Tag: The Met
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The Met Acquires Monumental Tiffany Window
(New York, December, 2023)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the acquisition of a monumental Tiffany three-part window, Garden Landscape. The window—over ten feet wide and nearly seven feet tall—was designed by Agnes Northrop in the studios of Louis Comfort Tiffany, the attribution of which is based on a signed design drawing for the center panel that resides in…
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New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces 2023 Exhibitions
(New York, June, 2023)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today its upcoming summer and fall exhibitions along with new live arts performances and summer initiatives, including the return of the bike valet program, ongoing date night offerings, and more. “The stories we tell at The Metropolitan Museum of Art are ever expanding,” said Max Hollein, Marina…
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Why Artists Require Space Not Only To Work But To Imagine
Eiko Otake performing at Bartram’s Garden on the Schuylkill River. “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” – Pablo Picasso Art is an imperative. Without it we can never truly examine our own circumstances or those of the people with whom we inhabit our small planet. Left unviewed,…
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Pornhub launches guide to famous museum erotic art
Unbeknownst to many, some of the world’s best pornography doesn’t exist on Pornhub. Rather, it exists in famous museums around the world: The Louvre (France), The MET (New York City), The Prado (Spain), The Uffizi Gallery (Italy), The National Gallery (UK) and Musee d’Orsay (France), to name a few. And with museums finally reopening around…
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US Premiere of Small Wonders: The VR Experience At Metropolitan Museum Of Art
“Walking through 500-year-old art…Once I put the VR headset and headphones on, it truly felt like I was transported to another world. You could walk through the levels of sculpture and detail in the bead, which was a frieze of heaven on top, purgatory in the middle, and hell below it. There were easily 20…
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Poetic Grace Gesture Is Needed In All Art Work
Dear Reader, it is difficult to deny that a side of art making is fatally concerned with the poetic grace of the gesture – it is expected that a work should exude a cosmic and ineffable air. Regardless of your medium, I hope this glance into the minds of two established poets from very different…