Art in your inbox: Women's History Month

 

Art in your inbox Women's History Month Celebrate the vital contributions women make to our lives, art, and society. Explore now → Women's Work, Part 1 In celebration of Women's History Month, a selection of contemporary women artists reflects on their art and share what inspires them most in the Museum. Read now →     Filming Berenice Abbott Filmmakers Martha Wheelock and Kay Weaver discuss their memories of living and working with the legendary photographer. Watch now →     Textile Conservation at The Met Learn about the science, art, and exhibition techniques of textile conservation at the Museum. Watch now →     The Paradox of the Fool Unpack the peculiar ways the jester challenged the medieval social order. Learn more about this fascinating sculpture now on view in Rich Man, Poor Man: Art, Class, and Commerce in a Late Medieval Town. Read more →   Exhibition Highlights Berenice Abbott's New York Album, 1929 JUST OPENED Through September 4, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue Rich Man, Poor Man: Art, Class, and Commerce in a Late Medieval Town JUST OPENED Through August 20, 2023 The Met Cloisters Water Memories CLOSING SOON Through April 2, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art CLOSING SOON Through April 2, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue New York Art Worlds, 1870–1890 Through July 21, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter UPCOMING Opens April 3, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid UPCOMING Opens April 4, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art UPCOMING Opens April 8, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue From The Met Store     All the Beauty in the World The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me By Patrick Bringley "A fascinating, revelatory portrait of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard." Learn more →   Plan Your Visit See the Plan Your Visit page for more information about buying tickets in advance. Please note our current opening days and hours for each location. Masks are strongly recommended. See our visitor guidelines for the latest health and safety updates. Buy 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 on the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, visit Rich Man, Poor Man: Art, Class, and Commerce in a Late Medieval Town, Berenice Abbott's New York Album, 1929, Water Memories, Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art, New York Art Worlds, 1870–1890, Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter, Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid, and Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art. 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: Clara Peeters (Flemish, Mechelen ca. 1587–after 1636 Ghent). A Bouquet of Flowers, ca. 1612. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Friends of European Paintings, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Gifts, Gift of Humanities Fund Inc., by exchange, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Inc. Gift, and funds from various donors, 2020 (2020.22) | Amy Sillman (American, 1955). Finger x 2, 2015. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Edith C. Blum Fund, and Andrew J. and Christine C. Hall Foundation Gift, 2016 (2016.694) © Amy Sillman | Architectural Support with a Jester, 1524–1549. French, Made in Exeter, England, by French woodworkers. Oak, 83 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/4 in., 101 lb. (211 x 24.1 x 23.5 cm, 45.8 kg). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1974 (1974.295.1) | Berenice Abbott (American, 1898–1991). Page from New York Album, 1929–30. Gelatin silver prints, 10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Emanuel Gerard, 1984 (1984.1097.9–.18). © Berenice Abbott / Commerce Graphics Ltd. Inc. | © Cara Romero (Native American (Chemehuevi), born 1977). Water Memory (detail), 2021. Photograph, Framed: 41 × 41 in. (104.1 × 104.1 cm). | Juan de Pareja (Spanish, ca. 1608–1670). The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1661. Oil on canvas, 88 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 8 in. (225 x 325 cm). Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (P001041). Photo: © Photographic Archive Museo Nacional del Prado | Cecily Brown. Maid in a Landscape, 2021. Oil on linen. Private collection. Courtesy the artist, photo by Genevieve Hanson | Detail of “Universal Gateway,” Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra, Japan, Kamakura Period (1185–1333), dated 1257. Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953.