Meet the Primers
Primers give you a quick and immersive look at select exhibitions, whether you're planning your next visit or can't make it to The Met right now.
![The artist Alice Neel sits on a chair surrounded by various portraits of people in pastel colors](
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Alice Neel: People Come First
New York City can be hard. Why are people drawn to it? One artist who made it her home can show us.
![Detail view of Johannes Vermeer's "Young Woman with a Water Pitcher" showing the upper body of a woman wearing Dutch Golden Age clothing](
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In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met
Listen to a contemporary poet, food stylist, cinematographer, and more, as they muse on life, death, and lemon peels during the Dutch Golden Age.
![You see a castle through the bare branches of fall trees](
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The Met Cloisters
Explore an extraordinary world full of triumphs of medieval imagination at The Met Cloisters.
![Semi-circular, glass display case in the process of being filled with many different teapots.](
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There's a Revolution in Your Teapot
Explore five unexpected themes in the new British galleries of decorative arts and design.
![Archival black and white photograph of a building next to the same building in color and modern times](
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Making The Met, 1870–2020
We started with no art, staff, or building. How did we get here? 150 years of transformation, and counting.
![The artist Gerhard Richter pushes a large vertical squeegee across an oversized green-tinted off-white canvas to reveal gray off-white paint layers underneath](
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Gerhard Richter: Painting After All
In 2020, art can be made from literally anything. So why still paint? Contemporary artist Gerhard Richter has some answers.
![A burnished steel suit of armor worn by Maximilian I, depicted in three-quarter profile over a blue banner slashed with yellow.](
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The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I
How did a political lightweight transform himself into one of the most powerful rulers in European history?
![Detail of a colorfully painted black guitar](
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Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll
Watch interviews with legendary musicians, sing along to Spotify playlists, and check out some of rock and roll's most iconic instruments.
![A portrait by Karl Bodmer](
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![A reflective sphere shimmers against the granite facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art](
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![Animation of a girl standing amid various marble sculptures and statues](
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