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Rich Legacy of African Textiles on View in Metropolitan Museum Exhibition
Thursday, December 4, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
Africa's extraordinary legacy of textile arts, with its explosive color and complex graphic statements, will be presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning September 30. Bringing together more than 40 works dating from the early 19th century to the present – including a spectacular silk and cotton kente prestige cloth woven in Ghana during the 19th century and a 30-foot-long installation work by contemporary artist Yinka Shonibare – The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End will highlight the enduring significance of textiles as a major form of aesthetic expression across the continent. While examining some of the finest and earliest preserved examples of different regional textile traditions, the exhibition will relate these to works by eight contemporary artists, who draw inspiration from textiles in their explorations of other media ranging from sculpture, painting, and photography to video and installation art. Works selected for the exhibition are drawn primarily from the collections of the Metropolitan and the British Museum as well as several private collections in the U.S. and Europe.
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Calder's Inventive Jewelry Featured in Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Opening December 9
Thursday, December 4, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
American-born artist Alexander Calder (1898–1976) is celebrated for his mobiles, stabiles, paintings, and objets d'art. The landmark exhibition Calder Jewelry—to be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from December 9, 2008, through March 1, 2009—is the first museum presentation dedicated solely to his extensive output of inventive jewelry. During his lifetime, Calder produced approximately 1,800 unique pieces of brass, silver, and gold body ornaments, often embellished with found objects such as beach glass, ceramic shards, and wood. Calder Jewelry will feature approximately 90 works—necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches, and tiaras—many of which were made as personal gifts for the artist's family and friends.
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伟大之旅：亚洲将在大都会博物馆亚洲艺术展区揭幕
Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 10:43 p.m.
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Sumptuous Italian Renaissance Works Celebrating Art and Love in New Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum
Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
"It is unbelievable how much is spent on these new weddings…."
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Modern Master Giorgio Morandi Featured in Retrospective Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum
Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
"Nothing is more abstract than reality."
-Giorgio Morandi, 1955
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Jewel-like Paintings from Medieval Italian Choir Books on View at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Monday, November 17, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
"We mingle our praises with those of God's angels, whom we cannot hear."
Cassiodorus (sixth-century Roman scholar and monk)
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SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS SEPTEMBER 2008 - AUGUST 2009
Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
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Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche on Display for Holiday Season at Metropolitan Museum
Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
The Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a long-established yuletide tradition in New York, will be on view for the holiday season from November 25, 2008 through January 6, 2009. The brightly lit, 20-foot blue spruce – with a collection of 18th-century Neapolitan angels and cherubs among its boughs and groups of realistic crèche figures flanking the Nativity scene at its base – will once again delight holiday visitors in the Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall. Set in front of the 18th-century Spanish choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid, with recorded Christmas music in the background and daily lighting ceremonies, the installation reflects the spirit of the holiday season.
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David H. Koch Elected a Trustee at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
(New York, November 13, 2008)—David H. Koch has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, the Museum's Chairman. Mr. Koch's election took place at the November 12 meeting of the Board.
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Medieval Europe Celebrated in Northern Manhattan in November
Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
For the month of November, two unique institutions located in northern Manhattan's historic Fort Tryon Park—The Cloisters museum and gardens and the New Leaf Restaurant & Bar—will join together in an innovative partnership to offer a "total medieval experience" that starts with a museum visit in the afternoon and ends with dinner or begins with lunch at the New Leaf and follows with a tour of The Cloisters. The Cloisters, a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the only museum in the United States devoted to the art and architecture of the Middle Ages. The New Leaf, a venture of Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project (NYRP), features seasonal specialties made from locally grown ingredients.