SUMMER NEWS FROM THE MET

View in browser       Summer 2021   The New Woman Behind the Camera JUST OPENED Through October 3, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue This exhibition highlights female photographers' innovative work in studio portraiture, fashion and advertising, artistic experimentation, street photography, ethnography, and photojournalism. Learn more →     The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570 JUST OPENED Through October 11, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue Through an outstanding group of portraits, this major loan exhibition introduces visitors to the various new and complex ways artists portrayed the elite of Medicean Florence, representing the sitters' political and cultural ambitions and conveying the changing sense of what it meant to be a Florentine at this defining moment in the city's history. Learn more → View the Primer Opening Soon Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Revolution, Resistance, and Activism July 29–October 18, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue Companions in Solitude: Reclusion and Communion in Chinese Art July 31, 2021–August 14, 2022 The Met Fifth Avenue Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo UPCOMING August 16–November 28, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith UPCOMING August 30, 2021–January 30, 2022 The Met Cloisters Exhibitions Highlights Alice Neel: People Come First Through August 1, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue The Roof Garden Commission: Alex Da Corte, As Long as the Sun Lasts Through October 31, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue A New Look at Old Masters Through Spring 2022 The Met Fifth Avenue Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits CLOSING SOON Through July 25 The Met Fifth Avenue Shapes from Out of Nowhere: Ceramics from the Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection Through August 29 The Met Fifth Avenue P.S. Art 2021: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids Through October 24 The Met Fifth Avenue See all current exhibitions → Plan Your Visit The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters are open! Watch this video or check out the visitor guidelines page to learn about our new health and safety protocols. Please note that our opening days and hours have changed. See the Plan Your Visit page for more information about making a reservation and buying tickets in advance. Summertime Dining Now Available The Met offers two great locations for summer dining. Relax outdoors with a freshly baked cinnamon roll, watermelon agua fresca, or a fruit ice pop at the new Plaza Cafe, located on The Met Fifth Avenue's David H. Koch Plaza near 83rd Street. Uptown at The Met Cloisters, the Trie Café offers delicious salads, sandwiches, and desserts. Enjoy a glass of wine or beer while surrounded by serene gardens and medieval architecture. For hours and locations, visit us online. Bike Valet Complimentary bicycle valet service will be available for Museum visitors every Saturday and Sunday from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. The service will operate 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, including the September 6 holiday. Look for the valet tent located on The Mets Fifth Avenue's David H. Koch Plaza near 83rd Street. Buy or reserve your tickets now →       The Met Fifth Avenue 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 The Met Cloisters 99 Margaret Corbin Drive Fort Tryon Park New York, NY 10040 metmuseum.org       For more information about the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, see The New Woman Behind the Camera, The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570, Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Revolution, Resistance, and Activism, Companions in Solitude: Reclusion and Communion in Chinese Art, Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo, Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith, Alice Neel: People Come First, The Roof Garden Commission: Alex Da Corte, As Long as the Sun Lasts, A New Look at Old Masters, Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits, Shapes from Out of Nowhere: Ceramics from the Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, and P.S. Art 2021: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids. The Primer is made possible by Barbara A. Wolfe. It is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Director's Fund. Your support allows the Museum to collect, conserve, and present 5,000 years of world art. Donate now. Comments are welcome at metmuseum_newsletter@metmuseum.org. Images: | Unknown. Tsuneko Sasamoto, Tokyo, 1940. Inkjet print, 2020, 18.2 cm x 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in. x 7 3/16 in.). Courtesy Tsuneko Sasamoto / Japan Professional Photographers Society | Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano) (Italian, Monticelli 1503–1572 Florence). Portrait of a Young Man, 1530s. Oil on wood, 37 5/8 x 29 1/2 in. (95.6 x 74.9 cm). H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.16) | José Clemente Orozco, On the Road (or 'Rear Guard'): women carrying children and guns (detail), 1929. Lithograph. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929. © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York (29.63.4) | Attributed to Jiang Song (Chinese, first half of 16th century). Winter Landscape, first half of 16th century, Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Handscroll; ink on paper, H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm), W. 277 in. (703.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Seymour Fund, 1955 (55.124) | Jules Tavernier (American, born France, 1844–1889). Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California (detail), 1878. Oil on canvas, 48 x 72 1/4 in. (121.9 x 183.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund, 2016 (2016.135) | Camel from the Church of San Baudelio de Berlanga (detail), Spain, first half of the 12th century (possibly 1129–34). Fresco transferred to canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1961 (61.219) | Alice Neel. Geoffrey Hendricks and Brian (detail), 1978. Oil on canvas. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Purchase, by exchange, through an anonymous gift. © The Estate of Alice Neel | Photograph of Alex Da Corte taken by Alex John Beck | Karl Bodmer (Swiss, Riesbach 1809–1893 Barbizon). Péhriska-Rúhpa, Hidatsa Man (detail), 1834. Watercolor and graphite on paper. Joslyn Art Museum, Gift of the Enron Art Foundation (1986.49.275) | Babs Haenen. Spring Dunes (detail), 1988. Porcelain, 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020 (2020.296.35). Courtesy Hostler Burrows, New York. Photography by Robert A. Ellison Jr. | Julissa Bruno (Grade 12), La Reina de Las Chucherías (The Queen of Candies), 2021. Oil painting on canvas paper. School: Humanities and Arts Magnet High School, Queens. Art Teacher: Jane Judson