The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New American Wing

Categories, Museums & Attractions

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The Met's expansive galleries trace the evolution of American painting, sculpture and decorative arts from colonial days to the early 20th century. Gems include Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s iconic 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, which depicts...

"The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi"

Installation, Painting

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The Pakistani artist is best known for contemporary updates on the miniature painting that flourished on the Indian subcontinent during the Mughal era (1526–1857). This approach has been notably put to use in a series of large-scale installations in which...

"Land Marks"

Art

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The Met brings out 19 works from its collection, all related to the earthworks genre that initially developed in the late 1960s.

"At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston"

Photography

The Met brings out its cache of images by the Memphis photographer, who was one of the first to introduce color film into fine-art picture taking.

James Nares, Street

Film & video

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Nares’s mesmerizing video comprises a deceptively simple succession of pans along Manhattan streets and avenues. Shot from a moving car with a high-speed camera, Nares projects the footage in slo-mo, giving it a sense of the uncanny. People caught in...

"Velázquez's Portrait of Duke Francesco I d'Este: A Masterpiece from the Galleria Estense, Modena"

Painting

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The Met spices up the reinstallation of its Old Masters collection with this portrait by Velázquez, making its American debut thanks to a three-month loan. This image of the Duke of Modena cutting a dashing figure in armor accessorized with a red sash...

"Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity"

Art

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Masterpieces of Impressionism are shown alongside period costumes, accessories, photographs and prints to examine the impact of mid-19th-century fashion on French artists of the time.

"Photography and the American Civil War"

Museums & Attractions, Photography

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The Met drew on its collection of archival photography for this exhibit, which features more than 200 images taken during the Civil War.

"PUNK: Chaos to Couture"

Categories, Fashion

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The Met’s Costume Institute—responsible for 2011’s blockbuster “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” exhibit—investigates the aesthetics of punk culture and how it has influenced designers like Vivienne Westwood, Laura Mulleavy (Rodarte), Karl Lagerfeld...

"Cambodian Rattan: The Sculptures of Sopheap Pich"

Installation, Sculpture

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Plant life and human anatomy are some of the inspirations for the work of this Cambodian artist, whose open-weave, basketlike sculptures made of rattan often take on sinuous undulating forms that hover between abstraction and representation.

"The Civil War and American Art"

Photography, Painting

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To commemorate the 150th anniversary of some of the most pivotal moments during the Civil War—including the Draft Riots and the Battle of Gettysburg—the Met mounts this exhibition, featuring pieces created during that conflict by artists and photographers...

Watson Adventures: Whodunnit Family Scavenger Hunt

Your family can embark on a quest for a killer within the halls of the Met. Families will get a list of suspects, weapons and hiding places in the museum and then follow clues to track down the culprit. Ages 10 to 15.