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CLICK TITLES FOR MORE INFORMATION Art in your inbox The Art of the Copyist Discover the pleasure of sustained looking alongside contemporary artist Jas Knight as he copies Diego Velázquez’s Juan de Pareja (1650) in our galleries. Watch now →     A Conversation with Dia al-Azzawi–On Calligraphy as Inspiration, 1960s Iraq, and the US Invasion Artist Dia al-Azzawi speaks on Arabic calligraphy and literature as sources of inspiration, 1960s Baghdad and Beirut, and the US invasion of Iraq. Watch now →     How We Collect: Research, Transparency, and Collaboration Learn about The Met's collecting practices and provenance research. Learn more →     Yes, There's a Library Here! “I didn’t know there was a library here.” Watson Library staff are often greeted with these words by a curious museum visitor who happens upon our entrance inside the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Learn more →     Hidden Bagpipes of The Met To celebrate International Bagpipe Day, join one of the holiday's co-founders on a tour of bagpipes at the Museum. Read now →   Featured Event MetSpeaks An Evening with Cecily Brown Friday, April 28, 6–7 pm The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Join artist Cecily Brown and Met curator Adam Eaker for a conversation about Brown’s engagement with art history, influences from The Met collection, and her own singular artistic practice. Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is required. Register now → Exhibition Highlights CLICK TITLES FOR MORE INFORMATION Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter JUST OPENED Through July 16, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid JUST OPENED Through December 3, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art FINAL WEEKEND Through April 16, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue Rich Man, Poor Man: Art, Class, and Commerce in a Late Medieval Town Through August 20, 2023 The Met Cloisters Learning to Paint in Premodern China Through January 7, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue Renaissance Masterpieces of Judaica: The Mishneh Torah and The Rothschild Mahzor SPECIAL INSTALLATION Ongoing The Met Fifth Avenue The Roof Garden Commission: Lauren Halsey UPCOMING Opens April 18, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty UPCOMING Opens May 5, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue Light and Tone: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints UPCOMING Opens May 18, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue Van Gogh's Cypresses UPCOMING Opens May 22, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue From The Met Store Spring at The Met Store Our latest catalog boasts more than 70 brand-new designs, including scarves, accessories, jewelry, and so much more. 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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 Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter, Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid, Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art, Rich Man, Poor Man: Art, Class, and Commerce in a Late Medieval Town, Learning to Paint in Premodern China, Renaissance Masterpieces of Judaica: The Mishneh Torah and The Rothschild Mahzor, The Roof Garden Commission: Lauren Halsey, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, Light and Tone: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints, and Van Gogh's Cypresses. For Education program funders, visit metmuseum.org/educationfundingsupport. 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: 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 | Martinus Rørbye. View from the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight (detail), 1839. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2007 | Architectural Support with a Peasant Holding a Club, 1524–1549. Made in Exeter (by French woodworkers), England. French. Oak, 83 x 9 1/2 x 12 in., 111 lb. (211 x 24.1 x 30.5 cm, 50.3 kg). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1974 (1974.295.3) | Wang Yuanqi (Chinese, 1642–1715). Streams and Mountains without End (detail), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), undated. Handscroll; ink on paper, 7 1/8 in. x 70 ft. (43.5 x 2133.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Partial and Promised Gift of the Family of Lo Chia-Lun, 2022 (2022.128)  | Rothschild Mahzor (Italian, 1490). Opening of Ecclesiastes (detail). Ink, watercolor, powdered gold and silver leaf on parchment. Courtesy of The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. | Composite Image, 2023. Photographed by Julia Hetta. Photo © Julia Hetta | Left: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). The Starry Night (detail), 1889. Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4 in. (73.7 x 92.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange), 1941; Conservation was made possible by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY; right: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). Wheat Field with Cypresses (detail), 1889. Oil on canvas, 28 7/8 x 36 3/4 in. (73.2 x 93.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993 (1993.132) | Photo by Rebecca Schear