Paris through the Eyes of Saint-Aubin
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724–1780) was a prolific and unconventional draftsman whose drawings invite viewers into every corner of the French capital. As an observer and chronicler, he prowled the streets of Paris and recorded the full spectrum of daily life in his sketchbooks, from shop interiors to art auctions and public gardens to rowdy street fairs. Everything he saw was worthy of his attention, wit, and empathy.
Monet, Great / Not so Great: Looking Closely
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Join art historian Gloria Groom for a closer look at artworks from Monet's extraordinarily long career to consider works that are incontestably great—and others, where his ambition, technique, and composition fall short of that adjective. This talk also considers other factors that come into connoisseurship, including historical context, tastes of the times, and, potentially most importantly, the market.