@ THE MET: Exhibitions: September–October

September–October 2021   In America: A Lexicon of Fashion JUST OPENED Through September 5, 2022 The Met Fifth Avenue The Costume Institute's In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, launches a two-part exploration of fashion in the United States in the Anna Wintour Costume Center. It establishes a modern vocabulary of American fashion based on its expressive qualities. A signature quilt begun in 1856 from The Met's American Wing collection opens the show, and serves as a metaphor for the United States and its varied cultural identities. Approximately 100 men's and women's ensembles by a diverse range of designers from the 1940s to the present are featured. Enclosed in scrimmed cases that represent three-dimensional "patches" of a quilt, they are organized into 12 sections that explore defining emotional qualities: Nostalgia, Belonging, Delight, Joy, Wonder, Affinity, Confidence, Strength, Desire, Assurance, Comfort, and Consciousness. Learn more →     Surrealism Beyond Borders OPENING SOON October 11–January 30, 2022 The Met Fifth Avenue Nearly from its inception, Surrealism has had an international scope, but knowledge of the movement has been formed primarily through a Western European focus. This exhibition reconsiders the true "movement" of Surrealism across boundaries of geography and chronology—and within networks that span Eastern Europe to the Caribbean, Asia to North Africa, and Australia to Latin America. Including almost eight decades of work produced across 45 countries, Surrealism Beyond Borders offers a fresh appraisal of these collective concerns and exchanges—as well as historical, national, and local distinctions—that will recast appreciation of this most revolutionary and globe-spanning movement. Learn more →     Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith Through January 30, 2022 The Met Cloisters The exhibition's chronology, 1000 to 1200, corresponds to a pivotal era in the history of the Spanish Middle Ages—one that saw significant shifts in the balance of power between Christian and Muslim rulers, destabilizing long-standing social relationships and introducing new tensions among religious communities. Yet the visual arts make it clear that this was not a purely divisive age. In exploring how artists and patrons of the day drew from many sources of inspiration, negotiating the visual traditions of different religions, Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith will showcase the richness and complexity of interfaith interaction. In so doing, the exhibition draws upon the concept of the frontier—a boundary that simultaneously separates and connects—as a metaphor for Spain as a place of artistic creation. Learn more → Exhibition Highlights The New Woman Behind the Camera LAST CHANCE Through October 3, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570 CLOSING SOON Through October 11, 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 Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo Through November 28, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue Companions in Solitude: Reclusion and Communion in Chinese Art Through August 14, 2022 The Met Fifth Avenue Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Revolution, Resistance, and Activism Through January 17, 2022 The Met Fifth Avenue Japan: A History of Style NEW ROTATION Through April 24, 2022 The Met Fifth Avenue Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection NEW ROTATION Ongoing The Met Fifth Avenue See all current exhibitions → Plan Your Visit The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters are open! 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Buy or reserve your tickets now → Become a Member →       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   Explore        Membership        Donate     For more information about the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, see In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Surrealism Beyond Borders, Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith, The New Woman Behind the Camera, The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570, The Roof Garden Commission: Alex Da Corte, As Long as the Sun Lasts, Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo, Companions in Solitude: Reclusion and Communion in Chinese Art, Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Revolution, Resistance, and Activism, Japan: A History of Style, and Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection. 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: "VEIL FLAG" by S.R. STUDIO. LA. CA., 2020. Courtesy of Sterling Ruby Studio. Photography by Melanie Schiff | Mayo, Coups de bâtons (Baton Blows), 1937. Oil on canvas. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo: bpk Bildagentur / Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf / Achim Kukulies / Art Resource, NY | 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) |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) | Photograph of Alex Da Corte taken by Alex John Beck | 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) | 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) | 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) | Imazu Tatsuyuki (Japanese, active early 20th century). Peacocks and Cherry Tree, ca. 1925. Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper. 80 1/8 in. x 72 13/16 in. (203.5 x 185 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2015 (2015.585) | Tsimshian artist. Headdress frontlet. British Columbia, ca. 1820–40. Wood, abalone shell, pigment, and nails,  7 x 6 x 1/2 in. (17.8 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Promised Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker.