Tan Dun—Symphony of Colors: Terracotta and Triple Concerto: Hero @metmuseum

The Met In 2017, the exhibition “Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220)” brought to The Met the terracotta warrior sculptures that were buried with the Emperor Qin Shi Huang to protect him in the afterlife. To celebrate this extraordinary exhibition, The Met commissioned a new work from composer Tan Dun—Symphony of Colors: Terracotta, based on music from his opera The First Emperor. Also on the program was “Triple Concerto: Hero” for violin, cello, piano, and orchestra, with music drawn from the composer's score to Zhang Yimou's film Hero.

This performance was presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220)”, which was on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from April 3 through July 16, 2017.

Recorded Friday, March 31, 2017

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This commission was made possible by The Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation.

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Tan Dun—Symphony of Colors: Terracotta and Triple Concerto: Hero

The Met 2024-05-01 | In 2017, the exhibition “Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220)” brought to The Met the terracotta warrior sculptures that were buried with the Emperor Qin Shi Huang to protect him in the afterlife. To celebrate this extraordinary exhibition, The Met commissioned a new work from composer Tan Dun—Symphony of Colors: Terracotta, based on music from his opera The First Emperor. Also on the program was “Triple Concerto: Hero” for violin, cello, piano, and orchestra, with music drawn from the composer's score to Zhang Yimou's film Hero.

This performance was presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220)”, which was on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from April 3 through July 16, 2017.

Recorded Friday, March 31, 2017

Credits
This commission was made possible by The Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation.

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Juilliard Orchestras Percussionists Shine #shorts #metlivearts

The Met 2024-06-14 | The Juilliard Orchestra’s percussionists deliver an energizing performance of Tan Dun’s “Symphony of Colors: Terracotta” 🥁🗣️

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Who was Langston Hughes of the #HarlemRenaissance? #Shorts

The Met 2024-06-14 | Learn more about the exhibition: metmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-harlem-renaissance-and-transatlantic-modernism

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Family Portraits with Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine | Civic Practice Partnership 2023–2025

The Met 2024-06-13 | I think what we’ve learned is that the purpose of art-making or being an artist can be about making connections together in a community. —Oasa DuVerney

I feel like work is most successful when it is communicating with others and helping you to sort of bridge a gap. — Mildred Beltré

The Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine began when artists Mildred Beltré and Oasa DuVerney started making art together in each other’s apartments. Sharing stories and experiences as they worked, they wondered if they could bring a similar experience to other neighbors. Dubbing themselves the “Official Unofficial Artists in Residence” of their block, they co-founded a collaborative public art project in the summer of 2010 that explores art-making as a community-building tool. The Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine is their community based, socially engaged project in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

During their CPP Residency, the artists will be interviewing residents on their block and photographing cherished family-owned objects. The words and images will then be published in a book that documents their concept of a community-based museum. As part of their on-going practice, they invited neighbors to post for family portraits on a day when they also interviewed members of the community.

The Met’s Civic Practice Partnership (CPP), launched in 2017, catalyzes and implements creative projects that advance healthy communities by bringing the skills and interests of neighborhood stakeholders together with those of The Met and artists who are socially minded in their practice. Invited CPP artists work in their own neighborhoods across New York City and at The Met to develop and implement ambitious projects and forge meaningful collaborations.

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Catalyst Quartet: “Bassline Fabulous” with Machine Dazzle | MetLiveArts

The Met 2024-06-10 | Through 30 movements of mathematics and acrobatics, the bass line of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations stands constant, a staunch pillar of infrastructure undergirding one of Western art music’s wildest (yet most logical) exercises in transformation.

In December 2022, as part of their Met residency, Catalyst Quartet presented an immersive dive into Bach’s behemoth Goldberg Variations, featuring their own acclaimed string quartet arrangement of the beloved keyboard work. Performance artist and “theatrical genius” (The New Yorker) Machine Dazzle responded in real time, interpreting the music’s inescapable evolution through a personal, emotional lens. Through pleasure, pain, laughter, and longing, “Bassline Fabulous” continues to engage audiences with the transformative power of the dynamic composition.

“Bassline Fabulous”
conceived by Machine Dazzle and Catalyst Quartet

Music:
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
arr. Catalyst Quartet

Machine Dazzle, performance artist

Catalyst Quartet:
Karla Donehew Perez, violin
Abi Fayette, violin
Paul Laraia, viola
Karlos Rodriguez, cello

Geoff Sobelle, director
Jeremy Lydic, director of production
Alban Sardzinski, lighting design

***Please note that this performance contains sexual content.***

For more information, please view the performance program at
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Recorded on Friday, December 16, 2022, in The Vanderlyn Panorama Room (Gallery 735) of The American Wing.

This performance was made possible by the Adrienne Arsht Fund for Resilience through Art.

Additional support was provided by Barbara Tober, the Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Fund, and the Grace Jarcho Ross and Daniel G. Ross Concert Fund.

MetLiveArts thanks Barbara Tober for generously hosting the invited dress rehearsal, and The Frederick R. Koch Foundation for its support of the special event.

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Gaze as the world moves and revolves around the art of Petrit Halilaj, Abetare

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What happens when a statue breaks? ❤️‍🩹 #MetImmaterial #podcast

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Stone: Making and Breaking Legacies | Immaterial | Season 2, Episode 1 #podcast

The Met 2024-06-06 | What happens when the unbreakable breaks?

Throughout art museums around the world, you’ll find ancient stone statues of rulers and marble monuments immortalizing noblemen. These objects were made to survive decay and destruction, to remain intact and whole. But from the moment that stone is extracted from the earth, it is bound to become a more fragmented version of itself–chiseled, chipped, and sometimes shattered over time.

In this episode, we examine the many ways that stone breaks. How can a statue’s cracks and cavities tell a more complex story of our humanity?

Featured artworks:

Tullio Lombardo, Adam, ca. 1490–95: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/197822

Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long,” ca. 2090 BCE. Mesopotamia: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329072

Head of Gudea, ca. 2090 BCE. Mesopotamia: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324061

Gudea, Prince of Lagash, with architectural plan. Neo-Sumerian, ca. 2120 BCE. Diorite, 93 x 41 cm. AO2. Photo: René-Gabriel Ojéda. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France. © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY: https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010119539

Guests:

Jack Soultanian, Conservator, Objects Conservation, The Met

Carolyn Riccardelli, Conservator, Objects Conservation, The Met

Robert Macfarlane, nature writer and mountaineer

Erhan Tamur, former Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, The Met

Sarah Graff, Curator, Ancient Near Eastern Art, The Met

For a transcript of the episode and more information, visit metmuseum.org/immaterialstone

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Immaterial is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Magnificent Noise and hosted by Camille Dungy.

Production staff includes Salman Ahad Khan, Ann Collins, Samantha Henig, Eric Nuzum, Emma Vecchione, Sarah Wambold, and Jamie York. Additional staff includes Julia Bordelon, Skyla Choi, Maria Kozanecka, and Rachel Smith.

Sound design by Ariana Martinez and Kristin Muller.
Original music by Austin Fisher.
Fact-checking by Mary Mathis and Claire Hyman.

Immaterial is made possible by Dasha Zhukova Niarchos. Additional support is provided by the Zodiac Fund.

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Listen to Immaterial Season 2 now! 🎧🎨 #metimmaterial #podcast

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How do photographs carry memory? Sadie Barnette discusses her work Photo Bar (2022) #artistvideo

The Met 2024-06-03 | Take a tour of the exhibition on June 4 at 3pm: engage.metmuseum.org/events/education/met-tours/met-expert-talks/fy24/met-expert-talks-don-t-forget-to-call-your-mother/?_gl=1*1dvsie5*_ga*Mzg5MTExOTk2LjE3MTE1NzA3ODA.*_ga_Y0W8DGNBTB*MTcxMTU3MjkyNi4yLjEuMTcxMTU3MzIxNy4wLjAuMA..

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What does the term Harlem Renaissance mean? See the exhibition through July 28 #Shorts

The Met 2024-06-03 | Learn more about the exhibition: metmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-harlem-renaissance-and-transatlantic-modernism

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Discover Petrit Halilajs correlation between art and activism, inspired by Dua Lipa.

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Introducing: Immaterial Season 2 | Immaterial #podcast

The Met 2024-05-30 | What is hiding in the material choices of artists and makers?

Immaterial, The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s marquee podcast, is back with eight more episodes that reveal the emotional origins and transformative power of art through the lens of materials.

This season we learn from Mexican artisans keeping centuries-old traditions alive; we go to ancient Mesopotamia to understand time travel; and we find a mythical tree in Belize that’s been making music for decades.

From traditional materials like stone and wood, to more abstract ones like space and time, the podcast explores how these materials shape the inner lives of artworks and the human experiences they reflect.

Season 2 of Immaterial drops June 4.

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Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800—Venice and Antiquity

The Met 2024-05-29 | Join curators Stephan Wolohojian and Denise Allen for a closer look at Venetian painting and sculpture in the newly renovated and reinstalled European Paintings galleries at The Met, Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800.

Learn more about the European Paintings Galleries metmuseum.org/exhibitions/look-again-european-paintings-1300-1800
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Take in the behind-the-scenes footage of The Roof Garden Commission: Petrit Halilaj, Abetare

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Watch Petrit Halilaj and curator Iria Candela, find the right placements to compliment the show.

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Tarot | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 9 (Bonus episode) #podcast

The Met 2024-05-23 | Grab a cup of tea and join us for a bonus episode on tarot. We learn about the cards from their patrician origins to the present day, when tarot is being used to subvert limiting tropes of gender and sexuality. A tarot deck begs some questions: what makes something art? And who decides? Some of the answers may surprise you. We meet the artists behind a queer, Southern, collective tarot deck, and hear from an educator at The Met how tarot can be a source of both beauty and resistance. Plus: Camille Dungy, host and tarot skeptic, gets a slightly apocalyptic reading from a fellow poet. Producers Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong and Eleanor Kagan take us behind the scenes: probing something that's not quite a material, but whose story is too dynamic not to share.

This podcast episode was first released September 14, 2022.

Immaterial season 2 launches June 4, 2024.

Featured objects:

Niki de Saint-Phalle, Niki de Saint Phalle tarot cards, 2002: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/843056

Guests:

Suhaly Bautista-Carolina, creator of Moon Mother Apothecary and senior managing educator of audience development, Education, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marco Leona, David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allison Rudnick, associate curator, Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Alexander Chee, poet, author, and professor of English and creative writing, Dartmouth College

Camille Dungy, poet and host of Immaterial

Slow Holler Tarot Artists:

JB Brager
Corina Dross
Miranda Javid
Nic Jenkins

For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2022/9/immaterial-tarot

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Immaterial is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Magnificent Noise and hosted by Camile Dungy. This episode was produced by Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong and Rachel Smith.

Immaterial is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Magnificent Noise. This episode was produced by Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong and Eleanor Kagan.

Special thanks to Holly Phillips, Jessica Ranne-Cardona, Maria Schurr, E. Henderson, and Rachel Pollack.

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Take a closer look at Alexander McQueens iconic Armadillo boots #Shorts

The Met 2024-05-22 | “Everything I do is connected to nature in one way or another."
— Alexander McQueen

In 2010, Alexander McQueen presented his bold collection "Plato’s Atlantis," inspired by Charles Darwin’s 1859 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 these formidable platform boots, known as the "Armadillo" shoes. Only around 20 pairs were ever created(!)—making this deep green pair an exceptionally rare example of one of the most recognizable footwear designs of the early 21st century.

P.S. While these particular boots won't be on view, you can see more from McQueen’s "Plato’s Atlantis" collection in "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," now open through September 2.

👢 Alexander McQueen (British, founded 1992), design house. Alexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010), designer. "Armadillo" shoes, spring/summer 2010. Shagreen (pastinachus sephen).
👢 Alexander McQueen (British, founded 1992), design house. Alexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010), designer. "Armadillo" shoes, spring/summer 2010. Snakeskin, leather metal, wood, synthetic. #ReawakeningFashion #AlexanderMcQueen

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The Threads of Architecture with Sheila Hicks and Frida Escobedo

The Met 2024-05-20 | Celebrate International Women’s Day with fiber arts pioneer Sheila Hicks and Frida Escobedo, lead architect of The Met’s new Oscar L. Tang and H. M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing for modern and contemporary art.

In this talk, Hicks and Escobedo join Met curators to discuss their shared interests, including ancient and modern architecture, textile technologies, and their experiences of Mexico in connection with their respective practices.

Sheila Hicks, artist
Frida Escobedo, architect
Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Met
Moderated by Iria Candela, Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Met

Presented in celebration of Women’s History Month and in conjunction with the exhibition “Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art.”

Learn more about the exhibition:
metmuseum.org/exhibitions/weaving-abstraction-in-ancient-and-modern-art

Recorded on Friday, March 8, 2024

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Behind the scenes filming The Roof Garden Commission: Petrit Halilaj, Abetare

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Uncover the visual illusions of metal sculptures with Petrit Halilaj and architect, Frida Escobedo.

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Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion—Exhibition Tour with Andrew Bolton | Met Exhibitions

The Met 2024-05-16 | Join Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, on a tour of the exhibition “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”

The Costume Institute’s spring 2024 exhibition, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, reactivates the sensory capacities of masterworks in the Museum’s collection through first-hand research, conservation analysis, and diverse technologies—from cutting-edge tools of artificial intelligence and computer-generated imagery to traditional formats of x-rays, video animation, light projection, and soundscapes.

On view through September 2nd, 2024.

Learn more about the exhibition: metmuseum.org/exhibitions/sleeping-beauties-reawakening-fashion

The exhibition is made possible by TikTok

Support is provided by LOEWE

Additional support is provided by Condé Nast

Video produced by HAPPYMONDAY and The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Managing Producer: Kate Farrell
Senior Producer: Melissa Bell
Production Coordinator: Lela Jenkins
Production Assistants: Tess Solot-Kehl
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Special thanks to: Andrew Bolton, Stephanie Kramer, Alexandra Fizer, and Mika Kiyono

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Jade | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 8 #podcast

The Met 2024-05-16 | Deep in the riverbeds of Aotearoa New Zealand’s South Island, you’ll find a stone that’s as hard as steel and as green as the first breath of the earth. It’s called pounamu, or nephrite jade. It’s been formed into everything from adzes to earrings, including hei tiki, greenstone pendants handed down in Māori families for generations. Meet a pair of hei tiki—one with two hundred years of family history, and one that's being brought back to life in The Met. From their start as colonial institutions, you'll hear about the role museums can play in setting taonga, or treasures, free.

This podcast episode was first released July 20, 2022.

Immaterial season 2 launches June 4, 2024.

Featured object:

Greenstone pendant (hei tiki). Maori; Aotearoa New Zealand: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/43721

Guests:

Dougal Austin, senior curator, Mātauranga Māori, Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand

Dan Hikuroa, senior lecturer in Māori Studies, University of Auckland

Maia Nuku, Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede Associate Curator for Oceanic Art, Oceanic Art in The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lisa Ruaka Reweti, public programs presenter, Whanganui Regional Museum

For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2022/7/immaterial-jade

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Immaterial is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Magnificent Noise and hosted by Camile Dungy. This episode was produced by Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong and Rachel Smith.

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The Fil at The Met Concert—Making Waves

The Met 2024-05-15 | Saturday, May 11, 2024
7–8:30 pm

The Met Fifth Avenue
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Dive into a world of water with The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School as they perform music inspired by The Met collection.

The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School is a community school of the arts dedicated to helping individuals of all ages pursue their interests, and study of music, while addressing the challenges posed by vision loss.

Metals, Part Two | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 7 #podcast

The Met 2024-05-14 | In the second part of our alchemical journey, we meet what ancient philosophers called the “noble” metals: mercury, silver, and gold. How did a nineteenth-century set designer harness one of the most captivating—and toxic—materials in the world and wind up as one of the fathers of photography? When does a coin go from a piece of stamped metal to an act of faith? And how did gold in Ghana go from dust in the water to a touchstone of language, story, and the strength of an empire?

This podcast episode was first released August 31, 2022.

Immaterial season 2 launches June 4, 2024.

Objects featured in this episode:

Works of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (various): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=Louis-Jacques-Mand%C3%A9+Daguerre&department=19

Roman coins (various): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=coin&department=13&geolocation=Roman+Empire

Staff of Office: Figures, spider web and spider motif (ȯkyeame), 19th–early 20th century. Ghana. Akan peoples, Asante group: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/314925

Guests:

Yaëlle Biro, former associate curator for the Arts of Africa, African Art in The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Daniel Carrillo, studio photographer

Benjamin Harnett, independent scholar of ancient technology and digital engineer, The New York Times

Marco Leona, David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Irene Soto Marín, economic historian and assistant professor of ancient history, Harvard University

Yaw Nyarko, professor of Economics, New York University

Stephen Pinson, curator, Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2022/8/immaterial-metals-part-two

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Immaterial is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Magnificent Noise and hosted by Camile Dungy. This episode was produced by Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong.

Special thanks to Alan Shapiro, Bobby Walsh, Lauren Johnson, and Kwabena and Rose Gyimah-Brempong.

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Hear how artist Hank Willis Thomas is inspired by his mother, Deborah Willis

The Met 2024-05-14 | What happens when you reappropriate an artwork or an ad for another purpose? In “Kama Mama, Kama Binti (Like Mother, Like Daughter),” artist Hank Willis Thomas examines how an Afro Sheen ad—with and without its branding—celebrates the beauty of African American women and the intimacy between mothers and daughters.

Thomas himself draws inspiration from his mother—an artist, curator, and photo historian—throughout his work. Take a cue from him and call your mother today! 🌸

See this photo and more on view in “Don’t Forget to Call Your Mother” through September 15.

📸 Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1977). Kama Mama, Kama Binti (Like mother like daughter), 1971/2008. Chromogenic print. © Hank Willis Thomas

Learn more about the exhibition: metmuseum.org/exhibitions/don-t-forget-to-call-your-mother

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Inside the Sleeping Beauties Exhibition During The Met Gala

The Met 2024-05-10 | Starting Friday, May 10 “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” opens to the public. Take a peek inside the exhibition with Met Gala attendees!

Learn more about the exhibition:
metmuseum.org/exhibitions/sleeping-beauties-reawakening-fashion

Production Credits:
Camera: Aurola Wedman Alfaro
Editor: Aurola Wedman Alfaro
Produced in collaboration with Claire Lanier, Micah Pegues, Alexandra Fizer, and Mika Kiyono
Music: Just Give Me One More Day by Alej

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Women and the Critical Eye 2024: Sophia Cohen and Venus Williams in Conversation with Jane Panetta

The Met 2024-05-10 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Women & the Critical Eye series supports a greater understanding of and appreciation for works of art through the lens of expert women collectors, connoisseurs, artists, and professionals.

A conversation with
Sophia Cohen
Associate Director at Gagosian Gallery, an avid collector and champion of artists, and a noted philanthropist

Venus Williams
American tennis legend, a cutting-edge entrepreneur, and a dedicated collector and arts advocate

Moderated by
Jane Panetta
Aaron I. Fleischman Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art

Filmed on Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Women & the Critical Eye Host Committee 2024

Wonder Women

Sarah Arison
Fiona Druckenmiller
Agnes Gund
Sandra Hoffen
Flora Huang
Rebecca Lainovic
Judy Glickman Lauder
Linda Lindenbaum
Nancy Marks
Renee McKee
Dr. Merryl H. Tisch
Marica Vilcek
Lulu C. Wang
Sharon Wee

Sustaining Member

Lea Paine Highet
Amabel B. James
Ann F. Kaplan
Evelyn Lipper
Amanda Davis Lister
Ming Liu
Susan and Sophie Sawyers
Kimberly Shirley
Ann M. Spruill
Candace King Weir
Shelby White

Supporting Member

Holly Andersen, M.D.
Candace K. Beinecke
Renée Belfer
Debra Black
B.J. Cowie
Milly Glimcher
Kim Greenberg
Jean D. Hamilton
Stephanie Hodor
Kristin Hohmann
Dr. Jane Katcher
Deborah Klein
Uttara P. Marti
The Mulan Club
Josie Cruz Natori
Philippa Portnoy
Gwen Price
Rochelle Rosenberg
Bonnie J. Sacerdote
Teresa Saputo-Crerend
Cheryl Scharf
Gillian Steel
Sarah Sze
Shazi Visram
Paula Volent

Partner Member

Virginia Barbato
Kelly Baum
Allegra Bettini
Suzanne Brenner
Renee Chang Marquardt
Dr. Bobbi Coller
Christy Coombs
Nathalie de Gunzburg
Nina del Rio
Lisa Dennison
Janelle Faulk
Martha Fling
Fredrica S. Friedman
Cynthia Griffin
Susan Gutfreund
Marsha W. Harper
Alexandra Higashi-Howard
Hannah Howe
Catherine Kinney
Jane Parsons Klein
Brooke Lampley
Katherine Lauder
Linda Macklowe
Leslie Maheras
Natasha Mitra
Banoo Parpia
Iris Lior Posternack
Jane C. Rubens
Rebecca L. Rutherfurd
Dr. Sarah Schlesinger Hirschfeld
Beatrice Stern
Julie Tobey
Marjorie Van Dercook
Mary Wallach
Anita Wien
Carolyn Talbot Seely Wiener
India Wolf

Committee Member

Hillary Bliss
Betsy Z. Cohen
Harriette Cole
Kaitlin Hao
Genevieve Kinney
Lauren Lucas
Mariel Pezik Pajoow
Arielle Patrick
Liane Pei
Leslie Perkins
Nithya Raman
Amy O'Reilly Rizzi
Vanessa Ruta
Mira Sharma
Lauren Katzowitz Shenfield
Seema Sheoran
List in formation as of April 1, 2024

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Metals, Part One | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 6 #podcast

The Met 2024-05-10 | Philosophers and scientists have tried for millennia to crack the code of alchemy: the art of turning lead into gold. But alchemy goes much deeper than that—it gives us a framework for turning metal into story. In the first of a two-part episode on the metals of alchemy, we explore iron, bronze, lead, and copper. Our stories go deep into the basement of The Met, and back in time to a waterlogged ancient tomb. You’ll hear about books that dazzle, puppets that weep, and the long lost sound of a 2000-year-old bell.

This podcast episode was first published August 17, 2022.

Immaterial season 2 launches June 4, 2024.

Objects featured in this episode:

European armor (various): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=iron+armor&department=4&geolocation=Europe

Zhong bells (various): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=zhong+bell&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&material=Bells

Puppet Head (Si Gale-gale), late 19th–early 20th century. Indonesia, Sumatra. Toba Batak artist(s): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/315894

Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1525–30: metmuseum.org/toah/hd/shnm/hd_shnm.htm

Guests:

Edward Hunter, armorer and conservator, Arms and Armor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marco Leona, David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ali Olomi, professor of Middle East, Islamic, and Global Southern history, Penn State Abington

Kannia Rifatulzia, translator, In-depth Creative

Defri Simatupang, archaeologist, North Sumatera Archaeology Center, Indonesia

Zhixin Jason Sun, Brooke Russell Astor Curator of Chinese Art, Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yana Van Dyke, conservator, Paper Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2022/8/immaterial-metals-part-one

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Field production by Tanita Rahmani.

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The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism: A Creative Convening

The Met 2024-05-08 | Saturday, April 27, 2024
10:30 am–6 pm

Join us for dynamic conversations, presentations, and performances by leading scholars and artists to engage with themes found in the exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism. Explore the comprehensive and far-reaching ways Black artists portrayed modern everyday life in Harlem and beyond in the 1920s–40s.

Schedule of Events

Opening Performance
10 am
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem House Band led by Christopher McBride

Welcome and Introduction
10:35 am
Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer, The Met
Heidi Holder, Frederick P. and Sandra P. Rose Chair of Education, The Met
Denise Murrell, Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large, Director’s Office, The Met

Keynote
10:45 am
Isabel Wilkerson, author

Session I

11:30 am
Presentations—Harlem as Nexus
Emilie Boone, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Rhea L. Combs, Director of Curatorial Affairs, National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski, archivist and author
Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History, Duke University Professor of Art and Art History, Duke University

1 pm Break

Session II

2 pm
Conversation—Legacies of Harlem on My Mind
Bridget R. Cooks, Chancellor’s Fellow and Professor of Art History and African American Studies, University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine
Lowery Stokes Sims (participating virtually), independent curator, art historian, and former curator at The Met
Moderated by Denise Murrell, The Met

3 pm
Conversation—Visioning the Future: The Collections of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Kathryn E. Coney, Co-Executive Director, Gallery of Art, Howard University
Jamaal Sheats, Associate Provost of Art and Culture, Director and Curator of Galleries, Fisk University
Danille Taylor, Director, Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
Vanessa Thaxton-Ward, Director, Hampton University Museum
Moderated by Joy Bivins, Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

4 pm Break

Session III

4:30 pm
Conversation—New Renaissance: Harlem Today
Jordan Casteel, artist, Trustee, The Met
Anna Glass, Executive Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem
Sade Lythcott, Chief Executive Officer, National Black Theatre
Moderated by Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, Studio Museum in Harlem

5:30 pm
Reading
NSangou Njikam, actor, playwright

5:45 pm
Closing Remarks
Denise Murrell, The Met

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.

This program is made possible by the Jerome Levy Foundation, in honor of Marvin Schwartz.

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Artist Interview—Petrit Halilaj: The Roof Garden Commission, Abetare | Met Exhibitions

The Met 2024-05-03 | Go behind the scenes with artist Petrit Halilaj, who discusses with curator Iria Candela the inspiration and making of his 2024 Roof Garden Commission: Abetare.

Kosovar artist Petrit Halilaj (born 1986, Kostërc, former Yugoslavia) has transformed The Met’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden with a sprawling sculptural installation, the artist's first major project in the United States.

Halilaj's work is deeply connected to the recent history of his native country, Kosovo, and the consequences of cultural and political tensions in the region. After a formative period in Italy, where he studied art at the Accademia di Brera in Milan, he moved to Berlin in 2008, where he still lives and works. Abetare reflects the artist’s personal experience as a refugee of war and the universal hopes and fears captured in children’s drawings.

Learn more about the exhibition: metmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-roof-garden-commission-petrit-halilaj

Production Credits:

Interviewer: Iria Candela, Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art
Director and Managing Producer: Kate Farrell
Editor: Lucas Groth
Producer: Melissa Bell
Cinematography: Jeffrey Johnson
2nd Camera/AC: Jon Jenkins
Sound: Matthew Modula
Jib Camera: Kelly Richardson
Berlin Footage: Oscar Michal
Production Coordinator: Lela Jenkins
Production Assistants: Tess Solot-Kehl, Brian Berman
Music: Austin Fisher
Timelapse Photography: Wilson Santiago, Heather Johnson
Exhibition Project manager: Zoe Tippl
Buildings Manager: Taylor Miller
81st Studio: Kate Swanson

Special thanks to: Petrit Halilaj and Iria Candela;
Studio Petrit Halilaj: Serena Rota (studio manager), Ferdinand Pechmann (production manager), Hugo Larquè (workshop manager), Vanina Saracino (research and editorial advisor), Rosario Moran and Christina Stathakopoulou (visualizations, 3D models), Veronica Paredes (accounting), Mirjam Khera (studio assistant), Martina Pelacchi (production); collaborators: Christina Werner (research advisor), Juan Echavarria, Mattia Bertolo, Toni Flügel, Anka Mirkin, Max Negrelli, Samuel von Düffel, Hagar Ophir, Nathan Stone, Joe Highton, and Fritz Rahne; Bernd Euler, Senta Hoppe, and the team at Euler GmbH, and Skulpturengießerei Knaak (artwork production); and Will Laufs and Kirill Kiselev (engineering); Abetare research in the Balkans: Amy Zion (research advisor), Leutrim Fishekqiu, Vatra Abrashi, Adrian Berisha, Arjon Kajtazi, Rrahim Dervishi, Hava Dako, Nikola Uzunovski, Olsi Lelaj, Amar Agić, Armin Ličina, Lushi Ismailaj, Valmira Morina, Lea Vene, Adela Železnik, Dzeni Rostohar, Zdenka Badovinac, Natalija Veselič Martinjak, Shaha Hyseni, Sofija Balać, Dzeni Rostohar, and Matej Jurčevoć.

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What Makes a Cultural Landmark? Perspectives from Mexico

The Met 2024-05-01 | Tuesday, April 30, 2024
6–7 pm

Nelly Margarita Robles García, Director of Atzompa Monumental Complex Archaeological Project, Oaxaca, INAH-Mexico
Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg, Founding Director, Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca
Omar Aguilar Sánchez (Mixtec), archaeologist
Mauricio Rocha Iturbide, architect
Moderated by Jonathan Bell, Vice President of Programs, World Monuments Fund

Join leading experts for presentations and discussion exploring cultural heritage sites in Mexico, including the region of Oaxaca and the unique relationship between its local communities, their daily lived traditions, and natural landscapes. In advance of the opening of The Met’s reenvisioned Michael C. Rockefeller Wing in 2025, learn how the new galleries will foreground the significant role that landscape plays in Mesoamerican art.

This is part of a series of programs about cultural heritage sites in Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.

Presented in partnership with World Monuments Fund.

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The legacy of the Harlem Renaissance 💃🏿🎨✨ #HarlemIsEverywhere #podcast

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Aaron Douglas Aspects of Negro Life moves from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The Met 2024-04-26 | Learn more about The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism: metmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-harlem-renaissance-and-transatlantic-modernism

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The Free Black Women’s Library | Civic Practice Partnership 2023–2025

The Met 2024-04-25 | “Part of what inspired the project was wanting to create something that really centered the brilliance and creativity of Black women writers and the transformative possibilities that come with reading” — OlaRonke Akinmowo

The Free Black Women’s Library is a third-space social art project founded and maintained by artist OlaRonke Akinmowo that features a collection of over 5,000 books written by Black women and Black nonbinary writers in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn. Like any library, it is a space to read, write, and study. Visitors are also invited to attend workshops, film screenings, book signings, teach-ins, story time sessions, critical conversations and to use the space to gather in community.

During her CPP Residency, OlaRonke has created Obsidian, a collective featuring 20 Black women writers and artists who meet several times a month. In December 2024, Obsidian will publish a book, "Pretty Little Brick."

The Met’s Civic Practice Partnership (CPP), launched in 2017, catalyzes and implements creative projects that advance healthy communities by bringing the skills and interests of neighborhood stakeholders together with those of The Met and artists who are socially minded in their practice. Invited CPP artists work in their own neighborhoods across New York City and at The Met to develop and implement ambitious projects and forge meaningful collaborations.

Learn more about The Free Black Women’s CPP Residency:
metmuseum.org/about-the-met/departments/education/civic-practice-project/civic-practice-partnership/olaronke-akinmowo

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Clay | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 5 #podcast

The Met 2024-04-25 | In seventeenth-century Europe, some of the wealthiest women in the world were doing something strange with the ceramic jars in their curiosity cabinets. They were eating them. But these clay pieces from Mexico—called búcaros—weren't just some bizarre snack. They were seen as a piece of the “New World,” one you could touch, smell, and taste. They were so well known that they even made it into the foreground of masterpiece paintings. But what is the real story behind these jars? Who is preserving this centuries-old ceramic tradition, and what does it mean to be one of the few artists who still works with this specific, sensuous clay?

This podcast episode was first released June 22, 2022.

Immaterial season 2 launches June 4, 2024.

Featured object:

Covered jar (Búcaros), ca. 1675–1700. Mexico, Tonalà: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/662163

Guests:

Fernando Jimón Melchor, master ceramics artisan from Tonalà, Mexico

Federico Carò, research scientist, Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Margaret Connors McQuade, Deputy Director & Curator of Decorative Arts, The Hispanic Society Museum & Library

Ronda Kasl, curator of Latin American Art, The American Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, professor and historian of science and medicine at the University of Texas

For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2022/6/immaterial-clay

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Translation, photos and field production by Fernando Hernandez Becerra of Esto no es radio.

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Art & Science: Shared Enlightenment with Roald Hoffmann, Enrique Martínez Celaya, and Krista Tippett

The Met 2024-04-22 | Sunday, April 21, 2024
2–3 pm

Roald Hoffmann, chemist and writer
Enrique Martínez Celaya, artist
Moderated by Krista Tippett, journalist and author

Hear from renowned artist and former physicist Enrique Martínez Celaya and Nobel Prize-winning chemist Roald Hoffmann as they come together for a conversation exploring the multifaceted relationship between art and science. Gain insight into the commonalities and divergences between both fields, delve into their creative processes, and explore how art and science can inform and inspire each other. Moderated by award-winning journalist Krista Tippett, their conversation also addresses topical issues such as ethics, communication, and the tension between simulation and understanding.

Roald Hoffmann, born in 1937 in Złoczów, Poland (now Ukraine), is a distinguished chemist and writer known for his groundbreaking work in theoretical chemistry, particularly in the realm of chemical reactions and the design of new molecules. He has received many of the honors of his profession, including the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (shared with Kenichi Fukui). After surviving World War II, Hoffmann came to the U. S. in 1949, where he attended public school in Queens and Brooklyn before studying chemistry at Columbia and Harvard Universities (Ph.D. 1962). Since 1965, he has worked at Cornell University, where half of his time he teaches introductory chemistry. He was also the presenter of the PBS television course in chemistry, "The World of Chemistry." As a writer, Hoffmann has carved out a land between science, poetry, and philosophy through many essays, five non-fiction books, three plays, and seven published collections of poetry. He has also collaborated widely with artists.

Enrique Martínez Celaya is an artist, author, and former physicist whose work has been exhibited and collected by major institutions worldwide. He is Provost Professor of Humanities and Arts at the University of Southern California, and a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College. Martínez Celaya is the author of nine books, and his work has been the subject of 14 monographic publications. His work is held in 58 public collections internationally, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is the founder of Whale & Star, an evolving idea of social interaction and responsibility, whose imprint is internationally recognized for its books in art, poetry, art practice, and critical theory. Martínez Celaya was born in Cuba and raised in Spain and Puerto Rico. He studied applied physics, literature, and art at Cornell University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Krista Tippett is a Peabody-award winning broadcaster, National Humanities Medalist, and New York Times bestselling author. She created and hosts On Being, which has won the highest honors in broadcast, Internet, and podcasting. She leads The On Being Project, which produces a second successful podcast, Poetry Unbound, and is evolving to meet the callings of the post-2020 world. Emergent in 2024 is the Lab for the Art of Living, alongside gatherings and “quiet conversations” to accompany the generative people and possibilities within this tender, tumultuous time to be alive. Krista grew up in a small town in Oklahoma, attended Brown University, worked as a young journalist and diplomat in Cold War Berlin, and later received a Master of Divinity from Yale. Her books are Speaking of Faith, Einstein’s God and, most recently, Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living.

This program is made possible by the Pearl Ehrlich Fund.

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Drawing Connoisseurship from the Art Market to the British Museum: Mistakes, Fakes, and Second Takes

The Met 2024-04-21 | The Michael and Juliet Rubenstein Lectures on Connoisseurship—Drawing Connoisseurship from the Art Market to the British Museum: Mistakes, Fakes, and Second Takes

Date and Time
Friday, April 19, 2024

6–7 pm

Location
The Met Fifth Avenue

The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Hugo Chapman, Simon Sainsbury Keeper of Prints and Drawings, The British Museum

In the second Michael and Juliet Rubenstein Lecture on Connoisseurship, Hugo Chapman discusses how he fell under the spell of Raphael's drawings as a student, the ups and downs of working in an auction house, and the challenges of putting a name to every Italian drawing in the British Museum when the collection was digitized. Learn how connoisseurship has become a more collaborative exercise and how close looking can still yield surprising discoveries.

This annual series is made possible by the Michael A. and Juliet van Vliet Rubenstein Fund.

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Paper | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 4 #podcast

The Met 2024-04-18 | Valentines, comic books, cigarette cards and more—all of these objects can be meaningful, but what does it mean to house them in a museum? Paper holds our memories, our stories, our fears, and our desires. How do conservators race against time to make them last? Enter the world of handheld ephemera, where keeping these objects in our hands or in our pockets keeps them close to our hearts.

This podcast episode was first released May 25, 2022.

Immaterial season 2 launches June 4, 2024.

Objects featured in this episode:

Omene cigarette cards (various): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=omene&department=9

Esther Howland valentines (various): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=Esther+Howland+Valentine&department=9

Guests:

Taz Ahmed, author, activist, and visual artist

Rachel Mustalish, conservator, Paper Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nancy Rosin, valentine researcher and scholar and volunteer cataloger in the Department of Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allison Rudnick, associate curator, Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

For an exclusive interview with Omene’s granddaughter, a transcript of this episode and more, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2022/5/immaterial-paper

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Immaterial is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Magnificent Noise and hosted by Camille Dungy. This episode was produced by Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong and Eleanor Kagan.

Special thanks to Mindell Dubansky and Nadine Orenstein.

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Unpackaging Product Photography

The Met 2024-04-12 | Sara Cwynar, photographer
Bobby Doherty, photographer
Emily Keegin, photo director and editor
Moderated by Virginia McBride, Research Associate, Department of Photographs, The Met

Consider how common objects are animated, transformed, and fetishized by the camera, from the artist’s studio to the ad agency. Join a panel of artists and experts to explore commercial strategies of visual seduction in contemporary product photographs and their historical precursors.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Real Thing: Unpackaging Product Photography.

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Shells | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 3 #podcast

The Met 2024-04-11 | It all begins with a sea creature—a snail called a conch—and the mathematically perfect spiral it transforms into a home, which we humans then put to our lips and play like a trumpet. Throughout time and cultures, conch shells have been used to communicate across great distances, from signaling on the battlefield to connecting with the divine. Hear stories about a jazz musician who plays the conch to connect with his ancestors, why a sacred Incan site way up in the Andes became a ceremonial conch concert hall, and how a conch shell made its way from the depths of the ocean to echoing through the Great Hall of The Met.

This podcast episode was first released July 6, 2022.

Immaterial season 2 launches June 4, 2024.

Featured object:

Conch Shell Trumpet, late 19th century. Vanuatu, Melanesian: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/501400

Guests:

Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, curator, Musical Instruments, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Markus Sesko, associate curator of Asian arms and armor, Arms and Armor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Steve Turre, master jazz trombonist and seashellist

Jim Waterman, founder and owner of Shell World

Miriam A. Kolar, scholar of archaeoacoustics and lead investigator for the Chavín de Huántar Archaeological Acoustics Project

For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2022/7/immaterial-shells

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Music in this episode performed and composed by Steve Turre, Lemon Guo, Sophia Shen, Elyse Blennerhassett, Austin Fisher, and Chris Zabriskie.

Shell recordings from Chavin provided by Miriam Kolar and performed by Miriam Kolar, Robert Silva, Ricardo Guerrero La Luna, Riemann Ramirez, Ronald San Miguel, and Tito La Rosa.

Special thanks to Tim Caster, Markus Sesko, John Guy, Maia Nuku, James Doyle, Julia Waterman, Paul Schneider, and Peter Rinaldi.

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The Met 2024-04-08 | Take a tour of the exhibition on April 9 at 3pm: engage.metmuseum.org/events/education/met-tours/met-expert-talks/fy24/met-expert-talks-don-t-forget-to-call-your-mother/?_gl=1*1dvsie5*_ga*Mzg5MTExOTk2LjE3MTE1NzA3ODA.*_ga_Y0W8DGNBTB*MTcxMTU3MjkyNi4yLjEuMTcxMTU3MzIxNy4wLjAuMA..

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Reconstruction of a Mirror—Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance | Met Exhibitions

The Met 2024-04-04 | This video shows a reconstruction of the Tabernacle Mirror Frame, on view nearby, showing its shutters sliding open. The hypothetical reconstruction employs Alessandro Allori's Portrait of Bianca Capello and Allegory of Human Life.

Learn more about the exhibition: metmuseum.org/exhibitions/hidden-faces-covered-portraits-of-the-renaissance

Production Credits:
Managing Producer: Kate Farrell
Producer: Melissa Bell
Editor: Tess Solot-Kehl

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Linen | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 2 #podcast

The Met 2024-04-04 | Take a spin through The Met and you’ll find thousands of items made from linen. From a 3,500 year old sheet from Ancient Egypt, to a Giorgio Armani suit from the 1980s, linen has been a symbol of wealth and authority. But it's also been a tool for the oppression and exploitation of enslaved people in the American South, and an engine of work and comfort in the Victorian era. Suit up as we undress the legacy of linen through its complex, layered symbolism.

This podcast episode was first released August 3, 2022.

Immaterial season 2 launches June 4, 2024.

Objects featured in this episode:

Length of Very Sheer Linen Cloth, ca. 1492–1473 B.C. Egypt, New Kingdom: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545138

Armani linen suits (various): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=armani&material=Linen

Nineteenth-century lingerie (various): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=lingerie&material=Linen

Guests:

Catharine H. Roehrig, curator emerita, Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rachel Tashijian, fashion critic and fashion news director, Harper’s Bazaar

Jonathan Square, The Gerald and Mary Ellen Ritter Memorial Fund Fellow, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cora Harrington, lingerie expert, founder of The Lingerie Addict, and author of In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie

For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2022/8/immaterial-linen

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Immaterial is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Magnificent Noise and hosted by Camile Dungy. This episode was produced by Eleanor Kagan.

Special thanks to Emilia Cortes, Jessica Regan, Mellissa Huber, Janina Poskrobko, Cristina Carr, Kristine Kamiya, Minsun Hwang, and Dr. Vanessa Holden.

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Reconstruction of a Mask—Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance | Met Exhibitions

The Met 2024-04-04 | This video shows a reconstruction of Cover with a Mask, Grotteschi, and Inscription sliding to reveal Portrait of a Woman (La Monaca). Both works are included in the exhibition Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance, on view at The Met through July 7, 2024.

Learn more about the exhibition: metmuseum.org/exhibitions/hidden-faces-covered-portraits-of-the-renaissance

Production Credits:
Managing Producer: Kate Farrell
Producer: Melissa Bell
Editor: Tess Solot-Kehl

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Christian McBride on the late, great jazz legend Duke Ellington 🎹 🎶 #HarlemIsEverywhere #podcast

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The Leonard A. Lauder Distinguished Scholar Lecture—Blackbeats: Cubism Reimagined

The Met 2024-04-02 | Monday, April 1, 2024

6–7 pm

Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History, Duke University

Join scholar Richard J. Powell as he rethinks the art of Cubism through the historical and aesthetic lens of African American art. Artists such as Dudley Murphy, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Mickalene Thomas, and Nina Chanel Abney use angular and fractured forms that resonate with the cultural effects of ragtime, jazz, hip-hop, and other Black performing arts traditions. They plumb Cubism’s strategies and theoretical formations, weighing the value of universal signs and imaging systems and probing art’s contested identities.

This program is presented by the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art.

2023 Paper Conservation Symposium – Parchment

The Met 2024-03-29 | Hosted by The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Paper Conservation Department, parchment and leather researcher and producer Jesse Meyer discusses historical and contemporary production methods, University of Cambridge Professor Dr. Matthew Collins and Research Associate Dr. Matthew Teasdale share their research on genetic markers that identify the animals used to make the parchment in ancient manuscripts.

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Learn about Sadie Barnettes Photo Bar (2022) #shorts #artist #museum

The Met 2024-03-29 | Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=Mq5PxUqHQiA

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Concrete | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 1 #podcast

The Met 2024-03-28 | Concrete is full of contradictions. First it’s dust, then liquid, then hard as stone. It’s both rough and smooth, it’s modern and ancient, it can preserve history or play a hand in destroying it. Unsurprisingly, concrete is all about the gray area. Hear about this material from its supporters and detractors alike: why it’s so controversial, why it’s so often used in memorials, and how Colombian artist Doris Salcedo uses it to address grief and mourning.

This podcast episode was first released June 8, 2022.

Immaterial season 2 launches June 4, 2024.

Featured object:

Doris Salcedo, Untitled, 1997–99: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/838202

Guests:

Nadine M. Orenstein, Drue Heinz Curator in Charge, Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Abraham Thomas, Daniel Brodsky Curator of Modern Architecture, Design, and Decorative Arts, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Adrian Forty, professor of architectural history, University College London, and author of Concrete and Culture (2012)

Marco Leona, David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Iria Candela, Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2022/6/immaterial-concrete

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Immaterial is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Magnificent Noise and hosted by Camille Dungy. This episode was produced by Eleanor Kagan.

Special thanks to Doris Salcedo, Laura Ubate, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Harvard Art Museums, and the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Audio © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Recorded by Danny Hoshino on November 2, 2016, Harvard Art Museums

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