limondjian, who has been the General Manager of its Concerts & Lectures series since 1969, will step down from the position on June 30, 2010, at the conclusion of the series' 56th season. Ms. Limondjian has programmed 41 seasons of music and lectures – more than 9,000 events – at the Metropolitan Museum that comprise not only the oldest continually offered major concert series in New York, but one of the most esteemed.

• Schedule of Exhibitions Through December 2016

  Monday, May 17, 2010, 3:01 p.m.

• Schedule of Exhibitions Through December 2016

  Monday, May 17, 2010, 3:01 p.m.