#  @metmuseum The Met The Met posts on YouTube about art, metropolitan museum of art, new york, history the most. 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Sargent and Paris explores the early career of American painter John Singer Sargent (18561925) from his arrival in Paris in [----] as a precocious 18-year-old art student through the mid-1880s when his infamous portrait Madame X was a scandalous success at the Paris Salon. Over" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=16DDsQ960xk) 2025-05-08T23:00Z 500K followers, 264.7K engagements "David Roentgen's Automaton of Queen Marie Antoinette The Dulcimer Player (La Joueuse de Tympanon) Watch this surprising video of an automaton play the dulcimer. David Roentgen (1743--1807) took his royal patron by surprise when he delivered this beautiful automaton to King Louis XVI for his queen Marie Antoinette in [----]. The cabinetry for this piece is very much a neoclassical masterwork and the mechanism behind it is truly extraordinary: the figure strikes the strings in perfect rhythm with two small metal hammers held in her hands which move with great precision. This object is from Muse" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2OMoo3y5WIQ) 2012-10-24T14:51Z 500K followers, 257.8K engagements "The Medici: Portraits and Politics [--------] Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions Join Keith Christiansen the John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings and guest curator Carlo Falciani Professor of Art History at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence for a tour of The Medici: Portraits and Politics [--------]. This stunning exhibition features over [--] works in a wide range of mediums from paintings sculptural busts medals and carved gemstones to drawings etchings manuscripts and armor. Included are works by the period's most celebrated artists from Raphael Jacopo Pontormo" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3CxZ2PrXQ1M) 2021-07-01T23:00Z 500K followers, 273K engagements "Exhibition TourDivine Egypt Met Exhibitions Join Diana Craig Patch the Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge of Egyptian Art and Brendan Hainline Research Associate in the Department of Egyptian Art to virtually explore the exhibition Divine Egypt on view at The Met through January [--] [----]. In ancient Egypt images of gods werent just imagesthey brought the gods to life. Egyptians believed that it was through their depictions in tombs temples and shrines that the deities could enter sacred spaces and become active participants in rituals offering a vital connection between the human and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4WyhvTRfO_c) 2025-10-23T14:47Z 500K followers, 67K engagements "Helen Frankenthaler in her studio [----] From the Vaults Im not involved in doing good womens painting; Im involved in doing good painting. Helen Frankenthaler In [----] The Met visited her New York studio to capture her reflections on life art and the evolution of her practicetold entirely in her own words. A pioneering force in postwar American abstraction Frankenthaler pushed painting into new territory with her gravity-defying soak-stain technique pouring pigment onto canvas laid flat on the floor. Across six decades her work remained defined by spontaneity experimentation and a seamless" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4q2FnVa57_Q) 2025-12-12T16:34Z 500K followers, 25.4K engagements "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of BeautyExhibition Tour with Andrew Bolton Join Andrew Bolton the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute on a tour of the exhibition "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty." The Costume Institutes spring [----] exhibition examines the work of Karl Lagerfeld (19332019). Focusing on the designers stylistic vocabulary as expressed in aesthetic themes that appear time and again in his fashions from the 1950s to his final collection in [----] the show spotlights the German-born designers unique working methodology. On view May 5th through July 16th [----]. Learn more" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=61SVhw_bDj4) 2023-05-12T14:30Z 500K followers, 250.4K engagements "Exhibition Tour Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck Met Exhibitions Join Dita Amory Robert Lehman Curator in Charge Lehman Collection and Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO to virtually explore Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck. Beloved in Nordic countries for her highly original style Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck (18621946) is relatively unknown to the rest of the world. Overcoming immense personal struggles and working in a remote location for decades she produced a powerful body of work through sheer force of will. This exhibition" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7nF7kwkZ7Ag) 2025-12-18T20:31Z 500K followers, 72.3K engagements "Take a closer look at the Tiffany "Garden Landscape" Window Twenty years ago Met curator Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen saw photographs of a three-part Tiffany window depicting a lush garden landscape and immediately fell in love with it. Alas the window disappeared into private handsuntil a few years ago when it became available once again and was enthusiastically brought into the Museums collection. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Art Museum History New" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8Y34GlCcHWg) 2026-02-13T15:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Exhibition TourVan Gogh's Cypresses Met Exhibitions Join Susan Alyson Stein Engelhard Curator of Nineteenth-Century European Painting to virtually explore Van Goghs Cypresses the first exhibition to focus on the treesamong the most famous in the history of artimmortalized in signature images by Vincent van Gogh (18531890). Such iconic pictures as Wheat Field with Cypresses and The Starry Night take their place as the centerpiece in a presentation that affords an unprecedented perspective on a motif virtually synonymous with the Dutch artists fiercely original power of expression. Some 40" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BdHpql-5qRs) 2023-06-01T23:00Z 500K followers, 127.2K engagements "Is This Ea-nasir Taking a look at the ancient texts ✍🤓 While you may recognize this sculpture in The Met collection from the Internet meme about Ea-nasir's infamous poor quality copper you may be surprised to learn that he's actually a Sumerian from around [----] years before Ea-nasir's time. Join Ancient West Asian Art curator Sarah Graff as she shares her love for this standing figure artifacts with humanity and the relatable stories we can learn from them. ___ 🧍♂ Standing male worshiper ca. [--------] BCE. Mesopotamia Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar). Gypsum alabaster shell black limestone" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CV6WNjLoAAs) 2025-12-26T20:00Z 500K followers, 23.1K engagements "Take a closer look at Alexander McQueen's iconic "Armadillo" boots #Shorts Everything I do is connected to nature in one way or another." Alexander McQueen In [----] Alexander McQueen presented his bold collection "Platos Atlantis" inspired by Charles Darwins [----] scientific book "On the Origin of Species." McQueen imagined humankind evolving to survive underwater and presented a fantastical posthuman hybrid aquatic creature with a bold and visionary statement: "There is no way back for me now. I am going to take you on journeys you never dreamed were possible. Included in the collection were" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F8I7pPuV8_U) 2024-05-22T14:00Z 500K followers, 646.4K engagements "Exhibition TourArts of the Ancient Americas Michael C. Rockefeller Wing Join Joanne Pillsbury Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art and curator Laura Filloy Nadal along with Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO and special guest Alejandro de Avila to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of the Ancient Americas galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Learn about the enduring tradition of the Mesoamerican ballgame new findings on the role of women of power and an extraordinary technology developed by Moche metalsmiths. These artworks reveal" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FGdtrRSEOzI) 2025-07-16T20:04Z 500K followers, 54.1K engagements "Great Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Africas Cultural Landmarks Great Zimbabwe the largest medieval stone complex in sub-Saharan Africa is a remarkable feat of engineering. Through striking cinematography meet the masonry team responsible for maintaining the Great Zimbabwe complexconstructed from dry stone masonryand hear from specialists committed to preserving the surviving archaeological landscape. This film is part of Africas Cultural Landmarks produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with World Monuments Fund. This documentary series directed by Sosena Solomon examines some of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=G-6uKth3JQ0) 2025-05-31T11:00Z 500K followers, 31.7K engagements "Surrealism Beyond Borders Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions Nearly from its inception Surrealism has had an international scope but knowledge of the movement has been formed primarily through a Western European focus. Join Stephanie DAlessandro the Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Senior Research Coordinator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Met and explore this exhibition which reconsiders the true movement of Surrealism beyond boundaries of geography and chronologyand within networks that span Eastern Europe to the Caribbean Asia to North Africa and Australia" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=G-gyzGqsWio) 2021-10-13T23:00Z 500K followers, 178.9K engagements "A New Home for the Tiffany "Garden Landscape" Window Twenty years ago Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Met saw photographs of a three-part Tiffany window depicting a lush garden landscape and immediately fell in love with it. Alas the window disappeared into private handsuntil a few years ago when it became available once more and was enthusiastically brought into the Museums collection. Conceived commissioned and crafted by women the window highlights the important and often unrecognized role played by women in the art of Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KfdWikGUT5Q) 2025-12-11T21:41Z 500K followers, 83.7K engagements "The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions England under the volatile Tudor dynasty was a thriving home for the arts. An international community of artists and merchants many of them religious refugees navigated the high-stakes demands of royal patrons including Englands first two reigning queens. Against the backdrop of shifting political relationships with mainland Europe Tudor artistic patronage legitimized promoted and stabilized a series of tumultuous reigns from Henry VIIs seizure of the throne in [----] to the death of his granddaughter Elizabeth I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L5mPQ4rfoF8) 2022-10-19T23:00Z 500K followers, 213.3K engagements "The Art of the Copyist Discover the pleasure of sustained looking alongside contemporary artist Jas Knight as he copies Diego Velzquezs Juan de Pareja (1650) in our galleries. You can see Jass completed painting on our Perspectives page: https://www.metmuseum.org/Perspectives/Videos/2023/3/Copyist-Jas-Knight Learn more about The Met's Copyist Program: https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-creates/copyist-program Learn more about the exhibition Juan de Pareja Afro-Hispanic Painter: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/juan-de-pareja Subscribe for new content from The Met:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NRjwG1Ru7N8) 2023-03-09T19:52Z 500K followers, 675K engagements "Exhibition TourThe Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism Met Exhibitions Join Dr. Denise M. Murrell Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large in The Mets Director's Office for a virtual tour of the groundbreaking exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism. Through some [---] works of painting sculpture photography film and ephemera it will explore the comprehensive and far-reaching ways in which Black artists portrayed everyday modern life in the new Black cities that took shape in the 1920s40s in New York Citys Harlem and nationwide in the early decades of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O5vZ-x5G0Zs) 2024-03-08T00:00Z 500K followers, 127.4K engagements "Exhibition TourMan Ray: When Objects Dream Met Exhibitions Join Stephanie DAlessandro Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Senior Research Coordinator and Stephen Pinson Curator in the Department of Photographs to virtually explore Man Ray: When Objects Dream. American artist Man Ray (18901976) was a visionary known for his radical experiments that pushed the limits of photography painting sculpture and film. In the winter of [----] he pioneered the rayograph a new twist on a technique used to make photographs without a camera. By placing objects on or near a sheet of light-sensitive" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O8YpShELx-k) 2025-09-25T19:08Z 500K followers, 36K engagements "Building the Moroccan Court Journey from Fez to New York to watch artisans build a modern Moroccan court inside The Met using traditional 15th-century techniques. In [----] after an extensive renovation The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened the new Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands Turkey Iran Central Asia and Later South Asia which house the Museum's renowned collection of Islamic art. A vital part of the installation was the Patti Cadby Birch Court a Moroccan court built by a team of expertsfrom curators and historians to designers and craftsmenover many months. Complementing the works" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Og6cTlwBTrk) 2013-08-08T17:10Z 500K followers, 1.6M engagements "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty - Gallery Views [----] Learn more about Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty on view at the Met May 4--July [--] 2011: http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/ The exhibition organized by The Costume Institute celebrates the late Alexander McQueen's extraordinary contributions to fashion. From his Central Saint Martins postgraduate collection of [----] to his final runway presentation which took place after his death in February [----] Mr. McQueen challenged and expanded the understanding of fashion beyond utility to a conceptual expression of culture politics and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pg0HwLAJyV0) 2011-05-10T18:51Z 500K followers, 610.1K engagements "Conserving Degas Watch a video about the construction of a new tutu for The Met's cast of Degas's famous sculpture The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer. The Met's costume conservator Glenn Peterson discusses the history of the sculpture and the decisions made in the conservation of its tutu. The sculpture usually on view at The Met Fifth Avenue is currently featured in the exhibition Like Life: Sculpture Color and the Body (1300Now) on view at The Met Breuer through July [--] [----]. Featured Artwork: Edgar Degas (French 18341917). The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer model executed ca. [----] cast" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Swh6pYdeR_8) 2018-04-06T14:24Z 500K followers, 522.5K engagements "Sue Cassidy Clark: The Camera Was My Art For Met patron and emeritus volunteer Sue Cassidy Clark photography was a means of sharing her experiences in the jazz clubs of New York and the basketball courts of the NBA. When she realized it was time to let go of her cameras she decided to donate them to The Mets Department of Photographic Conservation. Join Sue for an intimate look back at her early days in New York through her photographs scrapbooks and cameras. Read more on Perspectives: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/sue-cassidy-clark-the-camera-was-my-art Chief Digital Officer:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TOHqe7X6sH0) 2025-09-23T20:45Z 500K followers, 161.8K engagements "Paul Klee: "In the Magic Kitchen" MetSpeaks Charles W. Haxthausen Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art History Emeritus Williams College and Leonard A. Lauder Distinguished Scholar [------] and [----] The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art The Met Paul Klee was unrivaled among his contemporaries in his wide-ranging experimentation with materials and unconventional techniques. Join scholar Charles W. Haxthausen as he explores the variety of Klees practice and reflects on its art-historical implications. Organized by Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art Subscribe for new" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tym2Ud7Faug) 2022-12-14T19:12Z 500K followers, 27.8K engagements "Exhibition Tour Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature Met Exhibitions Join Alison Hokanson Curator in the Department of European Paintings and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints along with Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO to virtually explore Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature. Caspar David Friedrich (17741840) reimagined European landscape painting by portraying nature as a setting for profound spiritual and emotional encounters. Working in the vanguard of the German Romantic movement which championed a radical" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VVoVB3KcyTs) 2025-02-20T16:38Z 500K followers, 111.8K engagements "In a Brilliant Light: Van Gogh in Arles [----] From the Vaults Near the end of his life Vincent van Gogh moved from Paris to the city of Arles in southeastern France where he experienced the most productive period of his artistic career. During his [---] days there he completed over two hundred paintings and one hundred drawings inspired by the regions light wildlife and inhabitants. This film presents the stories behind many beloved works alongside beautiful footage of daily life in Provence as well as glimpses of rarely seen canvases held in private collections. Narrated by Edward Herrmann. As" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VglM0-sgZbM) 2020-07-10T17:00Z 500K followers, 144.4K engagements "Gurbet O Kadar by Yildirim Grses Gurbet O Kadar by Yildirim Grses performed by Ara Dinkjian on the d Tamer Pinarbasi on the qnn and Glen Velez on the bodhrn. Filmed in the The Ko Family Galleries featuring Carpets Textiles and the Greater Ottoman World and Arts of the Ottoman Court (14th20th centuries) on August [--] [----]. Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation. Credits: Director: Kate Farrell Producer: Melissa Bell Editor: Alex Guns Camera: Alex Guns and Kelly Richardson Lighting: Ned Hallick Gaffer: Christopher Yurnet Sound Recording and Post-Production Audio: David" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2Q7PZXx4U) 2018-09-13T13:12Z 500K followers, 1.5M engagements "Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions Join Stephanie Herdrich Associate Curator of American Painting and Sculpture and Sylvia Yount Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Chargeboth of the American Wingfor a virtual tour of "Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents." This ambitious survey reconsiders Homers work through the lens of conflict a theme that crosses his prolific career. A persistent fascination with struggle permeates his artfrom emblematic images of the Civil War and Reconstruction that examine the effects of the conflict on the landscape soldiers and formerly enslaved to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g2UtGDMKyxA) 2022-04-20T23:00Z 500K followers, 135.8K engagements "Van Goghs Materials and Process I Sunday at The Met Silvia A. Centeno Research Scientist Department of Scientific Research The Met Charlotte Hale Walter Burke Conservator Paintings Conservation The Met Gain a deeper understanding of Van Goghs artistic process through new discoveries from recent technical studies of Wheat Field with Cypresses and Cypresses in The Met collection. Hear from Museum experts about how these examinations have enriched our understanding of Van Goghs materials and process and shed light on his artistic vision. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Van Goghs" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jYhYi2l_AbQ) 2023-08-21T20:21Z 500K followers, 144K engagements "Pipa: White Snow in Spring performed by Wu Man Recognized as the worlds premier pipa virtuoso and leading ambassador of Chinese music Grammy Award-nominated musician Wu Man performs White Snow in Spring. Filmed in The Astor Chinese Garden Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art April [--] [----] White Snow in Spring first appeared in [----] (Qing dynasty) as a hand-written score by pipa master Li Fangyuan's New Collection of Thirteen Pipa Score. Credits: Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation Production Credits Producer and Director: Kate Farrell Production Coordinator: Lisa" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ksiM1wRcutQ) 2016-08-01T17:54Z 500K followers, 987.4K engagements "Exhibition TourLook Again: European Paintings 1300-1800 Join curators Stephan Wolohojian Adam Eaker David Pullins and Anna-Claire Stinebring along with their special guests as they guide you through the newly reopened galleries dedicated to European Paintings from [----] to [----]. The reconfigured galleries highlight fresh narratives and dialogues among more than [---] works of art from the Museums world-famous holdings which include recently acquired paintings and prestigious loans as well as select sculptures and decorative art showcase the interconnectedness of cultures materials and moments" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mOiEOs3ZlT8) 2024-01-19T17:28Z 500K followers, 398.7K engagements "Exhibition TourVertigo of Color: Matisse Derain and the Origins of Fauvism Met Exhibitions Join Dita Amory Robert Lehman Curator in Charge and Ann Dumas Consulting Curator of European Art at The Museum of Fine Arts Houston to virtually explore Vertigo of Color: Matisse Derain and the Origins of Fauvism. Over an intense nine weeks in the summer of [----] in the modest fishing village of Collioure on the French Mediterranean Henri Matisse and Andr Derain embarked on a partnership that led to a wholly new radical artistic language later known as Fauvism. Their daring energetic experiments with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=maRY3SyDzMA) 2023-11-10T00:00Z 500K followers, 333.2K engagements "Demonstration of David Roentgen's Automaton of Queen Marie Antoinette The Dulcimer Player Watch a demonstration of Queen Marie Antoinette's Automaton playing one of eight melodies it can perform. Subscribe for new content from the Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseu. David Roentgen (1743--1807) took his royal patron by surprise when he delivered this beautiful automaton to King Louis XVI for his queen Marie Antoinette in [----]. The cabinetry for this piece is very much a neoclassical masterwork and the mechanism behind it is truly extraordinary: the figure strikes the strings in perfect" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nITEU4fsqCU) 2012-11-20T19:48Z 500K followers, 1.5M engagements "Conserving the King Arthur Tapestry Follow the conservation treatment of King Arthur from the Nine Heroes Tapestries series among the oldest in The Mets collection. The tapestry had not been treated since [----] when it first came into The Mets collection. Watch as conservators clean stabilize and reweave fragile areas of the work finally reinstalling it at The Cloisters where it is now on view in gallery [--]. Featuring: Kathrin Colburn Kisook Suh Anna Szalecki Janina Poskrobko Featured Artwork: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/467528 King Arthur (from the Nine Heroes Tapestries)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=poZShJjKzE0) 2022-12-09T18:00Z 500K followers, 100.4K engagements "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening FashionExhibition Tour with Andrew Bolton Met Exhibitions Join Andrew Bolton Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute on a tour of the exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. The Costume Institutes spring [----] exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion reactivates the sensory capacities of masterworks in the Museums collection through first-hand research conservation analysis and diverse technologiesfrom cutting-edge tools of artificial intelligence and computer-generated imagery to traditional formats of x-rays video animation light" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q2bOFdvcLEc) 2024-05-16T21:17Z 500K followers, 406.3K engagements "Meet Me At The Met: Laurie Anderson Its difficult to pick a favorite object in The Met collection but New York artist Laurie Anderson finds herself making a beeline to the Mail Shirt with Inscribed Rings (15th16th century) whenever she visits. The shirt is constructed entirely of interlocking riveted links of iron and copper alloy each stamped with the names of Allah and the five leading imams of the Shia (i.e. Muhammad 'Ali Fatima Hasan and Husayn) who are also collectively known as The Five (Panj tan) or the People of the Cloak (Ahl al-Kisa). These links are occasionally interspersed with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uLeOli991E8) 2025-10-02T18:53Z 500K followers, 33.7K engagements "The American Wing at [---] Join curators Sylvia Yount Medill Higgins Harvey Adrienne Spinozzi Amelia Peck Alyce Perry Englund Stephanie L. Herdrich Thayer Tolles Patricia Marroquin Norby and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen along with Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO as the American Wing celebrates its 100th anniversary with a reinstallation of its extensive collection of art and design. Newly interpreted galleries on three floors reveal connections across the Wings increasingly hemispheric holdingsfrom the mid-17th to mid-20th century with some contemporary expressionsand foreground" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wK9x1NIzxNs) 2024-12-20T22:51Z 500K followers, 67K engagements "The Art of Indonesia: Tales from the Shadow World [----] From the Vaults A captivating documentary about the rituals myths and traditions of Indonesia. Written and directed by Andrea Simon this beautiful film incorporates Old Javanese poetry sculpture and music alongside performances by traditional artists and healers. Features exceptional footage of Borobudur a Buddhist temple from the ninth century and Prambanan an important Hindu temple. Cinematography by Jerry Pantzer. As part of The Mets 150th anniversary in [----] each month we will release three to four films from the Museums extensive" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AJoOlCRgm84) 2020-03-06T14:00Z 500K followers, 49.3K engagements "#MetKidsWeave on a Mini Loom Follow along and learn how to weave yarn on a mini cardboard loom. Materials: cardboard ruler pencil scissors yarn tape needle (a large plastic embroidery needle works well) Instructions: Make Your Loom [--]. Measure and mark two borders that are 1/2 inch (1.5 cm) from the top and bottom of a small rectangular piece of cardboard. [--]. Along the top border mark lines down from the top edge of the cardboard that are spaced evenly apart (1/4 inch or .6 cm if you want them close together; 1/2 inch or [---] cm if you want them farther apart). Mark an even number of lines (6 8" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AWLIy-Um7_0) 2016-03-11T21:35Z 500K followers, 484.8K engagements "What Is a Black Dandy Superfine: Tailoring Black Style Explore the extraordinary stories of stylish Black individuals across art literature music and society. Coming May [----] Superfine: Tailoring Black Style will examine the historical and cultural emergence of the Black dandy. Inspired by curator Monica Millers [----] book "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity" the exhibition will present a cultural and historical examination of the Black dandy from the figures emergence in Enlightenment Europe during the 18th century to todays incarnations in cities" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DhwD66CpmqY) 2024-10-09T22:18Z 500K followers, 117.6K engagements "Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: there is no Other MetLiveArts Join us for the digital premiere of Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: there is no Other. Giddens made her MetLiveArts debut last fall with her latest ambitious project conceived and performed with Francesco Turrisi. This performance is both a condemnation of "othering" and a celebration of the spreading of ideas connectivity and shared experience. Tracing the movement of instruments sounds and musical language back and forth from Africa the Arab world Europe and the Americas there is no Other illuminates the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ignhso0iv9U) 2020-05-16T23:00Z 500K followers, 237.8K engagements "Exhibition TourSuperfine: Tailoring Black Style Met Exhibitions Join Monica L. Miller Guest Curator and Professor and Chair of African Studies Barnard College Columbia University on a tour of the exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style with an introduction from Andrew Bolton Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute. The Costume Institutes spring [----] exhibition presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over three hundred years through the concept of dandyism. Through a presentation of garments and accessories paintings photographs decorative arts and more from the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kx2OCPXU4QU) 2025-05-22T21:12Z 500K followers, 88.8K engagements "Exhibition TourAfrica & Byzantium Met Exhibitions Join Dr. Andrea Myers Achi Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art in The Mets Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters for a virtual tour of Africa & Byzantium. Art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire (circa 3301453) but less known are the profound artistic contributions of North Africa Egypt Nubia Ethiopia and other powerful African kingdoms whose pivotal interactions with Byzantium had a lasting impact on the Mediterranean world. Bringing together a range of masterworksfrom mosaic" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NHIT9vq6mJU) 2023-12-01T00:00Z 500K followers, 286.9K engagements "The Artist Project: Jeff Koons "I want my life as vast as their perception of what life could be." Artist Jeff Koons reflects on Roman sculpture in this episode of The Artist Projectan online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection. About the Artist Jeff Koons born in [----] is an American artist known for working with everyday objects. His artwork revolves around themes of self-acceptance and transcendence" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Oh1zhJOzh4Y) 2016-06-06T16:13Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Irving Penn Darkroom Technique: Platinum-Palladium Prints In this animated video of Irving Penn's darkroom Vasilios Zatse who was an assistant to Penn from [----] to [----] explains the artist's innovative process for making platinum-palladium prints. Produced in conjunction with the exhibition Irving Penn: Centennial on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from April [--] through July [--] [----]. #IrvingPenn Director and Producer: Kate Farrell Editor: Sarah Cowan Animation: Karlie Efinger Camera: Wayne De La Roche Dia Felix Lighting Director: Ned Hallick Gaffer: Foster McLaughlin Original Music: Austin" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PxFlLyNRM0w) 2017-04-17T19:17Z 500K followers, 13.1K engagements "Philip Guston: The Not For Sale Collection Musa Guston Mayer takes us into the studio of her father the artist Philip Guston reflecting on her relationship with him and the future of his legacy. Watch the video: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/videos/2023/6/philip-guston Archival Footage: Philip Guston: A Life Lived directed by Michael Blackwood (New York: Michael Blackwood Productions 1981). Images: Photograph by Walter Auerbach courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery Photographs by Arthur Swoger courtesy of Carol R. Scott Photograph by Frank Lloyd courtesy of The Guston Foundation" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kdNHInly8zc) 2023-06-16T17:45Z 500K followers, 69.6K engagements "The Art of Lotte Reiniger [----] From the Vaults Lotte Reiniger is known today for her extraordinarily elaborate silhouette animations. Her [----] feature The Adventures of Prince Achmed is the oldest surviving full-length animated film. This short documentary provides a fascinating look at Reinigers process offering viewers the opportunity to watch a prolific and pioneering artist at work. Here she works on two projects: her fantastical short animation Papageno (1935) about the cheerful bird-catcher from Mozarts opera The Magic Flute along with a dazzling struggle between the Frog Prince and a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q-TJvNBO1fw) 2020-12-11T16:04Z 500K followers, 104.1K engagements "Mandalas An In-Depth Look Join a group of experts to examine the significance and meaning of the Tibetan mandala. Listen as Christian Luczanits discusses the 11th to 15th-century artistic tradition and conceptualization of the mandala and how it was used to offer a rapid path to enlightenment. Then hear David Gray expand on these ideas in light of his research on the tantric deity Chakrasamvara. Finally Tenzing Rigdol addresses how his secular mandalic installation is grounded in this long tradition. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tcH-5Py3Jbc) 2024-11-14T20:57Z 500K followers, 33.9K engagements "Meet the ArtistCecily Brown: Death and the Maid Met Exhibitions Go behind the scenes with artist Cecily Brown who discusses the inspiration and making of Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid the first full-fledged museum survey of Browns work in New York since she made the city her home. Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid assembles a select group of some fifty paintings drawings sketchbooks and monotypes from across her career to explore the intertwined themes of still life memento mori mirroring and vanitassymbolic depictions of human vanity or lifes brevitythat have propelled her dynamic and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wmPGBlxOUbo) 2023-03-19T15:20Z 500K followers, 117.6K engagements "An Edifice for Art: The Architecture of the Met Watch a video illustrating the Museums evolution from a site in Central Park to a New York City landmark. Produced in association with the exhibition Making The Met [--------]. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/making-the-met-1870-to-2020 #MakingTheMet #Met150 Credits: Film by Squint / Opera Original music: Austin Fisher The exhibition is made possible by the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation. Lead corporate sponsorship is provided by Bank of America. Subscribe for new content from The Met:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-r8bthpZ2do) 2020-12-24T18:22Z 500K followers, 10.3K engagements "Providence Island Liberia Africas Cultural Landmarks Providence Island holds a significant place in the histories of the United States and Liberia. This small island is the site of connection between the islands original residents and formerly enslaved and freeborn American settlers who first arrived in [----]. In this documentary experts explain how social tensions dating to that beginning led to a devastating civil war in more recent history and neglect of this important cultural heritage site. The film centers insightful personal narratives and highlights the efforts currently underway to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-uvCMGBvakY) 2025-05-31T11:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "The Last Knight: The Art Armor and Ambition of Maximilian I Met Exhibitions Watch a video preview of the forthcoming exhibition The Last Knight: The Art Armor and Ambition of Maximilian I on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from October [--] [----] through January [--] [----]. The exhibition will examine the profound significance of European armor at the dawn of the Renaissance through the lens of Emperor Maximilian I's (14591519) remarkable life. On view only at The Met The Last Knight will coincide with the five hundredth anniversary of Maximilian's death and is the most ambitious North American loan" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=00SJbgzYBOA) 2019-09-20T16:22Z 500K followers, 65.4K engagements "Exhibition Tour Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350 Met Exhibitions Join Stephan Wolohojian John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge of the Department of European Paintings and Caroline Campbell Director (An Stirthir) of the National Gallery of Ireland to virtually explore Siena: The Rise of Painting [--------]. This exhibition examines an exceptional moment at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance and the pivotal role of Sienese artistsincluding Duccio Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti and Simone Martiniin defining Western painting. In the decades leading up to the catastrophic onset of the plague" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0DUietlAY0c) 2024-10-24T23:00Z 500K followers, 177.3K engagements "Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: A Behind-the-scenes Tour with the Director Learn more about the exhibition Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art on view at the Met April [--] [----] - August [--] 2010: http://tinyurl.com/MetPicasso This landmark exhibition is the first to focus exclusively on works by Pablo Picasso (Spanish [----] - 1973) in the Museum's collection. It features three hundred works including the Museum's complete holdings of paintings drawings sculptures and ceramics by Picassonever before seen in their entiretyas well as a selection of the artist's prints. The Museum's" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0YNYl1aErUQ) 2010-05-05T23:25Z 500K followers, 249K engagements "Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John WilsonThe Richard Wright Suite Met Exhibitions Join James Manigault-Bryant Professor of Africana Studies at Williams College for a closer look at The Richard Wright Suite a portfolio of six etchings with aquatint illustrating the story "Down by the Riverside" from Richard Wright's [----] novella Uncle Tom's Children. This evocative portfolio of prints from The Met's collection is featured in the exhibition Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson on view at The Met through February [--] [----]. For over six decades the American artist John Wilson (19222015)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2MZxcaRNePY) 2025-10-28T17:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Breuer's Art of SpaceExplore an Architectural Icon Discover more about this iconic building and its architect Marcel Breuer and The Met's four years of innovative exhibitions in the remarkable space. Hear from insiders experts and even Breuer himself as you take a virtual tour through the building's history and The Met's renovation with excerpts from The Met Breuer Architecture Audio Tour. The full [--] minute podcast-style audio tour is available to listen to here: https://www.metmuseum.org/visit/audio-guide/the-met-breuer Narrated by: Marcel Breuer excerpts from a [----] radio interview Barry" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5wY0yecj8Qk) 2020-07-24T22:49Z 500K followers, 21.6K engagements "Meet the Artist Jesse Krimes: Corrections Met Exhibitions Go behind the scenes with Jesse Krimes as he discusses his inspiration and artistic process for his works in the exhibition Jesse Krimes: Corrections on view at The Met through July [--] [----]. Krimess image-based installations made over the course of his six-year incarceration reflect the ingenuity of an artist working without access to traditional materials. Employing prison-issued soap hair gel playing cards and newspaper he created works of art that seek to disrupt and recontextualize the circulation of photographs in the media." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6fAvAAP0OcA) 2024-10-31T20:38Z 500K followers, 26.3K engagements "The Met [---] Project: The Met Breuer The Met Breuer is a new home for modern and contemporary art seen through the lens of The Mets historic collection. Now for the first time you can enjoy a [---] perspective on architect Marcel Breuer's landmark [----] creation. Whether you're a recent or longtime fan of the building's classic modernist design or have just been struck by its bold form at Madison Avenue and 75th Streethere's your chance to feast your eyes on a building that is also an iconic Brutalist sculpture. Scan up the jagged facade to the trapezoidal window with clouds above or hover inside" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7lYH5wIz0oA) 2017-05-17T17:06Z 500K followers, 79.6K engagements "The Atelier with Alina Cho: Thom Browne Join journalist Alina Cho for a conversation with fashion designer Thom Browne whose work is widely recognized for challenging and modernizing todays uniform with designs rooted in quality craftsmanship and precise tailoring. Learn about his role as Chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America the principles that guide his own creative practice and his hopes for the American fashion industry. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ASWkMnFRbLs) 2025-03-25T19:12Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Celebrating the Divine: Festivals in Ancient Egypt Join experts for a series of lectures exploring unique festivals that celebrate the gods of ancient Egypt. 0:00:00-0:44:42 Ancient Egyptian Festivals and the Feast of Opet Emily Teeter Associate Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago and Research Associate Negaunee Integrative Research Center Field Museum Chicago 0:44:43-1:39:58 The Festivals of Drunkenness in the Temple of the Goddess Mut Betsy M. Bryan Alexander Badawy Professor Emerita of Egyptian Art and Archaeology Johns Hopkins University Department of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AabffBdO1R4) 2025-12-22T19:00Z 500K followers, 15.3K engagements "Meet the ArtistThe Genesis Facade Commission: Jeffrey Gibson The Animal That Therefore I Am Step into the artistic journey of Jeffrey Gibsons creation of four large-scale figurative sculptures for The Mets [----] Genesis Facade Commission. Drawing on Indigenous worldviews and the rich history of bronze sculpture Gibson explores the interconnectedness of all living beings and the environment in this powerful installation on The Met Fifth Avenues iconic facade. An interdisciplinary artist who grew up in the United States Germany and Korea Gibson is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CDv_ss1XZSM) 2025-09-18T20:20Z 500K followers, 21.5K engagements "Dressing in Armor Insider Insights Join a Met expert and learn how armor is mounted and displayed in the galleries. Focus on a unique set of armor that probably belonged to King Henry VIII of England the earliest dated armor from the royal workshops at Greenwich which he established to produce armor for his court. Featured object: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/22741 Please note: This program is prerecorded. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDlz9C2bhSW6dcVn_PO5mYwsub_confirmation=1 #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum 2021" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CI_niyEAnjM) 2021-09-18T14:00Z 500K followers, 34.8K engagements "Highlights of The Met Cloisters Join curators conservators and horticulturists as they discuss some projects they have been working on over the past year and experience the magic of The Met Cloisters. Featuring: Griffith Mann Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge The Met Cloisters Carly Still Managing Horticulturist The Met Cloisters Lucretia Kargere Conservator The Met Cloisters Julia Perratore Assistant Curator The Met Cloisters Yvette Weaver Assistant Horticulturist The Met Cloisters Featured Artwork: Book of Flower Studies ca. [--------] Made in Tours France (acc. no. 2019.197) Altar" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CKBCn34KZBU) 2021-08-20T16:00Z 500K followers, 52.7K engagements "Man Ray in Collaboration Sunday at The Met Learn about three of Man Rays collaborators Berenice Abbott Kiki de Montparnasse and Lee Miller in a series of lectures from experts following an overview of Man Ray: When Objects Dream by exhibition curator Stephen C. Pinson. Hear stories about the artists collaborative relationships with Man Ray and their own careers working within the international avant-garde of the 1920s. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Art" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EBi_xH5GlL0) 2025-12-05T19:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Museum as Muse with Alex Katz and Wangechi Mutu Where do you find inspiration at The Met Artists Alex Katz and Wangechi Mutu explore works in our collection. Created for the 27th annual Art & Artists Gala this video brings them together to consider how The Mets extraordinary collection continues to shape their practice. Featured works: Edgar Degas (French Paris 18341917). Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery (1879-80). Etching softground aquatint and drypoint; unique impression of the fourth state of twenty. The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. (2025.761) Statue of Osiris" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ElS1juP8-p8) 2025-12-11T02:37Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Exhibition TourManet/Degas Met Exhibitions Join Stephan Wolohojian John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge and Ashley Dunn Associate Curator to virtually explore Manet/Degas. This exhibition examines one of the most significant artistic dialogues in modern art history: the close and sometimes tumultuous relationship between douard Manet and Edgar Degas. Born only two years apart Manet (18321883) and Degas (18341917) were friends rivals and at times antagonists who worked to define modern painting in France. By examining their careers in parallel and presenting their work side by side this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ep_OgMsLcQA) 2023-10-05T23:00Z 500K followers, 216.3K engagements "Take a closer look at Ma'at goddess of ancient Egypt #DivineEgypt Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Art Museum History New York New York City Education Egypt Metropolitan Museum of Art Ancient Civilization Cool Old Hieroglyphs ruins archeology Egyptology horus ra osiris anubis maat hathor scarab beetle mummy gods goddess divinity religious beliefs worship ceremonies rituals kings royalty queens archaeology excavation dig sculpture gold silver faience" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F1QoLOGpeDU) 2026-01-13T05:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Meet the ArtistKent Monkman: mistiksiwak (Wooden Boat People) Met Exhibitions Go behind the scenes with contemporary artist Kent Monkman who discusses the inspiration and making of mistiksiwak (Wooden Boat People) an exhibition of two paintings that inaugurates The Met's annual Great Hall commission on view December [--] [----] through April [--] [----]. Subscribe for new content from the Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseu. Learn more about this exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/great-hall-commission-kent-monkman #KentMonkman #mistiksiwak #art #themet" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GwNpUevsKzc) 2019-12-20T19:01Z 500K followers, 77.5K engagements "un-ogbo Sacred Grove Nigeria Africas Cultural Landmarks The un-ogbo Sacred Grove is a vibrant center of Yorb spirituality and creative expression in southwestern Nigeria that welcomes thousands of worshipers and visitors each year. In this documentary striking cinematography brings you among the shrines and sculptures produced during the New Sacred Art movement of the 1960s that form a living cultural monument. Meet the artists responsible for transferring their traditions to a new generation dedicated to preserving the sites artistic heritage. This film is part of Africas Cultural Landmarks" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I4m6Uuckfp4) 2025-05-31T11:00Z 500K followers, 58.9K engagements "Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck on view now Beloved in Nordic countries for her highly original style Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck (18621946) is relatively unknown to the rest of the world. Overcoming immense personal struggles and working in a remote location for decades she produced a powerful body of work through sheer force of will. This exhibition affirms her rightful place in the story of modern art. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I4pEDpQx0Sc) 2026-01-07T22:30Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Meet Me at The Met: Orhan Pamuk Nobel Prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk likes to visit The Met every Friday and Saturday evening to enjoy the museum-ness of the Museum. Join Mr. Pamuk for a look at the works that have inspired his writing for many years as he relays his journey from painter to writer and back again. Learn more about Orhan Pamuk's favorite artworks: https://www.metmuseum.org/en/perspectives/orhan-pamuk-the-painterly-practice-of-a-novelist Archival footage provided by DogoraSun/Pond5.com Music Credits: The Cosmopolitan Part [--] Miniatures in Porcelain The Cosmopolitan Part [--] Music" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JI-2KX5tfS4) 2025-05-01T16:00Z 500K followers, 45.7K engagements "Camp: Notes on Fashion Gallery Views Met Fashion Gallery views of The Costume Institute's spring [----] exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion narrated by exhibition curator Andrew Bolton. Through more than [---] objects dating from the seventeenth century to the present The Costume Institute's spring [----] exhibition explores the origins of camp's exuberant aesthetic. Susan Sontag's [----] essay "Notes on 'Camp'" provides the framework for the exhibition which examines how the elements of irony humor parody pastiche artifice theatricality and exaggeration are expressed in fashion. Subscribe for new" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LCEGrsVa4cU) 2019-05-10T21:49Z 500K followers, 289.5K engagements "Alice Neel: They Are Their Own Gifts [----] From the Vaults A self-proclaimed collector of souls the American painter Alice Neel (19001984) is known today for her powerful psychologically rich portraiture. She depicted a wide range of subjects from her family and friends to prominent critics artists activists and strangers she met on the street. In this rarely seen documentary Neels signature candor and wit are on full display. Providing a brief biographical sketch from her early marriage and the Great Depression through her later years in Spanish Harlem the film also shows the artist at work" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MQtSDLOg05c) 2020-12-18T17:37Z 500K followers, 179.6K engagements "Exhibition TourMonstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie Met Exhibitions Join Iris Moon Associate Curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts along with artist Patty Chang Professor of Art University of Southern California Los Angeles to virtually explore Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie on view at The Met Fifth Avenue through August [--] [----]. The exhibition radically reimagines the story of European porcelain through a feminist lens. When porcelain arrived in early modern Europe from China it led to the rise of chinoiserie a decorative" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NrwvuBz9Z8g) 2025-04-09T18:42Z 500K followers, 38.2K engagements "The Met [---] Project: Great Hall Architect Richard Morris Hunt designed this majestic space in [----]. He never could have imagined that today the Museum's main entry greets more than six million visitors a year. Now you can experience its Neoclassical grandeur in a way no one ever has before. Come explore not just behind the scenes but everywhere in [---]. This video lets you soar past the colonnades up toward the oculus in the ceiling and cast a look down over the Grand Staircase and balcony. Aren't you curious who creates those colossal flower arrangements when you're still asleep Learn more" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OTsqUNGFYlM) 2017-05-17T17:05Z 500K followers, 454.7K engagements "Michelangelo Symposium Part 10: Everett Fahy "Young Francesco Granacci" by Everett Fahy Curator Emeritus Department of European Paintings The Metropolitan Museum of Art Join international scholars to explore the pivotal decade of the 1490s in Florence and the formation and evolution of the young Michelangelo. Prompted by the recent loan by the French Republic to the Metropolitan Museum of the fragmentary marble statue Young Archer that many scholars attribute to Michelangelo this symposium will provide occasion to reflect on the sculpture and the confluence of dramatic forces that shaped" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RCj7dSvTzZc) 2012-08-01T22:48Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Celebrating [---] Years of The Metropolitan Museum of Art A storied past. A dynamic present. An exciting future. Its just the beginning Celebrate The Mets anniversary throughout [----] with exhibitions events and new ways to connect with art. Highlights include the exhibition Making the Met [--------] the reimagined British Galleries and a three-day celebration in June. Explore events and programming at: https://www.metmuseum.org/150 Be part of the story. Share yours on social media with #MyMetStory or submit it on our website at www.metmuseum.org/MyMetStory and you might see it featured on our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SFw1iW-DoC4) 2020-03-03T21:05Z 500K followers, 244.8K engagements "Meet the ArtistLorna Simpson: Source Notes Met Exhibitions Go behind the scenes with artist Lorna Simpson as she discusses her artistic process and preparations for her exhibition Lorna Simpson: Source Notes on view at The Met through November [--] [----]. This presentation of work by New Yorkbased artist Lorna Simpson is the first exhibition to consider the entirety of her painting practice to date. Simpson came to prominence in the early 1990s with her pioneering approach to conceptual photography. Since then she has produced works in multiple media that continue to probe the nature of images" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SKCJFby2G_o) 2025-06-26T18:00Z 500K followers, 20.6K engagements "Exhibition TourAbout Time: Fashion and Duration with Andrew Bolton Met Fashion Join Andrew Bolton Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute on a guided tour of About Time: Fashion and Duration The Met Costume Institute's [----] exhibition. Discover more about the exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/abouttime #MetAboutTime @MetCostumeInstitute The exhibition is made possible by Louis Vuitton. Corporate sponsorship is also provided by Cond Nast. Additional support is provided by Michael Braun John and Amy Griffin Nancy C. and Richard R. Rogers the Natasha and Adar Poonawalla" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T7B-xr346JU) 2020-10-29T23:13Z 500K followers, 90K engagements "Sunday at The MetSiena: The Rise of Painting [--------] Stephan Wolohojian John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge Department of European Paintings The Met Sarah Gurin Associate Professor History of Art University of Pennsylvania C. Griffith Mann Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters The Met Join us to discuss the exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting [--------] and gain insight into this exceptional moment at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance and the phenomenal artistic activity of 14th-century Siena. Learn about innovations in painting technique and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UalvZooZbw4) 2024-11-24T20:37Z 500K followers, 21.8K engagements "Go to The Met Ask any New Yorker why they go to The Met and the answers are as vast as the Museum itself. Some go to find inspiration or to make the most of living in the city. Others go for date night or to catch up with a friend. Some wander the galleries to connect with the past while others go for a quiet moment with their favorite artwork. Whatever brings you to The Met theres something for everyone. Plan your visit at metmuseum.org. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WNP3dHh-sZI) 2023-02-13T18:42Z 500K followers, 516.2K engagements "The Met Gala Theme and Dress Code Explained The dress code for the [----] #MetGala is "Tailored for You." ✨ The [----] Benefit also known as The Met Gala celebrates the spring Costume Institute exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style opening May [--] [----]. #SuperfineStyleSubscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Art Museum History New York New York City Education TheMetGala Black Dandy Black History February Fashion Black Style Superfine Costume Institute 2025" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wucqeec6_1I) 2025-02-04T17:23Z 500K followers, 17.6K engagements "Exhibition TourTree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India [---] BCE400 CE Met Exhibitions Join John Guy Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia in The Mets Department of Asian Art and Donald S. Lopez Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies University of Michigan for a virtual tour of Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India [---] BCE400 CE. Featuring more than [---] objects dating from [---] BCE to [---] CE the exhibition presents a series of evocative and interlocking themes to reveal both the pre-Buddhist origins of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WzBjUPDvqAY) 2023-08-03T23:00Z 500K followers, 87.5K engagements "Exhibition TourFlight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt 1876Now Met Exhibitions Join Akili Tommasino Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art artist Julie Mehretu and artist Fred Wilson for a virtual tour of Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt 1876Now which examines how Black artists and other cultural figures have engaged with ancient Egypt through visual art sculpture literature music scholarship religion politics and performance. In a multisensory exploration of nearly [---] years of artistic and cultural productionfrom the 19th century to the Harlem" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XGH8i6Bu8qw) 2024-12-05T16:53Z 500K followers, 48.4K engagements "The James Van Der Zee Archive Join Jeff L. Rosenheim The Mets Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs in dialogue with Thelma Golden Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum on the James Van Der Zee Archive at The Met a landmark collaborative initiative to research conserve and provide full public access to the remarkable catalogue of photographs by James Van Der Zee (18861983). The world-renowned chronicler of Black life in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance and for decades thereafter Van Der Zee was a virtuoso portraitist and one of the most" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZchknN_DhcA) 2022-12-13T17:02Z 500K followers, 15.8K engagements "The New Negro Episode [--] Harlem Is Everywhere What was the Harlem Renaissance During the Great Migration major cities across America proved fertile ground for artists and intellectuals fleeing the Jim Crow South. In this episode we hear about Alain Lockes famous anthology The New Negro: An Interpretation which gathered some of the best of fiction poetry and essays on the art and literature emerging from these communities. Lockes anthology demonstrated the diverse approaches to portraying modern Black life that came to characterize the New Negroand embodied some of the highest ideals of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=acHBpWkeaT0) 2024-02-22T22:49Z 500K followers, 12.3K engagements "Ccile McLorin Salvant at The Met Cloisters: Mlusine MetLiveArts Mlusine by Ccile McLorin Salvant Ccile McLorin Salvant voice Duan Balarin theorbo Marlan Barry sound engineer Andy Biskin video director & editor Rick Siegel director of photography Mike OBrien camera operator Jill Sager camera operator In July [----] MetLiveArts welcomed three-time GRAMMY-winning jazz vocalist Ccile McLorin Salvant for a digital-exclusive in the Unicorn Tapestries Room at The Met Cloisters. For Salvant also a skilled textile artist the tapestries have been a source of inspiration. Much of her music relates vivid" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bVkOv22IYqA) 2023-11-01T12:00Z 500K followers, 37.3K engagements "Meet the Gods of Egypt Sunday at The Met Yekaterina Barbash Curator of Egyptian Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Art The Brooklyn Museum Brendan Hainline Research Associate Department of Egyptian Art The Met Diana Craig Patch Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge Department of Egyptian Art The Met Spend the afternoon with the animal-headed gods Horus Sakhmet and Taweret and learn about the use of animals to represent important deities in ancient Egypt with three experts. Each presentation will explore a different animal the major deities who took that form and what meaningssuch as kingship" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bntaW1TgcBo) 2026-01-22T18:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Circus Jig and Briggs Breakdown performed by Rhiannon Giddens Banjo l Met Music Circus Jig and Briggs Breakdown from the Briggs Banjo Instructor (1855) performed on the banjo by Rhiannon Giddens. Filmed in the Andr Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments of The Metropolitan Museum of Art on November [--] [----]. #musicalinstruments #art #themet #themetropolitanmuseumofart #museum #banjo #live #liveperformance #RhiannonGiddens Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation. Production credits: Director: Andy Biskin Camera: Mike O'Brien and Eric Mercado Editor: Alex Guns Sound" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dNe_EE7aI0c) 2019-04-19T17:30Z 500K followers, 18.6K engagements "Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions In Maya art the gods are depicted at all stages of life: as infants as adults at the peak of their maturity and influence and as they age. The gods could die and some were born anew serving as models of regeneration and resilience. Join Joanne Pillsbury Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art in The Met's Michael C. Rockefeller Wing alongside Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos Associate Professor of Anthropology Yale University curators of the exhibition along with Laura Filloy Nadal Associate Curator of Ancient" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dO-dA52NziA) 2022-12-02T00:00Z 500K followers, 64.4K engagements "Textile Conservation at The Met Learn about the science art and exhibition techniques of textile conservation at The Met. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Art Museum History New York New York City Education Textile Conservation Textiles Science Tapestry Carpet Conservation Exhibition Dyeing Mending Wet Lab Costumes The Met Art Museum History New York New York City Education Textile Conservation Textiles Science Tapestry Carpet Conservation Exhibition" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d_A_PWEKAUo) 2023-02-28T17:04Z 500K followers, 83.1K engagements ""Lachrimae" by John Dowland Christopher Morrongiello performs "Lachrimae" (ca. 1590s) by John Dowland (15631626) Cambridge University Library manuscript DD.2.11. Filmed in the Chapel from Le Chteau de la Bastie d'Urf at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Featured Instrument: Attributed to Wendelin Tieffenbrucker (German active 15701610). Lute late 16th century. Padua Italy. Yew spruce ebony maple. The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Purchase Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Freedman by exchange [----] (1989.13) http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/503357 Recorded" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fZYzuIGDYGs) 2015-10-15T16:56Z 500K followers, 2.1M engagements "Raphael is coming to The Met. A once-in-a-lifetime moment at The Met. Opening March [--] [----] "Raphael: Sublime Poetry" is the first major U.S. exhibition to explore the full scope of Raphaels genius bringing together over [---] masterpieces from public and private collections worldwide. From luminous paintings to rarely seen drawings and tapestries experience the breathtaking range of one of the Italian Renaissances most celebrated artists. #MetRaphael Plan your visit: General admission tickets for spring [----] go on sale mid-December and include entry to the exhibition and the entire Museum. See" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fujc71xCJFE) 2025-09-02T16:01Z 500K followers, 11.5K engagements "#MetKidsHow Can Photos Take Us Back in Time Travel back in time with Kira age [--] and discover how two photos of the Brooklyn Bridge connect the past to the present. Credits: #MetKids is a digital feature made for with and by kids http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/ About #MetKids http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/about Production Credits http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/credits #MetKids Contributor: Kira Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge Department of Photographs: Jeff Rosenheim Featured Artworks: Brooklyn Bridge ca. [----]. Albumen" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g3RuPRTve54) 2017-06-29T15:27Z 500K followers, 21.1K engagements "Exhibition TourArts of Oceania Michael C. Rockefeller Wing Join Maia Nuku Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede Curator for Oceanic Art along with Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO and special guests Michael Mel and Arapata Hakiwai to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of Oceania galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Learn the stories behind some of the most exceptional works produced by Oceanias visual artists from elaborately carved bisj poles of the Asmat region to towering slit drums from Vanuatu. Witness how a millennia-long artmaking tradition was" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gJPB3zOTpDU) 2025-07-23T20:11Z 500K followers, 35K engagements "Islamic Art and Culture in the RenaissanceThe True Moor of Venice Michael Barry the Patti Cadby Birch Consultative Chairman Department of Islamic Art MMA presents this examination of the mysterious central figure in one of the most enigmatic paintings of the Italian Renaissance Giorgiones "Three Philosophers" (Venice 1504). The discussion of this work which is now in the Kunsthistoriches Museum in Vienna sheds light on the role that Islam and Islamic philosophy played in late medieval and early Renaissance European perceptions. See the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History for the following" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=geyoQMi6c1g) 2009-08-12T22:59Z 500K followers, 253.5K engagements "SymposiumThe Met Cloisters [--------] Join a convening of local and international scholars for a single-day symposium reflecting on the centennial anniversary of The Metropolitan Museum of Arts [----] acquisition of the George Grey Barnard collection which subsequently formed the core of The Met Cloisters collection. Speakers consider the history of medieval art collections in U.S. museums and the impact of historic collecting practices on medieval source sites in Europe. Thursday June [--] [----] [--] am5 pm The Met Cloisters Gallery [--] Fuentiduea Chapel 00:00:08 - C. Griffith Mann PhD - Opening" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gx0iWmgwTBg) 2025-09-09T16:01Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "The Met [---] Project: The Temple of Dendur Immerse yourself in this [---] video capturing dawn to dusk in the Temple of Dendur. Built around [--] B.C. when the Roman Emperor Augustus ruled Egypt the temple was a [----] gift from Egypt to the United States in recognition of support given to save its monuments threatened by the Nile. The temples setting was designed to approximate the light and surroundings of its original location in Nubia including a reflecting pool that evokes the Nile. Learn more about the Temple of Dendur: http://bit.ly/25wY97t View all videos in the series:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h9OTCFAmbmA) 2017-05-17T17:05Z 500K followers, 193.2K engagements "Exhibition TourCollecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. Met Exhibitions Join exhibition curator Medill Higgins Harvey special guests curators Deniz Beyazit and Monika Bincsik on a tour of the exhibition Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. Edward C. Moore (18271891)the creative force who led Tiffany & Co. to unparalleled originality and success during the second half of the 19th centuryamassed a vast collection of decorative arts of exceptional quality and in various media from Greek and Roman glass and Japanese baskets to metalwork from the Islamic world." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h9gjtpKDz9g) 2024-06-20T23:00Z 500K followers, 47.4K engagements "The Atelier with Alina Cho: Gabriela Hearst Met Fashion Featuring: Alina Cho journalist Gabriela Hearst fashion designer Join journalist Alina Cho and fashion designer Gabriela Hearst for a conversation about Hearsts dual roles as Creative Director for both the luxury fashion house Chlo and her eponymous line. Learn about Hearsts commitment to sustainability and philanthropy as well as her history of dressing strong notable women including First Lady Jill Biden. Please note: This program is live. This series is made possible by the Doris & Stanley Tananbaum Foundation in memory of Doris" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h9hzpEi2Xo4) 2021-03-11T21:07Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Exhibition TourIn America: An Anthology of Fashion with Andrew Bolton Join Andrew Bolton the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute on a tour of the exhibition "In America: An Anthology of Fashion"the second in a two-part exhibition exploring fashion in the United States. Presented in collaboration with The Mets American Wing "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" highlights sartorial narratives that relate to the complex and layered histories of the American Wing period rooms. The exhibition is on view May [--] [----] through September [--] [----]. Learn more about the exhibition on The" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hZ4uLoWiA3I) 2022-05-12T23:54Z 500K followers, 46K engagements "Meet Me at The Met: Amor Towles Writer Amor Towles finds inspiration in a visit to one of his favorite places in The Met the magical studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio. For Towles The Met is not just one museum but many. You can visit the Gubbio Studiolo yourself in our European Sculpture and Decorative Arts galleries. Learn more: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/198556 Artworks Featured: Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio ca. [------]. Designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (Italian Siena [--------] Siena) Executed under the supervision of Francesco di Giorgio" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iL_UMCpSdzk) 2024-10-03T15:47Z 500K followers, 11.7K engagements "Collector Robert A. Ellison Jr. on His European Art Pottery Met Collects "When does a pot become art" Robert A. Ellison Jr. on His Collection of European Art Pottery The Robert A. Ellison Collection of European Art Pottery Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr. 2013; and Purchase Acquisitions Fund Louis V. Bell Harris Brisbane Dick Fletcher and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; [----] Benefit Fund; and The Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gift [----] http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/french-ceramics MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ijopBh3xyUE) 2014-06-17T17:43Z 500K followers, 16.8K engagements "Bernini in Action: Gesture and Technique in Clay Anthony Sigel Guest Curator and Conservator of Objects and Sculpture Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies Harvard Art Museums outlines the research and discoveries made by himself and his fellow curators as part of the preparation for the exhibition "Bernini: Sculpting in Clay." By researching how Bernini sculpted his models Sigel determines which figures Bernini created himself and which ones were likely created by assistants. His lecture includes his own photographs of the models and detailed descriptions of Bernini's methods." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j6U_PjpvAKA) 2012-12-13T14:24Z 500K followers, 35.1K engagements "Decoding the necklace of an Ancient Egyptian princess Art Explained "You have to imagine that nobody really saw this except the princess." Curator Adela Oppenheim on "Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II." Explore this object: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544232 Throughout [----] The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Photography by Anna-Marie Kellen Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseumsub_confirmation=1 #TheMet" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j9gDsCOVab8) 2013-09-06T19:32Z 500K followers, 20K engagements "The Met [---] Project: The Met Cloisters Take to the sky to explore the majestic vistas of The Met Cloisters. This branch of the Museum in northern Manhattans Fort Tryon Park is dedicated to the art architecture and gardens of medieval Europe. Explore [---] views over the city across the Hudson River and high above two richly landscaped gardens. Inside spin around to admire the medieval cloisters that form the core of the historic building and listen to the resonant chimes from the bell tower more than [---] feet above ground. Learn more about The Met Cloisters: http://met.org/2f1NuM3 View all" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lH10Nv2lniw) 2017-05-17T17:05Z 500K followers, 236.7K engagements "Islamic Art Gallery Views with Commentary by Sheila Canby and Navina Haidar Footage of the New Galleries for Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with commentary by curators Sheila Canby and Navina Haidar. Produced by the Digital Media Department Director: Christopher Noey Camera: Wayne De La Roche Jessica Glass Sam Henriques Editor: Jessica Glass Lighting Design: Ned Hallick Sound: Jessica Glass Dolly Grip: Kelly Richardson Production Assistants: Corinne Colgan Sarah Cowan Kate Farrell Robin Schwalb Islamic Art Sheila Canby Navina Haidar Arab Lands Turkey Iran Central Asia Later" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nz-s4ahwwf8) 2011-12-12T22:27Z 500K followers, 87.6K engagements "#MetKidsHow Do We Make Art at The Met Kids and families in the Discoveries program are celebrating thirty years of making art at The Met and the halls are packed with young artists. Meet Ian Graham and Russell with special guest reporter Sandra Jackson-Dumont Credits #MetKids is a digital feature made for with and by kids https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/ About #MetKids https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/about Production Credits https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/credits #MetKids Contributors: Ian Graham and Russell Interviewer:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o1It5ZEmMlA) 2019-05-29T16:45Z 500K followers, 29.2K engagements "Exhibition TourA New Look at Old Masters Met Exhibitions Join curators Keith Christiansen Stephan Wolohojian and Adam Eaker on a tour through the newly installed European Paintings galleries and explore new dialogues and themes among the works. A New Look at Old Masters is part of the European Paintings Skylights Project and is a prelude to the final expansive re-installation of the European Paintings galleries that will take place after the project is completed. Learn more about the Skylights Project here:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oNth9y0Yr_0) 2021-02-25T14:00Z 500K followers, 113.8K engagements "Reading Modern Art with Christopher Green In our inaugural event for our new series Reading Modern Art Christopher Green Emeritus Professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art discusses his newest book Cubism and Reality: Braque Picasso Gris (Bloomsbury 2025) followed by a panel discussion with Neil Cox Head of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art and Harry Cooper Bunny Mellon Curator of Modern Art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Reading Modern Art is a new series featuring lively discussion about a new book with the author and experts in the field. Subscribe" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ppjVclWo8-k) 2025-12-26T15:01Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination Gallery Views The Met Fifth Avenue: Medieval Byzantine Lehman Galleries Gallery views of The Costume Institute's spring [----] exhibitionHeavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination narrated by exhibition curator Andrew Bolton. The Costume Institute's spring [----] exhibition features a dialogue between fashion and medieval art from The Met collection to examine fashion's ongoing engagement with the devotional practices and traditions of Catholicism. The Byzantine galleries at The Met Fifth Avenue focus on designers who were inspired" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sXGN7XfhNmI) 2018-05-10T22:07Z 500K followers, 304.3K engagements "Camp: Notes on Fashion Watch a video preview of the exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from May [--] through September [--] [----]. Subscribe for new content from the Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseumsub_confirmation=1 Learn more about this exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/camp-notes-on-fashion #art #themet #fashion #themetropolitanmuseumofart #museum #campnotesonfashion Featuring: Rupert Everett Artwork / Footage / Audio / Images courtesy of Photo Johnny Dufort [----] RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource NY.Photo: Christophe Fouin." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tIj6D1CQMBQ) 2019-03-30T13:10Z 500K followers, 434.8K engagements "The rare tapestry that changed how others were made Art Explained "Faded as it is damaged as it is it still almost moves me to tears that it survives." Thomas P. Campbell on the tapestry "The Last Supper." Explore this object: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459205 Throughout [----] The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Photography by Peter Zeray Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseumsub_confirmation=1 #TheMet #ArtExplained #Art the met met museum art" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tdEF5cQzWms) 2013-10-02T15:42Z 500K followers, 20.5K engagements "The Met's unofficial mascotthis tiny hippo named Williamhas a bit of a dark side Art Explained "A lot of us are inclined to only see his cute side but in fact there is a lot more to him than that." Curator Isabel Stnkel on an Egyptian statuette of a hippopotamus (popularly called "William"). Explore this object: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544227 Throughout [----] The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Photography by Mark Morosse Subscribe for new content from The Met:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uLjvEsHi_qU) 2013-08-30T20:23Z 500K followers, 75.9K engagements "Fran Lebowitz: Pretend Its a Museum Fran Lebowitz goes behind-the-scenes to The Mets Paintings Conservation Lab to see Rembrandts Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653). Along the way she tells her favorite story of visiting The Museum and contemplates the impossibility of choosing a favorite object in The Mets collection. You can view Rembrandts Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653) in our European Paintings Galleries. Watch the video: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/videos/2023/11/fran-lebowitz Artworks: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch Leiden 16061669). Aristotle with a Bust of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=urVnwLR8aJU) 2023-11-09T15:29Z 500K followers, 336.6K engagements "Exhibition TourMaking the Met [--------] Narrated by Steve Martin Met Exhibitions Take a virtual tour of Making The Met [--------] with Steve Martin as your guide. The exhibition features a variety of stories from the museums [---] year history told through outstanding works of art from the collection and the voices of the people who have made a lasting impact on the institution. #MakingTheMet #Met150 Listen to the full exhibition audio guide here: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/making-the-met-1870-to-2020/audio-guide Discover more about the exhibition:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wgpOsxHkeTw) 2020-09-24T19:53Z 500K followers, 89.9K engagements "#MetKidsMade at The Met Kids from around the world made these drawings as part of the Dine and Draw program in The Cafeteria. They used crayons and colored pencils to illustrate their favorite Museum memories and even got to exhibit their work in a frame Credits #MetKids is a digital feature made for with and by kids http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/ About #MetKids http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/about Production Credits http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/credits Special thanks to all of our #MetKids contributors. Inspired by: Dancer" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wi7Fl4vILh4) 2017-06-01T16:08Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Jewelry: The Body Transformed Met Exhibitions Watch a video preview of the exhibition Jewelry: The Body Transformed on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from November [--] [----] through February [--] [----]. Featuring Melanie Holcomb Curator Medieval Art What is jewelry Why do we wear it What meanings does it carry Traversing time and space this exhibition explores how jewelry acts upon and activates the body it adorns. #MetJewelry https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/jewelry The exhibition is made possible by Albion Art Co. Ltd Additional support is provided by Ming Chu Hsu Lulu and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wx9sTtoL-Qg) 2018-09-21T20:04Z 500K followers, 13.6K engagements "Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions Join the exhibitions curators Emily Braun and Elizabeth Cowling for a virtual tour of Cubism and the Trompe lOeil Tradition which offers a radically new view of Cubism by demonstrating its engagement with the age-old tradition of trompe loeil painting. A self-referential art concerned with the nature of representation trompe loeil (deceive the eye) beguiles the viewer with perceptual and psychological games that complicate definitions of truth and fiction. Along with Cubist paintings sculptures and collages the exhibition" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=x-733sBOlB4) 2022-11-03T23:00Z 500K followers, 90.1K engagements "Making The Met Met Exhibitions As the centerpiece of The Met's 150th-anniversary celebrations this major exhibition will lead visitors on an immersive thought-provoking journey through the history of one of the world's preeminent cultural institutions. Making The Met [--------] will feature more than [---] superlative works of art of nearly every type from visitor favorites to fragile treasures that can only be placed on view from time to time. Organized around transformational moments in the evolution of the Museum's collection buildings and ambitions the exhibition will reveal the visionary" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xAe-g0UASL0) 2020-08-27T18:36Z 500K followers, 24.6K engagements "Exhibition TourArts of Africa Michael C. Rockefeller Wing Join Alisa LaGamma Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Curator for African Art and Curator in Charge of The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing and assistant curator Jenny Peruski along with Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO and special guests Manthia Diawara and Anglique Kidjo to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of Africa galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. In this new chapter the Arts of Africa galleries foreground the creativity of artists across the subcontinent shifting the narrative to focus on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xOi7xsBHt_c) 2025-08-14T23:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements "Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer Met Exhibitions Watch a video preview of the exhibition Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from November [--] [----] through February [--] [----]. Featuring Carmen Bambach Curator Drawings and Prints The Met Michelangelo Buonarroti (14751564) a towering genius in the history of Western art will be the subject of this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition. During his long life Michelangelo was celebrated for the excellence of his disegno the power of drawing and invention that provided the foundation for all the arts. For his" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y6_TJ_yLHBA) 2017-08-22T15:56Z 500K followers, 29.8K engagements "Conserving Michelangelo Watch a video showing the conservation of a Michelangelo drawing on loan from Christ Church Picture Gallery Oxford in preparation for the exhibition Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer. Marjorie Shelley Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of Paper Conservation takes us through the complex and delicate process of restoring this beautiful architectural drawing. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2017/michelangelo Featured Artwork: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian [--------] ). Designs for a monumental altar or facade possibly for San Silvestro in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z-7BKDfaZpg) 2017-11-03T21:11Z 500K followers, 2M engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"Exhibition TourSargent and Paris Met Exhibitions Join Stephanie Herdrich Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Painting & Drawing Caroline Corbeau-Parsons Curator of Drawings and Paintings Muse DOrsay Paris and Paul Perrin Director of Conservation and Collections Muse DOrsay Paris to virtually explore Sargent and Paris. Sargent and Paris explores the early career of American painter John Singer Sargent (18561925) from his arrival in Paris in [----] as a precocious 18-year-old art student through the mid-1880s when his infamous portrait Madame X was a scandalous success at the Paris Salon. Over"
YouTube Link 2025-05-08T23:00Z 500K followers, 264.7K engagements
"David Roentgen's Automaton of Queen Marie Antoinette The Dulcimer Player (La Joueuse de Tympanon) Watch this surprising video of an automaton play the dulcimer. David Roentgen (1743--1807) took his royal patron by surprise when he delivered this beautiful automaton to King Louis XVI for his queen Marie Antoinette in [----]. The cabinetry for this piece is very much a neoclassical masterwork and the mechanism behind it is truly extraordinary: the figure strikes the strings in perfect rhythm with two small metal hammers held in her hands which move with great precision. This object is from Muse"
YouTube Link 2012-10-24T14:51Z 500K followers, 257.8K engagements
"The Medici: Portraits and Politics [--------] Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions Join Keith Christiansen the John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings and guest curator Carlo Falciani Professor of Art History at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence for a tour of The Medici: Portraits and Politics [--------]. This stunning exhibition features over [--] works in a wide range of mediums from paintings sculptural busts medals and carved gemstones to drawings etchings manuscripts and armor. Included are works by the period's most celebrated artists from Raphael Jacopo Pontormo"
YouTube Link 2021-07-01T23:00Z 500K followers, 273K engagements
"Exhibition TourDivine Egypt Met Exhibitions Join Diana Craig Patch the Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge of Egyptian Art and Brendan Hainline Research Associate in the Department of Egyptian Art to virtually explore the exhibition Divine Egypt on view at The Met through January [--] [----]. In ancient Egypt images of gods werent just imagesthey brought the gods to life. Egyptians believed that it was through their depictions in tombs temples and shrines that the deities could enter sacred spaces and become active participants in rituals offering a vital connection between the human and"
YouTube Link 2025-10-23T14:47Z 500K followers, 67K engagements
"Helen Frankenthaler in her studio [----] From the Vaults Im not involved in doing good womens painting; Im involved in doing good painting. Helen Frankenthaler In [----] The Met visited her New York studio to capture her reflections on life art and the evolution of her practicetold entirely in her own words. A pioneering force in postwar American abstraction Frankenthaler pushed painting into new territory with her gravity-defying soak-stain technique pouring pigment onto canvas laid flat on the floor. Across six decades her work remained defined by spontaneity experimentation and a seamless"
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T16:34Z 500K followers, 25.4K engagements
"Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of BeautyExhibition Tour with Andrew Bolton Join Andrew Bolton the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute on a tour of the exhibition "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty." The Costume Institutes spring [----] exhibition examines the work of Karl Lagerfeld (19332019). Focusing on the designers stylistic vocabulary as expressed in aesthetic themes that appear time and again in his fashions from the 1950s to his final collection in [----] the show spotlights the German-born designers unique working methodology. On view May 5th through July 16th [----]. Learn more"
YouTube Link 2023-05-12T14:30Z 500K followers, 250.4K engagements
"Exhibition Tour Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck Met Exhibitions Join Dita Amory Robert Lehman Curator in Charge Lehman Collection and Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO to virtually explore Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck. Beloved in Nordic countries for her highly original style Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck (18621946) is relatively unknown to the rest of the world. Overcoming immense personal struggles and working in a remote location for decades she produced a powerful body of work through sheer force of will. This exhibition"
YouTube Link 2025-12-18T20:31Z 500K followers, 72.3K engagements
"Take a closer look at the Tiffany "Garden Landscape" Window Twenty years ago Met curator Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen saw photographs of a three-part Tiffany window depicting a lush garden landscape and immediately fell in love with it. Alas the window disappeared into private handsuntil a few years ago when it became available once again and was enthusiastically brought into the Museums collection. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Art Museum History New"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T15:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Exhibition TourVan Gogh's Cypresses Met Exhibitions Join Susan Alyson Stein Engelhard Curator of Nineteenth-Century European Painting to virtually explore Van Goghs Cypresses the first exhibition to focus on the treesamong the most famous in the history of artimmortalized in signature images by Vincent van Gogh (18531890). Such iconic pictures as Wheat Field with Cypresses and The Starry Night take their place as the centerpiece in a presentation that affords an unprecedented perspective on a motif virtually synonymous with the Dutch artists fiercely original power of expression. Some 40"
YouTube Link 2023-06-01T23:00Z 500K followers, 127.2K engagements
"Is This Ea-nasir Taking a look at the ancient texts ✍🤓 While you may recognize this sculpture in The Met collection from the Internet meme about Ea-nasir's infamous poor quality copper you may be surprised to learn that he's actually a Sumerian from around [----] years before Ea-nasir's time. Join Ancient West Asian Art curator Sarah Graff as she shares her love for this standing figure artifacts with humanity and the relatable stories we can learn from them. ___ 🧍♂ Standing male worshiper ca. [--------] BCE. Mesopotamia Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar). Gypsum alabaster shell black limestone"
YouTube Link 2025-12-26T20:00Z 500K followers, 23.1K engagements
"Take a closer look at Alexander McQueen's iconic "Armadillo" boots #Shorts Everything I do is connected to nature in one way or another." Alexander McQueen In [----] Alexander McQueen presented his bold collection "Platos Atlantis" inspired by Charles Darwins [----] scientific book "On the Origin of Species." McQueen imagined humankind evolving to survive underwater and presented a fantastical posthuman hybrid aquatic creature with a bold and visionary statement: "There is no way back for me now. I am going to take you on journeys you never dreamed were possible. Included in the collection were"
YouTube Link 2024-05-22T14:00Z 500K followers, 646.4K engagements
"Exhibition TourArts of the Ancient Americas Michael C. Rockefeller Wing Join Joanne Pillsbury Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art and curator Laura Filloy Nadal along with Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO and special guest Alejandro de Avila to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of the Ancient Americas galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Learn about the enduring tradition of the Mesoamerican ballgame new findings on the role of women of power and an extraordinary technology developed by Moche metalsmiths. These artworks reveal"
YouTube Link 2025-07-16T20:04Z 500K followers, 54.1K engagements
"Great Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Africas Cultural Landmarks Great Zimbabwe the largest medieval stone complex in sub-Saharan Africa is a remarkable feat of engineering. Through striking cinematography meet the masonry team responsible for maintaining the Great Zimbabwe complexconstructed from dry stone masonryand hear from specialists committed to preserving the surviving archaeological landscape. This film is part of Africas Cultural Landmarks produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with World Monuments Fund. This documentary series directed by Sosena Solomon examines some of"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T11:00Z 500K followers, 31.7K engagements
"Surrealism Beyond Borders Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions Nearly from its inception Surrealism has had an international scope but knowledge of the movement has been formed primarily through a Western European focus. Join Stephanie DAlessandro the Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Senior Research Coordinator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Met and explore this exhibition which reconsiders the true movement of Surrealism beyond boundaries of geography and chronologyand within networks that span Eastern Europe to the Caribbean Asia to North Africa and Australia"
YouTube Link 2021-10-13T23:00Z 500K followers, 178.9K engagements
"A New Home for the Tiffany "Garden Landscape" Window Twenty years ago Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Met saw photographs of a three-part Tiffany window depicting a lush garden landscape and immediately fell in love with it. Alas the window disappeared into private handsuntil a few years ago when it became available once more and was enthusiastically brought into the Museums collection. Conceived commissioned and crafted by women the window highlights the important and often unrecognized role played by women in the art of Louis"
YouTube Link 2025-12-11T21:41Z 500K followers, 83.7K engagements
"The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions England under the volatile Tudor dynasty was a thriving home for the arts. An international community of artists and merchants many of them religious refugees navigated the high-stakes demands of royal patrons including Englands first two reigning queens. Against the backdrop of shifting political relationships with mainland Europe Tudor artistic patronage legitimized promoted and stabilized a series of tumultuous reigns from Henry VIIs seizure of the throne in [----] to the death of his granddaughter Elizabeth I"
YouTube Link 2022-10-19T23:00Z 500K followers, 213.3K engagements
"The Art of the Copyist Discover the pleasure of sustained looking alongside contemporary artist Jas Knight as he copies Diego Velzquezs Juan de Pareja (1650) in our galleries. You can see Jass completed painting on our Perspectives page: https://www.metmuseum.org/Perspectives/Videos/2023/3/Copyist-Jas-Knight Learn more about The Met's Copyist Program: https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-creates/copyist-program Learn more about the exhibition Juan de Pareja Afro-Hispanic Painter: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/juan-de-pareja Subscribe for new content from The Met:"
YouTube Link 2023-03-09T19:52Z 500K followers, 675K engagements
"Exhibition TourThe Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism Met Exhibitions Join Dr. Denise M. Murrell Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large in The Mets Director's Office for a virtual tour of the groundbreaking exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism. Through some [---] works of painting sculpture photography film and ephemera it will explore the comprehensive and far-reaching ways in which Black artists portrayed everyday modern life in the new Black cities that took shape in the 1920s40s in New York Citys Harlem and nationwide in the early decades of the"
YouTube Link 2024-03-08T00:00Z 500K followers, 127.4K engagements
"Exhibition TourMan Ray: When Objects Dream Met Exhibitions Join Stephanie DAlessandro Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Senior Research Coordinator and Stephen Pinson Curator in the Department of Photographs to virtually explore Man Ray: When Objects Dream. American artist Man Ray (18901976) was a visionary known for his radical experiments that pushed the limits of photography painting sculpture and film. In the winter of [----] he pioneered the rayograph a new twist on a technique used to make photographs without a camera. By placing objects on or near a sheet of light-sensitive"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T19:08Z 500K followers, 36K engagements
"Building the Moroccan Court Journey from Fez to New York to watch artisans build a modern Moroccan court inside The Met using traditional 15th-century techniques. In [----] after an extensive renovation The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened the new Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands Turkey Iran Central Asia and Later South Asia which house the Museum's renowned collection of Islamic art. A vital part of the installation was the Patti Cadby Birch Court a Moroccan court built by a team of expertsfrom curators and historians to designers and craftsmenover many months. Complementing the works"
YouTube Link 2013-08-08T17:10Z 500K followers, 1.6M engagements
"Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty - Gallery Views [----] Learn more about Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty on view at the Met May 4--July [--] 2011: http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/ The exhibition organized by The Costume Institute celebrates the late Alexander McQueen's extraordinary contributions to fashion. From his Central Saint Martins postgraduate collection of [----] to his final runway presentation which took place after his death in February [----] Mr. McQueen challenged and expanded the understanding of fashion beyond utility to a conceptual expression of culture politics and"
YouTube Link 2011-05-10T18:51Z 500K followers, 610.1K engagements
"Conserving Degas Watch a video about the construction of a new tutu for The Met's cast of Degas's famous sculpture The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer. The Met's costume conservator Glenn Peterson discusses the history of the sculpture and the decisions made in the conservation of its tutu. The sculpture usually on view at The Met Fifth Avenue is currently featured in the exhibition Like Life: Sculpture Color and the Body (1300Now) on view at The Met Breuer through July [--] [----]. Featured Artwork: Edgar Degas (French 18341917). The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer model executed ca. [----] cast"
YouTube Link 2018-04-06T14:24Z 500K followers, 522.5K engagements
"Sue Cassidy Clark: The Camera Was My Art For Met patron and emeritus volunteer Sue Cassidy Clark photography was a means of sharing her experiences in the jazz clubs of New York and the basketball courts of the NBA. When she realized it was time to let go of her cameras she decided to donate them to The Mets Department of Photographic Conservation. Join Sue for an intimate look back at her early days in New York through her photographs scrapbooks and cameras. Read more on Perspectives: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/sue-cassidy-clark-the-camera-was-my-art Chief Digital Officer:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-23T20:45Z 500K followers, 161.8K engagements
"Paul Klee: "In the Magic Kitchen" MetSpeaks Charles W. Haxthausen Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art History Emeritus Williams College and Leonard A. Lauder Distinguished Scholar [------] and [----] The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art The Met Paul Klee was unrivaled among his contemporaries in his wide-ranging experimentation with materials and unconventional techniques. Join scholar Charles W. Haxthausen as he explores the variety of Klees practice and reflects on its art-historical implications. Organized by Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art Subscribe for new"
YouTube Link 2022-12-14T19:12Z 500K followers, 27.8K engagements
"Exhibition Tour Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature Met Exhibitions Join Alison Hokanson Curator in the Department of European Paintings and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints along with Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO to virtually explore Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature. Caspar David Friedrich (17741840) reimagined European landscape painting by portraying nature as a setting for profound spiritual and emotional encounters. Working in the vanguard of the German Romantic movement which championed a radical"
YouTube Link 2025-02-20T16:38Z 500K followers, 111.8K engagements
"In a Brilliant Light: Van Gogh in Arles [----] From the Vaults Near the end of his life Vincent van Gogh moved from Paris to the city of Arles in southeastern France where he experienced the most productive period of his artistic career. During his [---] days there he completed over two hundred paintings and one hundred drawings inspired by the regions light wildlife and inhabitants. This film presents the stories behind many beloved works alongside beautiful footage of daily life in Provence as well as glimpses of rarely seen canvases held in private collections. Narrated by Edward Herrmann. As"
YouTube Link 2020-07-10T17:00Z 500K followers, 144.4K engagements
"Gurbet O Kadar by Yildirim Grses Gurbet O Kadar by Yildirim Grses performed by Ara Dinkjian on the d Tamer Pinarbasi on the qnn and Glen Velez on the bodhrn. Filmed in the The Ko Family Galleries featuring Carpets Textiles and the Greater Ottoman World and Arts of the Ottoman Court (14th20th centuries) on August [--] [----]. Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation. Credits: Director: Kate Farrell Producer: Melissa Bell Editor: Alex Guns Camera: Alex Guns and Kelly Richardson Lighting: Ned Hallick Gaffer: Christopher Yurnet Sound Recording and Post-Production Audio: David"
YouTube Link 2018-09-13T13:12Z 500K followers, 1.5M engagements
"Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions Join Stephanie Herdrich Associate Curator of American Painting and Sculpture and Sylvia Yount Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Chargeboth of the American Wingfor a virtual tour of "Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents." This ambitious survey reconsiders Homers work through the lens of conflict a theme that crosses his prolific career. A persistent fascination with struggle permeates his artfrom emblematic images of the Civil War and Reconstruction that examine the effects of the conflict on the landscape soldiers and formerly enslaved to"
YouTube Link 2022-04-20T23:00Z 500K followers, 135.8K engagements
"Van Goghs Materials and Process I Sunday at The Met Silvia A. Centeno Research Scientist Department of Scientific Research The Met Charlotte Hale Walter Burke Conservator Paintings Conservation The Met Gain a deeper understanding of Van Goghs artistic process through new discoveries from recent technical studies of Wheat Field with Cypresses and Cypresses in The Met collection. Hear from Museum experts about how these examinations have enriched our understanding of Van Goghs materials and process and shed light on his artistic vision. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Van Goghs"
YouTube Link 2023-08-21T20:21Z 500K followers, 144K engagements
"Pipa: White Snow in Spring performed by Wu Man Recognized as the worlds premier pipa virtuoso and leading ambassador of Chinese music Grammy Award-nominated musician Wu Man performs White Snow in Spring. Filmed in The Astor Chinese Garden Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art April [--] [----] White Snow in Spring first appeared in [----] (Qing dynasty) as a hand-written score by pipa master Li Fangyuan's New Collection of Thirteen Pipa Score. Credits: Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation Production Credits Producer and Director: Kate Farrell Production Coordinator: Lisa"
YouTube Link 2016-08-01T17:54Z 500K followers, 987.4K engagements
"Exhibition TourLook Again: European Paintings 1300-1800 Join curators Stephan Wolohojian Adam Eaker David Pullins and Anna-Claire Stinebring along with their special guests as they guide you through the newly reopened galleries dedicated to European Paintings from [----] to [----]. The reconfigured galleries highlight fresh narratives and dialogues among more than [---] works of art from the Museums world-famous holdings which include recently acquired paintings and prestigious loans as well as select sculptures and decorative art showcase the interconnectedness of cultures materials and moments"
YouTube Link 2024-01-19T17:28Z 500K followers, 398.7K engagements
"Exhibition TourVertigo of Color: Matisse Derain and the Origins of Fauvism Met Exhibitions Join Dita Amory Robert Lehman Curator in Charge and Ann Dumas Consulting Curator of European Art at The Museum of Fine Arts Houston to virtually explore Vertigo of Color: Matisse Derain and the Origins of Fauvism. Over an intense nine weeks in the summer of [----] in the modest fishing village of Collioure on the French Mediterranean Henri Matisse and Andr Derain embarked on a partnership that led to a wholly new radical artistic language later known as Fauvism. Their daring energetic experiments with"
YouTube Link 2023-11-10T00:00Z 500K followers, 333.2K engagements
"Demonstration of David Roentgen's Automaton of Queen Marie Antoinette The Dulcimer Player Watch a demonstration of Queen Marie Antoinette's Automaton playing one of eight melodies it can perform. Subscribe for new content from the Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseu. David Roentgen (1743--1807) took his royal patron by surprise when he delivered this beautiful automaton to King Louis XVI for his queen Marie Antoinette in [----]. The cabinetry for this piece is very much a neoclassical masterwork and the mechanism behind it is truly extraordinary: the figure strikes the strings in perfect"
YouTube Link 2012-11-20T19:48Z 500K followers, 1.5M engagements
"Conserving the King Arthur Tapestry Follow the conservation treatment of King Arthur from the Nine Heroes Tapestries series among the oldest in The Mets collection. The tapestry had not been treated since [----] when it first came into The Mets collection. Watch as conservators clean stabilize and reweave fragile areas of the work finally reinstalling it at The Cloisters where it is now on view in gallery [--]. Featuring: Kathrin Colburn Kisook Suh Anna Szalecki Janina Poskrobko Featured Artwork: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/467528 King Arthur (from the Nine Heroes Tapestries)"
YouTube Link 2022-12-09T18:00Z 500K followers, 100.4K engagements
"Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening FashionExhibition Tour with Andrew Bolton Met Exhibitions Join Andrew Bolton Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute on a tour of the exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. The Costume Institutes spring [----] exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion reactivates the sensory capacities of masterworks in the Museums collection through first-hand research conservation analysis and diverse technologiesfrom cutting-edge tools of artificial intelligence and computer-generated imagery to traditional formats of x-rays video animation light"
YouTube Link 2024-05-16T21:17Z 500K followers, 406.3K engagements
"Meet Me At The Met: Laurie Anderson Its difficult to pick a favorite object in The Met collection but New York artist Laurie Anderson finds herself making a beeline to the Mail Shirt with Inscribed Rings (15th16th century) whenever she visits. The shirt is constructed entirely of interlocking riveted links of iron and copper alloy each stamped with the names of Allah and the five leading imams of the Shia (i.e. Muhammad 'Ali Fatima Hasan and Husayn) who are also collectively known as The Five (Panj tan) or the People of the Cloak (Ahl al-Kisa). These links are occasionally interspersed with"
YouTube Link 2025-10-02T18:53Z 500K followers, 33.7K engagements
"The American Wing at [---] Join curators Sylvia Yount Medill Higgins Harvey Adrienne Spinozzi Amelia Peck Alyce Perry Englund Stephanie L. Herdrich Thayer Tolles Patricia Marroquin Norby and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen along with Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO as the American Wing celebrates its 100th anniversary with a reinstallation of its extensive collection of art and design. Newly interpreted galleries on three floors reveal connections across the Wings increasingly hemispheric holdingsfrom the mid-17th to mid-20th century with some contemporary expressionsand foreground"
YouTube Link 2024-12-20T22:51Z 500K followers, 67K engagements
"The Art of Indonesia: Tales from the Shadow World [----] From the Vaults A captivating documentary about the rituals myths and traditions of Indonesia. Written and directed by Andrea Simon this beautiful film incorporates Old Javanese poetry sculpture and music alongside performances by traditional artists and healers. Features exceptional footage of Borobudur a Buddhist temple from the ninth century and Prambanan an important Hindu temple. Cinematography by Jerry Pantzer. As part of The Mets 150th anniversary in [----] each month we will release three to four films from the Museums extensive"
YouTube Link 2020-03-06T14:00Z 500K followers, 49.3K engagements
"#MetKidsWeave on a Mini Loom Follow along and learn how to weave yarn on a mini cardboard loom. Materials: cardboard ruler pencil scissors yarn tape needle (a large plastic embroidery needle works well) Instructions: Make Your Loom [--]. Measure and mark two borders that are 1/2 inch (1.5 cm) from the top and bottom of a small rectangular piece of cardboard. [--]. Along the top border mark lines down from the top edge of the cardboard that are spaced evenly apart (1/4 inch or .6 cm if you want them close together; 1/2 inch or [---] cm if you want them farther apart). Mark an even number of lines (6 8"
YouTube Link 2016-03-11T21:35Z 500K followers, 484.8K engagements
"What Is a Black Dandy Superfine: Tailoring Black Style Explore the extraordinary stories of stylish Black individuals across art literature music and society. Coming May [----] Superfine: Tailoring Black Style will examine the historical and cultural emergence of the Black dandy. Inspired by curator Monica Millers [----] book "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity" the exhibition will present a cultural and historical examination of the Black dandy from the figures emergence in Enlightenment Europe during the 18th century to todays incarnations in cities"
YouTube Link 2024-10-09T22:18Z 500K followers, 117.6K engagements
"Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: there is no Other MetLiveArts Join us for the digital premiere of Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: there is no Other. Giddens made her MetLiveArts debut last fall with her latest ambitious project conceived and performed with Francesco Turrisi. This performance is both a condemnation of "othering" and a celebration of the spreading of ideas connectivity and shared experience. Tracing the movement of instruments sounds and musical language back and forth from Africa the Arab world Europe and the Americas there is no Other illuminates the"
YouTube Link 2020-05-16T23:00Z 500K followers, 237.8K engagements
"Exhibition TourSuperfine: Tailoring Black Style Met Exhibitions Join Monica L. Miller Guest Curator and Professor and Chair of African Studies Barnard College Columbia University on a tour of the exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style with an introduction from Andrew Bolton Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute. The Costume Institutes spring [----] exhibition presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over three hundred years through the concept of dandyism. Through a presentation of garments and accessories paintings photographs decorative arts and more from the"
YouTube Link 2025-05-22T21:12Z 500K followers, 88.8K engagements
"Exhibition TourAfrica & Byzantium Met Exhibitions Join Dr. Andrea Myers Achi Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art in The Mets Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters for a virtual tour of Africa & Byzantium. Art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire (circa 3301453) but less known are the profound artistic contributions of North Africa Egypt Nubia Ethiopia and other powerful African kingdoms whose pivotal interactions with Byzantium had a lasting impact on the Mediterranean world. Bringing together a range of masterworksfrom mosaic"
YouTube Link 2023-12-01T00:00Z 500K followers, 286.9K engagements
"The Artist Project: Jeff Koons "I want my life as vast as their perception of what life could be." Artist Jeff Koons reflects on Roman sculpture in this episode of The Artist Projectan online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection. About the Artist Jeff Koons born in [----] is an American artist known for working with everyday objects. His artwork revolves around themes of self-acceptance and transcendence"
YouTube Link 2016-06-06T16:13Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Irving Penn Darkroom Technique: Platinum-Palladium Prints In this animated video of Irving Penn's darkroom Vasilios Zatse who was an assistant to Penn from [----] to [----] explains the artist's innovative process for making platinum-palladium prints. Produced in conjunction with the exhibition Irving Penn: Centennial on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from April [--] through July [--] [----]. #IrvingPenn Director and Producer: Kate Farrell Editor: Sarah Cowan Animation: Karlie Efinger Camera: Wayne De La Roche Dia Felix Lighting Director: Ned Hallick Gaffer: Foster McLaughlin Original Music: Austin"
YouTube Link 2017-04-17T19:17Z 500K followers, 13.1K engagements
"Philip Guston: The Not For Sale Collection Musa Guston Mayer takes us into the studio of her father the artist Philip Guston reflecting on her relationship with him and the future of his legacy. Watch the video: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/videos/2023/6/philip-guston Archival Footage: Philip Guston: A Life Lived directed by Michael Blackwood (New York: Michael Blackwood Productions 1981). Images: Photograph by Walter Auerbach courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery Photographs by Arthur Swoger courtesy of Carol R. Scott Photograph by Frank Lloyd courtesy of The Guston Foundation"
YouTube Link 2023-06-16T17:45Z 500K followers, 69.6K engagements
"The Art of Lotte Reiniger [----] From the Vaults Lotte Reiniger is known today for her extraordinarily elaborate silhouette animations. Her [----] feature The Adventures of Prince Achmed is the oldest surviving full-length animated film. This short documentary provides a fascinating look at Reinigers process offering viewers the opportunity to watch a prolific and pioneering artist at work. Here she works on two projects: her fantastical short animation Papageno (1935) about the cheerful bird-catcher from Mozarts opera The Magic Flute along with a dazzling struggle between the Frog Prince and a"
YouTube Link 2020-12-11T16:04Z 500K followers, 104.1K engagements
"Mandalas An In-Depth Look Join a group of experts to examine the significance and meaning of the Tibetan mandala. Listen as Christian Luczanits discusses the 11th to 15th-century artistic tradition and conceptualization of the mandala and how it was used to offer a rapid path to enlightenment. Then hear David Gray expand on these ideas in light of his research on the tantric deity Chakrasamvara. Finally Tenzing Rigdol addresses how his secular mandalic installation is grounded in this long tradition. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet."
YouTube Link 2024-11-14T20:57Z 500K followers, 33.9K engagements
"Meet the ArtistCecily Brown: Death and the Maid Met Exhibitions Go behind the scenes with artist Cecily Brown who discusses the inspiration and making of Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid the first full-fledged museum survey of Browns work in New York since she made the city her home. Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid assembles a select group of some fifty paintings drawings sketchbooks and monotypes from across her career to explore the intertwined themes of still life memento mori mirroring and vanitassymbolic depictions of human vanity or lifes brevitythat have propelled her dynamic and"
YouTube Link 2023-03-19T15:20Z 500K followers, 117.6K engagements
"An Edifice for Art: The Architecture of the Met Watch a video illustrating the Museums evolution from a site in Central Park to a New York City landmark. Produced in association with the exhibition Making The Met [--------]. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/making-the-met-1870-to-2020 #MakingTheMet #Met150 Credits: Film by Squint / Opera Original music: Austin Fisher The exhibition is made possible by the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation. Lead corporate sponsorship is provided by Bank of America. Subscribe for new content from The Met:"
YouTube Link 2020-12-24T18:22Z 500K followers, 10.3K engagements
"Providence Island Liberia Africas Cultural Landmarks Providence Island holds a significant place in the histories of the United States and Liberia. This small island is the site of connection between the islands original residents and formerly enslaved and freeborn American settlers who first arrived in [----]. In this documentary experts explain how social tensions dating to that beginning led to a devastating civil war in more recent history and neglect of this important cultural heritage site. The film centers insightful personal narratives and highlights the efforts currently underway to"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T11:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"The Last Knight: The Art Armor and Ambition of Maximilian I Met Exhibitions Watch a video preview of the forthcoming exhibition The Last Knight: The Art Armor and Ambition of Maximilian I on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from October [--] [----] through January [--] [----]. The exhibition will examine the profound significance of European armor at the dawn of the Renaissance through the lens of Emperor Maximilian I's (14591519) remarkable life. On view only at The Met The Last Knight will coincide with the five hundredth anniversary of Maximilian's death and is the most ambitious North American loan"
YouTube Link 2019-09-20T16:22Z 500K followers, 65.4K engagements
"Exhibition Tour Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350 Met Exhibitions Join Stephan Wolohojian John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge of the Department of European Paintings and Caroline Campbell Director (An Stirthir) of the National Gallery of Ireland to virtually explore Siena: The Rise of Painting [--------]. This exhibition examines an exceptional moment at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance and the pivotal role of Sienese artistsincluding Duccio Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti and Simone Martiniin defining Western painting. In the decades leading up to the catastrophic onset of the plague"
YouTube Link 2024-10-24T23:00Z 500K followers, 177.3K engagements
"Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: A Behind-the-scenes Tour with the Director Learn more about the exhibition Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art on view at the Met April [--] [----] - August [--] 2010: http://tinyurl.com/MetPicasso This landmark exhibition is the first to focus exclusively on works by Pablo Picasso (Spanish [----] - 1973) in the Museum's collection. It features three hundred works including the Museum's complete holdings of paintings drawings sculptures and ceramics by Picassonever before seen in their entiretyas well as a selection of the artist's prints. The Museum's"
YouTube Link 2010-05-05T23:25Z 500K followers, 249K engagements
"Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John WilsonThe Richard Wright Suite Met Exhibitions Join James Manigault-Bryant Professor of Africana Studies at Williams College for a closer look at The Richard Wright Suite a portfolio of six etchings with aquatint illustrating the story "Down by the Riverside" from Richard Wright's [----] novella Uncle Tom's Children. This evocative portfolio of prints from The Met's collection is featured in the exhibition Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson on view at The Met through February [--] [----]. For over six decades the American artist John Wilson (19222015)"
YouTube Link 2025-10-28T17:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Breuer's Art of SpaceExplore an Architectural Icon Discover more about this iconic building and its architect Marcel Breuer and The Met's four years of innovative exhibitions in the remarkable space. Hear from insiders experts and even Breuer himself as you take a virtual tour through the building's history and The Met's renovation with excerpts from The Met Breuer Architecture Audio Tour. The full [--] minute podcast-style audio tour is available to listen to here: https://www.metmuseum.org/visit/audio-guide/the-met-breuer Narrated by: Marcel Breuer excerpts from a [----] radio interview Barry"
YouTube Link 2020-07-24T22:49Z 500K followers, 21.6K engagements
"Meet the Artist Jesse Krimes: Corrections Met Exhibitions Go behind the scenes with Jesse Krimes as he discusses his inspiration and artistic process for his works in the exhibition Jesse Krimes: Corrections on view at The Met through July [--] [----]. Krimess image-based installations made over the course of his six-year incarceration reflect the ingenuity of an artist working without access to traditional materials. Employing prison-issued soap hair gel playing cards and newspaper he created works of art that seek to disrupt and recontextualize the circulation of photographs in the media."
YouTube Link 2024-10-31T20:38Z 500K followers, 26.3K engagements
"The Met [---] Project: The Met Breuer The Met Breuer is a new home for modern and contemporary art seen through the lens of The Mets historic collection. Now for the first time you can enjoy a [---] perspective on architect Marcel Breuer's landmark [----] creation. Whether you're a recent or longtime fan of the building's classic modernist design or have just been struck by its bold form at Madison Avenue and 75th Streethere's your chance to feast your eyes on a building that is also an iconic Brutalist sculpture. Scan up the jagged facade to the trapezoidal window with clouds above or hover inside"
YouTube Link 2017-05-17T17:06Z 500K followers, 79.6K engagements
"The Atelier with Alina Cho: Thom Browne Join journalist Alina Cho for a conversation with fashion designer Thom Browne whose work is widely recognized for challenging and modernizing todays uniform with designs rooted in quality craftsmanship and precise tailoring. Learn about his role as Chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America the principles that guide his own creative practice and his hopes for the American fashion industry. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan"
YouTube Link 2025-03-25T19:12Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Celebrating the Divine: Festivals in Ancient Egypt Join experts for a series of lectures exploring unique festivals that celebrate the gods of ancient Egypt. 0:00:00-0:44:42 Ancient Egyptian Festivals and the Feast of Opet Emily Teeter Associate Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago and Research Associate Negaunee Integrative Research Center Field Museum Chicago 0:44:43-1:39:58 The Festivals of Drunkenness in the Temple of the Goddess Mut Betsy M. Bryan Alexander Badawy Professor Emerita of Egyptian Art and Archaeology Johns Hopkins University Department of"
YouTube Link 2025-12-22T19:00Z 500K followers, 15.3K engagements
"Meet the ArtistThe Genesis Facade Commission: Jeffrey Gibson The Animal That Therefore I Am Step into the artistic journey of Jeffrey Gibsons creation of four large-scale figurative sculptures for The Mets [----] Genesis Facade Commission. Drawing on Indigenous worldviews and the rich history of bronze sculpture Gibson explores the interconnectedness of all living beings and the environment in this powerful installation on The Met Fifth Avenues iconic facade. An interdisciplinary artist who grew up in the United States Germany and Korea Gibson is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T20:20Z 500K followers, 21.5K engagements
"Dressing in Armor Insider Insights Join a Met expert and learn how armor is mounted and displayed in the galleries. Focus on a unique set of armor that probably belonged to King Henry VIII of England the earliest dated armor from the royal workshops at Greenwich which he established to produce armor for his court. Featured object: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/22741 Please note: This program is prerecorded. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDlz9C2bhSW6dcVn_PO5mYwsub_confirmation=1 #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum 2021"
YouTube Link 2021-09-18T14:00Z 500K followers, 34.8K engagements
"Highlights of The Met Cloisters Join curators conservators and horticulturists as they discuss some projects they have been working on over the past year and experience the magic of The Met Cloisters. Featuring: Griffith Mann Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge The Met Cloisters Carly Still Managing Horticulturist The Met Cloisters Lucretia Kargere Conservator The Met Cloisters Julia Perratore Assistant Curator The Met Cloisters Yvette Weaver Assistant Horticulturist The Met Cloisters Featured Artwork: Book of Flower Studies ca. [--------] Made in Tours France (acc. no. 2019.197) Altar"
YouTube Link 2021-08-20T16:00Z 500K followers, 52.7K engagements
"Man Ray in Collaboration Sunday at The Met Learn about three of Man Rays collaborators Berenice Abbott Kiki de Montparnasse and Lee Miller in a series of lectures from experts following an overview of Man Ray: When Objects Dream by exhibition curator Stephen C. Pinson. Hear stories about the artists collaborative relationships with Man Ray and their own careers working within the international avant-garde of the 1920s. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Art"
YouTube Link 2025-12-05T19:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Museum as Muse with Alex Katz and Wangechi Mutu Where do you find inspiration at The Met Artists Alex Katz and Wangechi Mutu explore works in our collection. Created for the 27th annual Art & Artists Gala this video brings them together to consider how The Mets extraordinary collection continues to shape their practice. Featured works: Edgar Degas (French Paris 18341917). Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery (1879-80). Etching softground aquatint and drypoint; unique impression of the fourth state of twenty. The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. (2025.761) Statue of Osiris"
YouTube Link 2025-12-11T02:37Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Exhibition TourManet/Degas Met Exhibitions Join Stephan Wolohojian John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge and Ashley Dunn Associate Curator to virtually explore Manet/Degas. This exhibition examines one of the most significant artistic dialogues in modern art history: the close and sometimes tumultuous relationship between douard Manet and Edgar Degas. Born only two years apart Manet (18321883) and Degas (18341917) were friends rivals and at times antagonists who worked to define modern painting in France. By examining their careers in parallel and presenting their work side by side this"
YouTube Link 2023-10-05T23:00Z 500K followers, 216.3K engagements
"Take a closer look at Ma'at goddess of ancient Egypt #DivineEgypt Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Art Museum History New York New York City Education Egypt Metropolitan Museum of Art Ancient Civilization Cool Old Hieroglyphs ruins archeology Egyptology horus ra osiris anubis maat hathor scarab beetle mummy gods goddess divinity religious beliefs worship ceremonies rituals kings royalty queens archaeology excavation dig sculpture gold silver faience"
YouTube Link 2026-01-13T05:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Meet the ArtistKent Monkman: mistiksiwak (Wooden Boat People) Met Exhibitions Go behind the scenes with contemporary artist Kent Monkman who discusses the inspiration and making of mistiksiwak (Wooden Boat People) an exhibition of two paintings that inaugurates The Met's annual Great Hall commission on view December [--] [----] through April [--] [----]. Subscribe for new content from the Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseu. Learn more about this exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/great-hall-commission-kent-monkman #KentMonkman #mistiksiwak #art #themet"
YouTube Link 2019-12-20T19:01Z 500K followers, 77.5K engagements
"un-ogbo Sacred Grove Nigeria Africas Cultural Landmarks The un-ogbo Sacred Grove is a vibrant center of Yorb spirituality and creative expression in southwestern Nigeria that welcomes thousands of worshipers and visitors each year. In this documentary striking cinematography brings you among the shrines and sculptures produced during the New Sacred Art movement of the 1960s that form a living cultural monument. Meet the artists responsible for transferring their traditions to a new generation dedicated to preserving the sites artistic heritage. This film is part of Africas Cultural Landmarks"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T11:00Z 500K followers, 58.9K engagements
"Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck on view now Beloved in Nordic countries for her highly original style Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck (18621946) is relatively unknown to the rest of the world. Overcoming immense personal struggles and working in a remote location for decades she produced a powerful body of work through sheer force of will. This exhibition affirms her rightful place in the story of modern art. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
YouTube Link 2026-01-07T22:30Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Meet Me at The Met: Orhan Pamuk Nobel Prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk likes to visit The Met every Friday and Saturday evening to enjoy the museum-ness of the Museum. Join Mr. Pamuk for a look at the works that have inspired his writing for many years as he relays his journey from painter to writer and back again. Learn more about Orhan Pamuk's favorite artworks: https://www.metmuseum.org/en/perspectives/orhan-pamuk-the-painterly-practice-of-a-novelist Archival footage provided by DogoraSun/Pond5.com Music Credits: The Cosmopolitan Part [--] Miniatures in Porcelain The Cosmopolitan Part [--] Music"
YouTube Link 2025-05-01T16:00Z 500K followers, 45.7K engagements
"Camp: Notes on Fashion Gallery Views Met Fashion Gallery views of The Costume Institute's spring [----] exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion narrated by exhibition curator Andrew Bolton. Through more than [---] objects dating from the seventeenth century to the present The Costume Institute's spring [----] exhibition explores the origins of camp's exuberant aesthetic. Susan Sontag's [----] essay "Notes on 'Camp'" provides the framework for the exhibition which examines how the elements of irony humor parody pastiche artifice theatricality and exaggeration are expressed in fashion. Subscribe for new"
YouTube Link 2019-05-10T21:49Z 500K followers, 289.5K engagements
"Alice Neel: They Are Their Own Gifts [----] From the Vaults A self-proclaimed collector of souls the American painter Alice Neel (19001984) is known today for her powerful psychologically rich portraiture. She depicted a wide range of subjects from her family and friends to prominent critics artists activists and strangers she met on the street. In this rarely seen documentary Neels signature candor and wit are on full display. Providing a brief biographical sketch from her early marriage and the Great Depression through her later years in Spanish Harlem the film also shows the artist at work"
YouTube Link 2020-12-18T17:37Z 500K followers, 179.6K engagements
"Exhibition TourMonstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie Met Exhibitions Join Iris Moon Associate Curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts along with artist Patty Chang Professor of Art University of Southern California Los Angeles to virtually explore Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie on view at The Met Fifth Avenue through August [--] [----]. The exhibition radically reimagines the story of European porcelain through a feminist lens. When porcelain arrived in early modern Europe from China it led to the rise of chinoiserie a decorative"
YouTube Link 2025-04-09T18:42Z 500K followers, 38.2K engagements
"The Met [---] Project: Great Hall Architect Richard Morris Hunt designed this majestic space in [----]. He never could have imagined that today the Museum's main entry greets more than six million visitors a year. Now you can experience its Neoclassical grandeur in a way no one ever has before. Come explore not just behind the scenes but everywhere in [---]. This video lets you soar past the colonnades up toward the oculus in the ceiling and cast a look down over the Grand Staircase and balcony. Aren't you curious who creates those colossal flower arrangements when you're still asleep Learn more"
YouTube Link 2017-05-17T17:05Z 500K followers, 454.7K engagements
"Michelangelo Symposium Part 10: Everett Fahy "Young Francesco Granacci" by Everett Fahy Curator Emeritus Department of European Paintings The Metropolitan Museum of Art Join international scholars to explore the pivotal decade of the 1490s in Florence and the formation and evolution of the young Michelangelo. Prompted by the recent loan by the French Republic to the Metropolitan Museum of the fragmentary marble statue Young Archer that many scholars attribute to Michelangelo this symposium will provide occasion to reflect on the sculpture and the confluence of dramatic forces that shaped"
YouTube Link 2012-08-01T22:48Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Celebrating [---] Years of The Metropolitan Museum of Art A storied past. A dynamic present. An exciting future. Its just the beginning Celebrate The Mets anniversary throughout [----] with exhibitions events and new ways to connect with art. Highlights include the exhibition Making the Met [--------] the reimagined British Galleries and a three-day celebration in June. Explore events and programming at: https://www.metmuseum.org/150 Be part of the story. Share yours on social media with #MyMetStory or submit it on our website at www.metmuseum.org/MyMetStory and you might see it featured on our"
YouTube Link 2020-03-03T21:05Z 500K followers, 244.8K engagements
"Meet the ArtistLorna Simpson: Source Notes Met Exhibitions Go behind the scenes with artist Lorna Simpson as she discusses her artistic process and preparations for her exhibition Lorna Simpson: Source Notes on view at The Met through November [--] [----]. This presentation of work by New Yorkbased artist Lorna Simpson is the first exhibition to consider the entirety of her painting practice to date. Simpson came to prominence in the early 1990s with her pioneering approach to conceptual photography. Since then she has produced works in multiple media that continue to probe the nature of images"
YouTube Link 2025-06-26T18:00Z 500K followers, 20.6K engagements
"Exhibition TourAbout Time: Fashion and Duration with Andrew Bolton Met Fashion Join Andrew Bolton Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute on a guided tour of About Time: Fashion and Duration The Met Costume Institute's [----] exhibition. Discover more about the exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/abouttime #MetAboutTime @MetCostumeInstitute The exhibition is made possible by Louis Vuitton. Corporate sponsorship is also provided by Cond Nast. Additional support is provided by Michael Braun John and Amy Griffin Nancy C. and Richard R. Rogers the Natasha and Adar Poonawalla"
YouTube Link 2020-10-29T23:13Z 500K followers, 90K engagements
"Sunday at The MetSiena: The Rise of Painting [--------] Stephan Wolohojian John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge Department of European Paintings The Met Sarah Gurin Associate Professor History of Art University of Pennsylvania C. Griffith Mann Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters The Met Join us to discuss the exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting [--------] and gain insight into this exceptional moment at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance and the phenomenal artistic activity of 14th-century Siena. Learn about innovations in painting technique and"
YouTube Link 2024-11-24T20:37Z 500K followers, 21.8K engagements
"Go to The Met Ask any New Yorker why they go to The Met and the answers are as vast as the Museum itself. Some go to find inspiration or to make the most of living in the city. Others go for date night or to catch up with a friend. Some wander the galleries to connect with the past while others go for a quiet moment with their favorite artwork. Whatever brings you to The Met theres something for everyone. Plan your visit at metmuseum.org. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum"
YouTube Link 2023-02-13T18:42Z 500K followers, 516.2K engagements
"The Met Gala Theme and Dress Code Explained The dress code for the [----] #MetGala is "Tailored for You." ✨ The [----] Benefit also known as The Met Gala celebrates the spring Costume Institute exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style opening May [--] [----]. #SuperfineStyleSubscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Art Museum History New York New York City Education TheMetGala Black Dandy Black History February Fashion Black Style Superfine Costume Institute 2025"
YouTube Link 2025-02-04T17:23Z 500K followers, 17.6K engagements
"Exhibition TourTree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India [---] BCE400 CE Met Exhibitions Join John Guy Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia in The Mets Department of Asian Art and Donald S. Lopez Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies University of Michigan for a virtual tour of Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India [---] BCE400 CE. Featuring more than [---] objects dating from [---] BCE to [---] CE the exhibition presents a series of evocative and interlocking themes to reveal both the pre-Buddhist origins of"
YouTube Link 2023-08-03T23:00Z 500K followers, 87.5K engagements
"Exhibition TourFlight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt 1876Now Met Exhibitions Join Akili Tommasino Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art artist Julie Mehretu and artist Fred Wilson for a virtual tour of Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt 1876Now which examines how Black artists and other cultural figures have engaged with ancient Egypt through visual art sculpture literature music scholarship religion politics and performance. In a multisensory exploration of nearly [---] years of artistic and cultural productionfrom the 19th century to the Harlem"
YouTube Link 2024-12-05T16:53Z 500K followers, 48.4K engagements
"The James Van Der Zee Archive Join Jeff L. Rosenheim The Mets Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs in dialogue with Thelma Golden Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum on the James Van Der Zee Archive at The Met a landmark collaborative initiative to research conserve and provide full public access to the remarkable catalogue of photographs by James Van Der Zee (18861983). The world-renowned chronicler of Black life in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance and for decades thereafter Van Der Zee was a virtuoso portraitist and one of the most"
YouTube Link 2022-12-13T17:02Z 500K followers, 15.8K engagements
"The New Negro Episode [--] Harlem Is Everywhere What was the Harlem Renaissance During the Great Migration major cities across America proved fertile ground for artists and intellectuals fleeing the Jim Crow South. In this episode we hear about Alain Lockes famous anthology The New Negro: An Interpretation which gathered some of the best of fiction poetry and essays on the art and literature emerging from these communities. Lockes anthology demonstrated the diverse approaches to portraying modern Black life that came to characterize the New Negroand embodied some of the highest ideals of the"
YouTube Link 2024-02-22T22:49Z 500K followers, 12.3K engagements
"Ccile McLorin Salvant at The Met Cloisters: Mlusine MetLiveArts Mlusine by Ccile McLorin Salvant Ccile McLorin Salvant voice Duan Balarin theorbo Marlan Barry sound engineer Andy Biskin video director & editor Rick Siegel director of photography Mike OBrien camera operator Jill Sager camera operator In July [----] MetLiveArts welcomed three-time GRAMMY-winning jazz vocalist Ccile McLorin Salvant for a digital-exclusive in the Unicorn Tapestries Room at The Met Cloisters. For Salvant also a skilled textile artist the tapestries have been a source of inspiration. Much of her music relates vivid"
YouTube Link 2023-11-01T12:00Z 500K followers, 37.3K engagements
"Meet the Gods of Egypt Sunday at The Met Yekaterina Barbash Curator of Egyptian Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Art The Brooklyn Museum Brendan Hainline Research Associate Department of Egyptian Art The Met Diana Craig Patch Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge Department of Egyptian Art The Met Spend the afternoon with the animal-headed gods Horus Sakhmet and Taweret and learn about the use of animals to represent important deities in ancient Egypt with three experts. Each presentation will explore a different animal the major deities who took that form and what meaningssuch as kingship"
YouTube Link 2026-01-22T18:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Circus Jig and Briggs Breakdown performed by Rhiannon Giddens Banjo l Met Music Circus Jig and Briggs Breakdown from the Briggs Banjo Instructor (1855) performed on the banjo by Rhiannon Giddens. Filmed in the Andr Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments of The Metropolitan Museum of Art on November [--] [----]. #musicalinstruments #art #themet #themetropolitanmuseumofart #museum #banjo #live #liveperformance #RhiannonGiddens Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation. Production credits: Director: Andy Biskin Camera: Mike O'Brien and Eric Mercado Editor: Alex Guns Sound"
YouTube Link 2019-04-19T17:30Z 500K followers, 18.6K engagements
"Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions In Maya art the gods are depicted at all stages of life: as infants as adults at the peak of their maturity and influence and as they age. The gods could die and some were born anew serving as models of regeneration and resilience. Join Joanne Pillsbury Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art in The Met's Michael C. Rockefeller Wing alongside Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos Associate Professor of Anthropology Yale University curators of the exhibition along with Laura Filloy Nadal Associate Curator of Ancient"
YouTube Link 2022-12-02T00:00Z 500K followers, 64.4K engagements
"Textile Conservation at The Met Learn about the science art and exhibition techniques of textile conservation at The Met. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum [----] The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Art Museum History New York New York City Education Textile Conservation Textiles Science Tapestry Carpet Conservation Exhibition Dyeing Mending Wet Lab Costumes The Met Art Museum History New York New York City Education Textile Conservation Textiles Science Tapestry Carpet Conservation Exhibition"
YouTube Link 2023-02-28T17:04Z 500K followers, 83.1K engagements
""Lachrimae" by John Dowland Christopher Morrongiello performs "Lachrimae" (ca. 1590s) by John Dowland (15631626) Cambridge University Library manuscript DD.2.11. Filmed in the Chapel from Le Chteau de la Bastie d'Urf at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Featured Instrument: Attributed to Wendelin Tieffenbrucker (German active 15701610). Lute late 16th century. Padua Italy. Yew spruce ebony maple. The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Purchase Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Freedman by exchange [----] (1989.13) http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/503357 Recorded"
YouTube Link 2015-10-15T16:56Z 500K followers, 2.1M engagements
"Raphael is coming to The Met. A once-in-a-lifetime moment at The Met. Opening March [--] [----] "Raphael: Sublime Poetry" is the first major U.S. exhibition to explore the full scope of Raphaels genius bringing together over [---] masterpieces from public and private collections worldwide. From luminous paintings to rarely seen drawings and tapestries experience the breathtaking range of one of the Italian Renaissances most celebrated artists. #MetRaphael Plan your visit: General admission tickets for spring [----] go on sale mid-December and include entry to the exhibition and the entire Museum. See"
YouTube Link 2025-09-02T16:01Z 500K followers, 11.5K engagements
"#MetKidsHow Can Photos Take Us Back in Time Travel back in time with Kira age [--] and discover how two photos of the Brooklyn Bridge connect the past to the present. Credits: #MetKids is a digital feature made for with and by kids http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/ About #MetKids http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/about Production Credits http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/credits #MetKids Contributor: Kira Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge Department of Photographs: Jeff Rosenheim Featured Artworks: Brooklyn Bridge ca. [----]. Albumen"
YouTube Link 2017-06-29T15:27Z 500K followers, 21.1K engagements
"Exhibition TourArts of Oceania Michael C. Rockefeller Wing Join Maia Nuku Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede Curator for Oceanic Art along with Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO and special guests Michael Mel and Arapata Hakiwai to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of Oceania galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Learn the stories behind some of the most exceptional works produced by Oceanias visual artists from elaborately carved bisj poles of the Asmat region to towering slit drums from Vanuatu. Witness how a millennia-long artmaking tradition was"
YouTube Link 2025-07-23T20:11Z 500K followers, 35K engagements
"Islamic Art and Culture in the RenaissanceThe True Moor of Venice Michael Barry the Patti Cadby Birch Consultative Chairman Department of Islamic Art MMA presents this examination of the mysterious central figure in one of the most enigmatic paintings of the Italian Renaissance Giorgiones "Three Philosophers" (Venice 1504). The discussion of this work which is now in the Kunsthistoriches Museum in Vienna sheds light on the role that Islam and Islamic philosophy played in late medieval and early Renaissance European perceptions. See the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History for the following"
YouTube Link 2009-08-12T22:59Z 500K followers, 253.5K engagements
"SymposiumThe Met Cloisters [--------] Join a convening of local and international scholars for a single-day symposium reflecting on the centennial anniversary of The Metropolitan Museum of Arts [----] acquisition of the George Grey Barnard collection which subsequently formed the core of The Met Cloisters collection. Speakers consider the history of medieval art collections in U.S. museums and the impact of historic collecting practices on medieval source sites in Europe. Thursday June [--] [----] [--] am5 pm The Met Cloisters Gallery [--] Fuentiduea Chapel 00:00:08 - C. Griffith Mann PhD - Opening"
YouTube Link 2025-09-09T16:01Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"The Met [---] Project: The Temple of Dendur Immerse yourself in this [---] video capturing dawn to dusk in the Temple of Dendur. Built around [--] B.C. when the Roman Emperor Augustus ruled Egypt the temple was a [----] gift from Egypt to the United States in recognition of support given to save its monuments threatened by the Nile. The temples setting was designed to approximate the light and surroundings of its original location in Nubia including a reflecting pool that evokes the Nile. Learn more about the Temple of Dendur: http://bit.ly/25wY97t View all videos in the series:"
YouTube Link 2017-05-17T17:05Z 500K followers, 193.2K engagements
"Exhibition TourCollecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. Met Exhibitions Join exhibition curator Medill Higgins Harvey special guests curators Deniz Beyazit and Monika Bincsik on a tour of the exhibition Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. Edward C. Moore (18271891)the creative force who led Tiffany & Co. to unparalleled originality and success during the second half of the 19th centuryamassed a vast collection of decorative arts of exceptional quality and in various media from Greek and Roman glass and Japanese baskets to metalwork from the Islamic world."
YouTube Link 2024-06-20T23:00Z 500K followers, 47.4K engagements
"The Atelier with Alina Cho: Gabriela Hearst Met Fashion Featuring: Alina Cho journalist Gabriela Hearst fashion designer Join journalist Alina Cho and fashion designer Gabriela Hearst for a conversation about Hearsts dual roles as Creative Director for both the luxury fashion house Chlo and her eponymous line. Learn about Hearsts commitment to sustainability and philanthropy as well as her history of dressing strong notable women including First Lady Jill Biden. Please note: This program is live. This series is made possible by the Doris & Stanley Tananbaum Foundation in memory of Doris"
YouTube Link 2021-03-11T21:07Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Exhibition TourIn America: An Anthology of Fashion with Andrew Bolton Join Andrew Bolton the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute on a tour of the exhibition "In America: An Anthology of Fashion"the second in a two-part exhibition exploring fashion in the United States. Presented in collaboration with The Mets American Wing "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" highlights sartorial narratives that relate to the complex and layered histories of the American Wing period rooms. The exhibition is on view May [--] [----] through September [--] [----]. Learn more about the exhibition on The"
YouTube Link 2022-05-12T23:54Z 500K followers, 46K engagements
"Meet Me at The Met: Amor Towles Writer Amor Towles finds inspiration in a visit to one of his favorite places in The Met the magical studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio. For Towles The Met is not just one museum but many. You can visit the Gubbio Studiolo yourself in our European Sculpture and Decorative Arts galleries. Learn more: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/198556 Artworks Featured: Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio ca. [------]. Designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (Italian Siena [--------] Siena) Executed under the supervision of Francesco di Giorgio"
YouTube Link 2024-10-03T15:47Z 500K followers, 11.7K engagements
"Collector Robert A. Ellison Jr. on His European Art Pottery Met Collects "When does a pot become art" Robert A. Ellison Jr. on His Collection of European Art Pottery The Robert A. Ellison Collection of European Art Pottery Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr. 2013; and Purchase Acquisitions Fund Louis V. Bell Harris Brisbane Dick Fletcher and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; [----] Benefit Fund; and The Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gift [----] http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/french-ceramics MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art"
YouTube Link 2014-06-17T17:43Z 500K followers, 16.8K engagements
"Bernini in Action: Gesture and Technique in Clay Anthony Sigel Guest Curator and Conservator of Objects and Sculpture Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies Harvard Art Museums outlines the research and discoveries made by himself and his fellow curators as part of the preparation for the exhibition "Bernini: Sculpting in Clay." By researching how Bernini sculpted his models Sigel determines which figures Bernini created himself and which ones were likely created by assistants. His lecture includes his own photographs of the models and detailed descriptions of Bernini's methods."
YouTube Link 2012-12-13T14:24Z 500K followers, 35.1K engagements
"Decoding the necklace of an Ancient Egyptian princess Art Explained "You have to imagine that nobody really saw this except the princess." Curator Adela Oppenheim on "Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II." Explore this object: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544232 Throughout [----] The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Photography by Anna-Marie Kellen Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseumsub_confirmation=1 #TheMet"
YouTube Link 2013-09-06T19:32Z 500K followers, 20K engagements
"The Met [---] Project: The Met Cloisters Take to the sky to explore the majestic vistas of The Met Cloisters. This branch of the Museum in northern Manhattans Fort Tryon Park is dedicated to the art architecture and gardens of medieval Europe. Explore [---] views over the city across the Hudson River and high above two richly landscaped gardens. Inside spin around to admire the medieval cloisters that form the core of the historic building and listen to the resonant chimes from the bell tower more than [---] feet above ground. Learn more about The Met Cloisters: http://met.org/2f1NuM3 View all"
YouTube Link 2017-05-17T17:05Z 500K followers, 236.7K engagements
"Islamic Art Gallery Views with Commentary by Sheila Canby and Navina Haidar Footage of the New Galleries for Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with commentary by curators Sheila Canby and Navina Haidar. Produced by the Digital Media Department Director: Christopher Noey Camera: Wayne De La Roche Jessica Glass Sam Henriques Editor: Jessica Glass Lighting Design: Ned Hallick Sound: Jessica Glass Dolly Grip: Kelly Richardson Production Assistants: Corinne Colgan Sarah Cowan Kate Farrell Robin Schwalb Islamic Art Sheila Canby Navina Haidar Arab Lands Turkey Iran Central Asia Later"
YouTube Link 2011-12-12T22:27Z 500K followers, 87.6K engagements
"#MetKidsHow Do We Make Art at The Met Kids and families in the Discoveries program are celebrating thirty years of making art at The Met and the halls are packed with young artists. Meet Ian Graham and Russell with special guest reporter Sandra Jackson-Dumont Credits #MetKids is a digital feature made for with and by kids https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/ About #MetKids https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/about Production Credits https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/credits #MetKids Contributors: Ian Graham and Russell Interviewer:"
YouTube Link 2019-05-29T16:45Z 500K followers, 29.2K engagements
"Exhibition TourA New Look at Old Masters Met Exhibitions Join curators Keith Christiansen Stephan Wolohojian and Adam Eaker on a tour through the newly installed European Paintings galleries and explore new dialogues and themes among the works. A New Look at Old Masters is part of the European Paintings Skylights Project and is a prelude to the final expansive re-installation of the European Paintings galleries that will take place after the project is completed. Learn more about the Skylights Project here:"
YouTube Link 2021-02-25T14:00Z 500K followers, 113.8K engagements
"Reading Modern Art with Christopher Green In our inaugural event for our new series Reading Modern Art Christopher Green Emeritus Professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art discusses his newest book Cubism and Reality: Braque Picasso Gris (Bloomsbury 2025) followed by a panel discussion with Neil Cox Head of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art and Harry Cooper Bunny Mellon Curator of Modern Art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Reading Modern Art is a new series featuring lively discussion about a new book with the author and experts in the field. Subscribe"
YouTube Link 2025-12-26T15:01Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination Gallery Views The Met Fifth Avenue: Medieval Byzantine Lehman Galleries Gallery views of The Costume Institute's spring [----] exhibitionHeavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination narrated by exhibition curator Andrew Bolton. The Costume Institute's spring [----] exhibition features a dialogue between fashion and medieval art from The Met collection to examine fashion's ongoing engagement with the devotional practices and traditions of Catholicism. The Byzantine galleries at The Met Fifth Avenue focus on designers who were inspired"
YouTube Link 2018-05-10T22:07Z 500K followers, 304.3K engagements
"Camp: Notes on Fashion Watch a video preview of the exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from May [--] through September [--] [----]. Subscribe for new content from the Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseumsub_confirmation=1 Learn more about this exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/camp-notes-on-fashion #art #themet #fashion #themetropolitanmuseumofart #museum #campnotesonfashion Featuring: Rupert Everett Artwork / Footage / Audio / Images courtesy of Photo Johnny Dufort [----] RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource NY.Photo: Christophe Fouin."
YouTube Link 2019-03-30T13:10Z 500K followers, 434.8K engagements
"The rare tapestry that changed how others were made Art Explained "Faded as it is damaged as it is it still almost moves me to tears that it survives." Thomas P. Campbell on the tapestry "The Last Supper." Explore this object: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459205 Throughout [----] The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Photography by Peter Zeray Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseumsub_confirmation=1 #TheMet #ArtExplained #Art the met met museum art"
YouTube Link 2013-10-02T15:42Z 500K followers, 20.5K engagements
"The Met's unofficial mascotthis tiny hippo named Williamhas a bit of a dark side Art Explained "A lot of us are inclined to only see his cute side but in fact there is a lot more to him than that." Curator Isabel Stnkel on an Egyptian statuette of a hippopotamus (popularly called "William"). Explore this object: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544227 Throughout [----] The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Photography by Mark Morosse Subscribe for new content from The Met:"
YouTube Link 2013-08-30T20:23Z 500K followers, 75.9K engagements
"Fran Lebowitz: Pretend Its a Museum Fran Lebowitz goes behind-the-scenes to The Mets Paintings Conservation Lab to see Rembrandts Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653). Along the way she tells her favorite story of visiting The Museum and contemplates the impossibility of choosing a favorite object in The Mets collection. You can view Rembrandts Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653) in our European Paintings Galleries. Watch the video: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/videos/2023/11/fran-lebowitz Artworks: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch Leiden 16061669). Aristotle with a Bust of"
YouTube Link 2023-11-09T15:29Z 500K followers, 336.6K engagements
"Exhibition TourMaking the Met [--------] Narrated by Steve Martin Met Exhibitions Take a virtual tour of Making The Met [--------] with Steve Martin as your guide. The exhibition features a variety of stories from the museums [---] year history told through outstanding works of art from the collection and the voices of the people who have made a lasting impact on the institution. #MakingTheMet #Met150 Listen to the full exhibition audio guide here: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/making-the-met-1870-to-2020/audio-guide Discover more about the exhibition:"
YouTube Link 2020-09-24T19:53Z 500K followers, 89.9K engagements
"#MetKidsMade at The Met Kids from around the world made these drawings as part of the Dine and Draw program in The Cafeteria. They used crayons and colored pencils to illustrate their favorite Museum memories and even got to exhibit their work in a frame Credits #MetKids is a digital feature made for with and by kids http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/ About #MetKids http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/about Production Credits http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/credits Special thanks to all of our #MetKids contributors. Inspired by: Dancer"
YouTube Link 2017-06-01T16:08Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Jewelry: The Body Transformed Met Exhibitions Watch a video preview of the exhibition Jewelry: The Body Transformed on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from November [--] [----] through February [--] [----]. Featuring Melanie Holcomb Curator Medieval Art What is jewelry Why do we wear it What meanings does it carry Traversing time and space this exhibition explores how jewelry acts upon and activates the body it adorns. #MetJewelry https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/jewelry The exhibition is made possible by Albion Art Co. Ltd Additional support is provided by Ming Chu Hsu Lulu and"
YouTube Link 2018-09-21T20:04Z 500K followers, 13.6K engagements
"Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition Virtual Opening Met Exhibitions Join the exhibitions curators Emily Braun and Elizabeth Cowling for a virtual tour of Cubism and the Trompe lOeil Tradition which offers a radically new view of Cubism by demonstrating its engagement with the age-old tradition of trompe loeil painting. A self-referential art concerned with the nature of representation trompe loeil (deceive the eye) beguiles the viewer with perceptual and psychological games that complicate definitions of truth and fiction. Along with Cubist paintings sculptures and collages the exhibition"
YouTube Link 2022-11-03T23:00Z 500K followers, 90.1K engagements
"Making The Met Met Exhibitions As the centerpiece of The Met's 150th-anniversary celebrations this major exhibition will lead visitors on an immersive thought-provoking journey through the history of one of the world's preeminent cultural institutions. Making The Met [--------] will feature more than [---] superlative works of art of nearly every type from visitor favorites to fragile treasures that can only be placed on view from time to time. Organized around transformational moments in the evolution of the Museum's collection buildings and ambitions the exhibition will reveal the visionary"
YouTube Link 2020-08-27T18:36Z 500K followers, 24.6K engagements
"Exhibition TourArts of Africa Michael C. Rockefeller Wing Join Alisa LaGamma Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Curator for African Art and Curator in Charge of The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing and assistant curator Jenny Peruski along with Max Hollein Marina Kellen French Director and CEO and special guests Manthia Diawara and Anglique Kidjo to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of Africa galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. In this new chapter the Arts of Africa galleries foreground the creativity of artists across the subcontinent shifting the narrative to focus on"
YouTube Link 2025-08-14T23:00Z 500K followers, [----] engagements
"Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer Met Exhibitions Watch a video preview of the exhibition Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from November [--] [----] through February [--] [----]. Featuring Carmen Bambach Curator Drawings and Prints The Met Michelangelo Buonarroti (14751564) a towering genius in the history of Western art will be the subject of this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition. During his long life Michelangelo was celebrated for the excellence of his disegno the power of drawing and invention that provided the foundation for all the arts. For his"
YouTube Link 2017-08-22T15:56Z 500K followers, 29.8K engagements
"Conserving Michelangelo Watch a video showing the conservation of a Michelangelo drawing on loan from Christ Church Picture Gallery Oxford in preparation for the exhibition Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer. Marjorie Shelley Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of Paper Conservation takes us through the complex and delicate process of restoring this beautiful architectural drawing. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2017/michelangelo Featured Artwork: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian [--------] ). Designs for a monumental altar or facade possibly for San Silvestro in"
YouTube Link 2017-11-03T21:11Z 500K followers, 2M engagements
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