Aaron Douglas' "Aspects of Negro Life" moves from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black CultureLearn more about The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-harlem-renaissance-and-transatlantic-modernism Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum © 2024 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Free Black Women’s Library | Civic Practice Partnership 2023–2025“Part of what inspired the project was wanting to create something that really centered the brilliance and creativity of Black women writers and the transformative possibilities that come with reading” — OlaRonke Akinmowo The Free Black Women’s Library is a third-space social art project founded and maintained by artist OlaRonke Akinmowo that features a collection of over 5,000 books written by Black women...
Clay | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 5 #podcastIn seventeenth-century Europe, some of the wealthiest women in the world were doing something strange with the ceramic jars in their curiosity cabinets. They were eating them. But these clay pieces from Mexico—called búcaros—weren't just some bizarre snack. They were seen as a piece of the “New World,” one you could touch, smell, and taste. They were so well known that they even made it into the foreground of masterpiece paintings....
Art & Science: Shared Enlightenment with Roald Hoffmann, Enrique Martínez Celaya, and Krista TippettSunday, April 21, 2024 2–3 pm Roald Hoffmann, chemist and writer Enrique Martínez Celaya, artist Moderated by Krista Tippett, journalist and author Hear from renowned artist and former physicist Enrique Martínez Celaya and Nobel Prize-winning chemist Roald Hoffmann as they come together for a conversation exploring the multifaceted relationship between art and science. Gain insight ...
Drawing Connoisseurship from the Art Market to the British Museum: Mistakes, Fakes, and Second TakesThe Michael and Juliet Rubenstein Lectures on Connoisseurship—Drawing Connoisseurship from the Art Market to the British Museum: Mistakes, Fakes, and Second Takes Date and Time Friday, April 19, 2024 6–7 pm Location The Met Fifth Avenue The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Hugo Chapman, Simon Sainsbury Keeper of Prints and Drawings, The British Museum In the second Michael and Juli...
Paper | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 4 #podcastValentines, comic books, cigarette cards and more—all of these objects can be meaningful, but what does it mean to house them in a museum? Paper holds our memories, our stories, our fears, and our desires. How do conservators race against time to make them last? Enter the world of handheld ephemera, where keeping these objects in our hands or in our pockets keeps them close to our hearts. This podcast episode was first released May 25, ...
Unpackaging Product PhotographySara Cwynar, photographer Bobby Doherty, photographer Emily Keegin, photo director and editor Moderated by Virginia McBride, Research Associate, Department of Photographs, The Met Consider how common objects are animated, transformed, and fetishized by the camera, from the artist’s studio to the ad agency. Join a panel of artists and experts to explore commercial strategies of visual seduction in contemporary product photographs and their historical prec...
Shells | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 3 #podcastIt all begins with a sea creature—a snail called a conch—and the mathematically perfect spiral it transforms into a home, which we humans then put to our lips and play like a trumpet. Throughout time and cultures, conch shells have been used to communicate across great distances, from signaling on the battlefield to connecting with the divine. Hear stories about a jazz musician who plays the conch to connect with his ancestors, why a ...
Listen to how Sadie Barnette describes her artistic practice #shorts #artist #museumTake a tour of the exhibition on April 9 at 3pm: https://engage.metmuseum.org/events/education/met-tours/met-expert-talks/fy24/met-expert-talks-don-t-forget-to-call-your-mother/?_gl=1*1dvsie5*_ga*Mzg5MTExOTk2LjE3MTE1NzA3ODA.*_ga_Y0W8DGNBTB*MTcxMTU3MjkyNi4yLjEuMTcxMTU3MzIxNy4wLjAuMA.. Watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq5PxUqHQiA Learn more about the exhibition: https://www.metmuseum....
Reconstruction of a Mirror—Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance | Met ExhibitionsThis video shows a reconstruction of the Tabernacle Mirror Frame, on view nearby, showing its shutters sliding open. The hypothetical reconstruction employs Alessandro Allori's Portrait of Bianca Capello and Allegory of Human Life. Learn more about the exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/hidden-faces-covered-portraits-of-the-renaissance Production Credits: Managing Producer:...
Linen | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 2 #podcastTake a spin through The Met and you’ll find thousands of items made from linen. From a 3,500 year old sheet from Ancient Egypt, to a Giorgio Armani suit from the 1980s, linen has been a symbol of wealth and authority. But it's also been a tool for the oppression and exploitation of enslaved people in the American South, and an engine of work and comfort in the Victorian era. Suit up as we undress the legacy of linen through its complex, ...
Reconstruction of a Mask—Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance | Met ExhibitionsThis video shows a reconstruction of Cover with a Mask, Grotteschi, and Inscription sliding to reveal Portrait of a Woman (La Monaca). Both works are included in the exhibition Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance, on view at The Met through July 7, 2024. Learn more about the exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/hidden-faces-covered-portraits-of-the-renaissance Pr...
Christian McBride on the late, great jazz legend Duke Ellington
The Leonard A. Lauder Distinguished Scholar Lecture—Blackbeats: Cubism ReimaginedMonday, April 1, 2024 6–7 pm Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History, Duke University Join scholar Richard J. Powell as he rethinks the art of Cubism through the historical and aesthetic lens of African American art. Artists such as Dudley Murphy, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Mickalene Thomas, and Nina Chanel Abney use angular and fractured forms that resonate with t...