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Important Antiquities Lent by Republic of Italy on View at Metropolitan Museum
Share A rare, recently excavated ancient Roman dining set consisting of 20 silver objects—one of only three such sets from the region of Pompeii known to exist in the world—and an important ancient Greek kylix (or drinking cup) have been installed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Galleries for Greek and Roman... »
Paintings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
Share Exhibition Dates: March 16 – August 8, 2010 Press Preview: Monday, March 15, 10:00 a.m.–noon Founded in 1917, the Allen Memorial Art Museum is one of the finest college or university collections in the United States, serving as an invaluable educational resource for aspiring art scholars. While the museum is closed in 2010 for... »
Doug and Mike Starn Create Monumental Sculpture for Metropolitan Museum’s 2010 Roof Garden Installation
Share Big Bambú to Open April 27 American artists Mike and Doug Starn (born 1961) have been invited by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to create a site-specific installation for The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, opening to the public on April 27. The identical twin brothers will present Big Bambú, a monumental... »
How Did Chinese Artists Learn and Practice Their Craft? Met Museum Explores the Topic in New Installation
Share A new installation opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on February 6, Mastering the Art of Chinese Painting: Xie Zhiliu (1910-1997) , demonstrates how Chinese artists learned their craft from earlier masterpieces and from nature. It showcases more than 100 works—including paintings, sketches, drawings, calligraphies, and poetry manuscripts—by Xie Zhiliu (pronounced “shay jer... »
Magnificent Manuscript and Sculptures Commissioned by Two Early 15th-Century Dukes of France on View in Pair of Metropolitan Museum Exhibitions
The Art of Illumination and The Mourners Will Open March 2 »
Collected Drawings of Bronzino Unveiled at the Met
Share by Kevin Callahan “I say to you briefly that by drawing I mean all those things that can be formed with the value, or force, of simple lines.” – Agnolo Bronzino The NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art in conjunction with the Galleria degli Uffizi and Polo Museale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy opened a first ever exhibition of... »
Picasso painting ripped by New York woman’s fall
Share A woman who was taking an art class at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has accidentally fallen into a Picasso painting and damaged it. The painting called The Actor sustained a vertical tear of about six inches (15cm) in the lower right-hand corner. But the damage did not affect the “focal point of the composition”... »
Photocollages Reveal Wit and Whimsy of the Victorian Era in Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Opening February 2
Share Exhibition Dates: February 2-May 9, 2010 Press Preview: Monday, February 1, 10 a.m.-noon In the 1860s and 1870s, long before the embrace of collage techniques by avant-garde artists of the early 20th century, aristocratic Victorian women were experimenting with photocollage. Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art... »
Installation of Contemporary Aboriginal Painting Opens at Metropolitan Museum
Share Installation dates: December 15, 2009 – June 13, 2010 Location: Rockefeller Wing corridor, first floor, opposite Modern Art An installation of 14 bold and colorful paintings created by contemporary Aboriginal Australian artists will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 15. Drawn from a U. S. private collection, Contemporary Aboriginal Painting... »
An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo
Share Exhibition Dates: May 12–August 15, 2010 Exhibition Location: Galleries for Drawings, Prints, and Photographs. Metropolitan Museum of Art Press Preview: Monday, May 10, 10:00 a.m.–noon An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo will present 70 extraordinary works by masters of the 16th through 18th centuries, from one of the preeminent... »






Caption Contest 22
Best Friends by Shari Nees
Pick of the Day – Amy Fose
Imagined Lives: Mystery Portraits 1520-1640
Monthly Photo Tip – March 2010
At Home
Pick of the Day – Edward Sobuta
Tribute to Gareth Carrivick
Trillum by David Lane






