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...
2023 Paper Conservation Symposium – ParchmentHosted by The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Paper Conservation Department, parchment and leather researcher and producer Jesse Meyer discusses historical and contemporary production methods, University of Cambridge Professor Dr. Matthew Collins and Research Associate Dr. Matthew Teasdale share their research on genetic markers that identify the animals used to make the parchment in ancient manuscripts. Subscribe for new content from The Me...
Learn about Sadie Barnette's "Photo Bar" (2022) #shorts #artist #museumWatch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq5PxUqHQiA Learn more about the exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/don-t-forget-to-call-your-mother Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum © 2024 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Concrete | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 1Concrete is full of contradictions. First it’s dust, then liquid, then hard as stone. It’s both rough and smooth, it’s modern and ancient, it can preserve history or play a hand in destroying it. Unsurprisingly, concrete is all about the gray area. Hear about this material from its supporters and detractors alike: why it’s so controversial, why it’s so often used in memorials, and how Colombian artist Doris Salcedo uses it to address g...
Artists on Artworks—Sadie Barnette on Don’t Forget to Call Your MotherJoin artist Sadie Barnette as she discusses her creative process and reflects on works in the exhibition Don’t Forget to Call Your Mother with author Carvell Wallace. Take a deep dive into what inspires creative decision making while exploring objects in the exhibition and The Met collection that hold personal meaning to Barnette. Hear more from the artist: https://youtu.be/Mq5PxUqHQiA Learn more about the e...
The controversial magazine that burned up in a fire... "Fire!!"
"Birches" by Robert Frost: An Optical Poem, 2024 | From the Vaults“When I see birches bend to left and right / Across the lines of straighter darker trees, / I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.” On April 7, 1955, Robert Frost delivered a poetry reading at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author recites his classic poem “Birches,” in which an older narrator reflects on the solitude of a childhood spent swinging birch trees in the fore...
Farah Siraj: Diggi Ya Rababa | MetLiveArtsFarah Siraj, vocals/guitar Andreas Arnold, flamenco guitar/bouzouki Andres Rotmistrovsky, electric bass Marcelo Woloski, percussion In 2018, MetLiveArts partnered with the World Music Institute to present three of the most creative, expressive female singers/songwriters hailing from Muslim-majority homelands. Though each presented music inspired by different places and events, together they issued a powerful call for freedom, unity, and peace. ...
Sadie Barnette discusses her piece “Photo Bar” in the exhibition “Don't Forget to Call Your Mother”“I make art because it’s just my way of moving through the world. It’s often an experiment...that room for doubt, when language falls off and all you’re left with is images and abstraction or a glittering field—that’s the place where I am hanging out and where I’m committed to continuing these experiments.” — @sadiebarnette See Sadie Barnette’s “Photo Bar
Art as Activism | Episode 5 | Harlem Is EverywhereWhat was the political legacy of the Harlem Renaissance? In the final episode, we’ll explore the lasting impact of the art and organizing that happened during the 1920s and ’30s and how it paved the way for the civil rights movement. We’ll highlight some key political events of the time and explore the work of artists such as Romare Bearden and Augusta Savage. We’ll also touch upon what it means for The Met to tell this story in 2...