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Kent Monkman: mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) in The Great Hall at The MET
Image: Installation view of The Great Hall Commission: Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People), 2019. Courtesy of the artist. Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen
The Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled two monumental new paintings by Cree artist Kent Monkman in the Museum's main entrance hall. The Great Hall Commission: Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) inaugurated a new series of contemporary commissions in the Museum's Great Hall. In his work, Monkman reappropriates images, motifs, and techniques from art history to express Indigenous people's experiences and histories, subverting the predominate narratives of Euro-American culture, while also addressing present-day issues.
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December 18, 2019 December 18, 2019 afinelyneKent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People)Leave a comment
Wangechi Mutu Welcomes Visitors on The MET Facade with The NewOnes, will free Us
Just right of entrance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled four installations on the facade of The Met Fifth Avenue, entitled The Facade Commission: Wangechi Mutu, The NewOnes, will free us. Wangechi Mutu was selected to create sculptures for The Met's Fifth Avenue façade niches—the first-ever such installation on the Museum's historic exterior—inaugurating a new annual artist commission series. The works were unveiled on September 9, 2019.
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August 22, 2019 November 8, 2019 afinelyneMetFacade, The NewOnes Will Free Us, Wangechi Mutu
The MET Presents 'Apollo's Muse' For The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Daydreams by Moonlight. Chesley Bonestell. Study for A Lunar Landscape (detail), 1957. Acrylic over photomontage. Randy and Yulia G. Liebermann Lunar and Planetary Exploration Collection.
Where were you on July 20th, 1969? Like millions of people, you were probably glued to your television, watching the first images of American astronauts on the moon. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20th, The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its doors to the exhibition, Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography.
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July 12, 2019 July 12, 2019 afinelyneApollo 11, Apollo's Muse
CAMP: Notes on Fashion opening at The Met
Fashion, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jeremy Scott (American, born 1975) for House of Moschino (Italian, founded 1983). Ensemble, spring/summer 2018. Courtesy of Moschino. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019
Through more than 250 objects dating from the seventeenth century to the present, The Costume Institute's spring 2019 exhibition will explore the origins of camp's exuberant aesthetic. Susan Sontag's 1964 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.
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April 23, 2019 afinelyneCAMP: Notes on Fashion
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Speaks to the Notre-Dame Fire
Met Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met Cloisters
Join The Metropolitan Museum of Art in two thoughtful events in the wake of the Notre-Dame fire.
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April 17, 2019 April 18, 2019 afinelyneNotre-Dame Cathedral
Play it Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll to open at The MET
by AFineLyne, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Music
The iconic instruments of Rock & Roll will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with instruments played by artists such as Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan, Don Felder, Kim Gordon, Jimi Hendrix, James Hetfield, Wanda Jackson, Joan Jett, Lady Gaga, Steve Miller, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Page, Kate Pierson, Elvis Presley, Prince, Keith Richards, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Eddie Van Halen, St. Vincent, Tina Weymouth, Nancy Wilson, and others. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll opens April 8th!
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March 14, 2019 April 17, 2019 afinelyneRock and Roll
Jewelry: The Body Transformed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by AFineLyne, Jewelry Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Love jewelry? Then, you'll love the exhibition Jewelry: The Body Transformed at The MET. On display are more than 230 objects drawn almost exclusively from The Met collection.
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February 21, 2019 afinelyne
The Monumental Photographic Journey of Girault de Prangey on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by AFineLyne, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photography
Self-portrait Birault de Prangey
Take a photographic journey back in time at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition Monumental Journey: The Daguerreotypes of Girault de Prangey ~ a display of Girault's daguerreotype process using oversized plates and innovative formats to produce what is today the world's oldest photographic archive. This is the first exhibition in the United States devoted to Girault, focusing on his Mediterranean journey, with this exhibit featuring approximately 120 of his daguerreotypes, supplemented by examples of his graphic work, watercolors, paintings, and his lithographically illustrated publications.
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February 21, 2019 February 21, 2019 afinelyne
'We Come in Peace' Lands on The Roof Garden at The MET
Art Installation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Roof Garden
One of the many signs that Spring is here is when The Roof Garden opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Huma Bhabha, We Come in Peace has landed.
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April 17, 2018 April 17, 2018 afinelyneMetropolitan Museum of Art, The Roof Garden
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