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The Giants of Mont'e Prama

The Giants of Mont'e Prama

Learn about the discovery and meaning of these ancient stone figures from Sardinia. Read now →

 

 

Philip Guston at The Met

Philip Guston at The Met

Musa Guston Mayer reflects on her father's art and its legacy. Learn more →

 

 

Queer New York: A Virtual Walking Tour

Queer New York: A Virtual Walking Tour

Join the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project and The Met to learn about queer artists who have called the city home. Read now →

 

 

A Short History of the ACT UP Art Box

A Short History of the ACT UP Art Box

"ACT UP felt like a wonderful collision of creativity, political fervor, and justifiable anger..." Read now →

 

 

Reflections on Spiritual Resistance

Reflections on Spiritual Resistance

Building the Artists of the Holocaust Collection in Watson Library. Read now →

 

Pride Month at The Met

Celebrate the remarkable contributions of the LGBTQIA+ community through special events, exhibitions, and more.

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Exhibition Highlights

Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

Through July 16, 2023
The Met Fifth Avenue


Jegi: Korean Ritual Objects

Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter

Through July 16, 2023
The Met Fifth Avenue

 

Philip Guston: What Kind of Man Am I?

Philip Guston: What Kind of Man Am I?

Through August 2, 2023
The Met Fifth Avenue


Van Gogh's Cypresses

Van Gogh's Cypresses

Through August 27, 2023
The Met Fifth Avenue

 

The Roof Garden Commission: Lauren Halsey

The Roof Garden Commission: Lauren Halsey

Through October 22, 2023
The Met Fifth Avenue


Learning to Paint in Premodern China

Learning to Paint in Premodern China

Through January 7, 2024
The Met Fifth Avenue

 

Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art

Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery

UPCOMING

July 14, 2023–June 4, 2024
The Met Fifth Avenue


Embracing Color: Enamel in Chinese Decorative Arts, 1300–1900

Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE

UPCOMING

July 21–November 13, 2023
The Met Fifth Avenue

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Museum Mile Festival 2023

Museum Mile Festival

Tuesday, June 13, 6–9 pm
The Met Fifth Avenue, Museum-wide


Kick off your summer with The Met! Create art, catch a performance, and check out exhibitions, including the newly opened P.S. Art: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids.

All activities are free, and no registration is required.

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Karl Lagerfeld Sunday Evening Hours

Karl Lagerfeld Sunday Evening Hours

Sundays through July 16, 5–9 pm
Experience The Costume Institute’s spring 2023 exhibition, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, during special evening hours every Sunday. Please note that the rest of the Museum closes after 5 pm on Sunday. Free with Museum admission.

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For more information on the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, visit Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter, Philip Guston: What Kind of Man Am I?, Van Gogh's Cypresses, The Roof Garden Commission: Lauren Halsey, Learning to Paint in Premodern China, Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery, and Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE.

Museum Mile Festival is made possible in part by Council Member Keith Powers.

For Education program funders, visit metmuseum.org/educationfundingsupport.

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Comments are welcome at metmuseum_newsletter@metmuseum.org.

Images: Limestone statue of the boxer Fastigiadu, from the necropolis at Mont’e Prama, 900–750 BCE. Sardinian, Nuragic. Limestone. Image courtesy Mont’e Prama Foundation Archives, photos by Nicola Castangia | Philip Guston (American (born Canada), 1913–1980). Painter's Hand (detail), 1975. Oil on canvas, 67 x 79 in. (170.2 x 200.7 cm). Promised Gift of Musa Guston Mayer. Photograph by Genevieve Hanson | Logo for ACT UP. Courtesy ACT UP | Antoni Gładysz, Powrót z Piekła Hitlerowskiego: Wspomnienie z Obozu Koncentracyjnego w Gross-Rosen i Litomierzycach (Tarnów: Nakł. Administrcji "Hasła Ogrodniczo-Rolniczego,” 1945) | Composite Image, 2023. Photographed by Julia Hetta. Photo © Julia Hetta | 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 | Philip Guston (American, 1913–1980), Pittore (detail), 1973, Oil on canvas, 72 3/4 × 80 1/2 in. (184.8 × 204.5 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Promised Gift of Musa Guston Mayer © The Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Photograph by Genevieve Hanson. |  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) | 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)  | Stupa panel with the nagaraja Mucalinda protecting the Buddha (detail). Dhulikatta stupa, Telangana, India. Early Satavahana, 1st century BCE. Limestone. Archaeology Museum, Karimnagar, Government of Telangana. Photo by Thierry Ollivier