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editorial

Desiring Landscapes: Two Paintings from Avadh, India

August 25, 2015

By Natalia Di Pietrantonio

Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellow Natalia Di Pietrantonio examines the role of landscape and perspective in two miniature paintings from the Met's collection.

editorial

MetKids: Live from the Galleries

February 24, 2016

By Aliza Sena

Aliza Sena, associate coordinator for Digital Learning, interviews some #MetKids in the galleries.

audio

Museums Without Men: Firelei Báez

March 8, 2024

By Katy Hessel and Firelei Báez

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editorial

The Same, but Different: Nicholas Alan Cope on Photographing for the Manus × Machina Catalogue

May 5, 2016

By Rachel High

Editorial Assistant Rachel High speaks with Nicholas Alan Cope, photographer for the Manus × Machina exhibition catalogue, about his work and the parallels between photography and the subject of the catalogue.

Press Release

Evocative Medieval Mourning Sculptures from Court of Burgundy Featured in Metropolitan Museum Exhibition

Essay

Patronage at the Early Valois Courts (1328–1461)

October 1, 2002

By Julien Chapuis

In artistic terms, the period represents the last flowering of Gothic art in France.

editorial

Recent Acquisition: Reverse-Painted Dish with Abraham and Melchizedek

August 14, 2014

By Tim Husband

Tim Husband, curator in the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, introduces a reverse-painted dish that recently entered The Cloisters Collection.

Essay

The Lute

April 1, 2010

By Jonathan Santa Maria Bouquet

It is not until the thirteenth century that the Western lute can be distinguished from the Arab ‘ud in iconography.

editorial

Listening to a Four-Hundred-Year-Old Instrument

October 27, 2015

By Jayson Kerr Dobney

Associate Curator Jayson Dobney highlights a lute from the Met's collection made by a member of the Tieffenbrucker family, one of the most important dynasties of Renaissance stringed-instrument makers.

editorial

Bring Your Family to the World Culture Festival: Journeys on November 4!

October 25, 2017

By Julie Marie Seibert

Join us on Saturday, November 4, for the World Culture Festival: Journeys at The Met. Celebrate your family's journey through performances, storytelling, interactive gallery activities, and artist-led workshops. The festival is free with Museum admission and starts at 12:00 pm.