Tag: met-museum
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
January 2, 2025
Join curators Alison Hokanson and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein for a special preview of Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature at The Met. Opening to the public on February 8, this international loan exhibition brings together more than 75 paintings, drawings, and prints by Friedrich, the celebrated German Romantic artist
December 18, 2024
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724–1780) was a prolific and unconventional draftsman whose imagery offers an unparalleled view of life in eighteenth-century Paris. With subjects that range from the elevated to the mundane, his work brims with wit and humanity but eludes easy categorization. Three talks will explore some of the topics
December 17, 2024
Join us in New York City on October 28th and 29th for two days of events and conversations among curators, collectors, conservators, and artists focused on historical, modern, and contemporary drawings.
September 27, 2024
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
September 6, 2024
This curatorial conversation is inspired by the exhibition British Vision, 1700–1900: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints, on view from December 7, 2023 through March 5, 2024. The show celebrates recent additions to The Met’s collection by British artists who worked across two centuries, from 1700 to 1900.
November 14, 2023