An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shines a spotlight on the impressive cultural oeuvre of an overlooked civilization.
Eda Lord Dixon rediscovered
In 2014 the American Wing of The Metropolitan Museum of Art received a gift from devoted patron Jacqueline Loewe Fowler of a stunning Arts and Crafts silver and enamel hand mirror by Eda Lord Dixon. At the time, Eda was virtually unknown, even among Arts and Crafts silver scholars, principally because she rarely signed her work.
Art without adjectives
The Met’s exhibition of work from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation has the power to reframe the critical discussion of art.
Celebrating the Chippendale tercentenary
Chippendale’s Director: The Designs and Legacy of a Furniture Maker at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 14–January 9, 2019
Sunny dispositions
A new exhibition at the Met examines the glad spirits of the impressionists and others en plein air
Toasting the Caesars at the Met
The Silver Caesars: A Renaissance Mystery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Re-examining Thomas Cole
A new exhibition explores the global career of one of America’s leading landscape painters.
Quietly magnificent Michelangelo at the Met
Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer is a far more ambitious production than its title would ever suggest.
A portrait takes shape
The artist Annie Traquair Lang begins to emerge from the shadow of her mentor and paramour, William Merritt Chase.
Nate DiMeo’s audio erudition
If you have your computer or smart phone handy and aren’t already familiar with Nate DiMeo’s podcast, “The Memory Palace,” hasten to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website.