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Representing the Complicated History of American Interiors

What is a period room and what are the benefits of publishing the research that informs them online?

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Black-and-white image of an actor in 18th-century period costume sitting in the Marmion Room

Fashion

Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty—Exhibition Tour with Andrew Bolton

Join Andrew Bolton, the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, on a tour of the exhibition "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty."

Andrew Bolton May 12

Community

Artist Interview—Lauren Halsey: The Roof Garden Commission

Go behind the scenes with artist Lauren Halsey, who discusses the inspiration and making of The Met’s 2023 Roof Garden Commission.

May 10

Identity

On Motherhood

How does the iconography of motherhood reflect the social, political, and religious ideals of an era?
Hettie Judah May 10

Provenance

Reflections on The Met Collection and Cultural Property

Met director Max Hollein reflects on current discussions about cultural property, provides background on The Met collection, and previews several important initiatives.
Max Hollein
Marina Kellen French Director May 9

Fashion

Making the Mannequins

Mannequins specially made for the exhibition, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, reflect the renowned fashion designer’s aesthetic tastes.
Joyce Fung May 4

Fashion

Exhibition Promo—Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

Watch a teaser for The Costume Institute’s Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.

April 28

Art and Literature

The Linsky Project: Reinterpreting Porcelain Figures

New interpretive labels help visitors navigate the role of the decorative arts in negotiating race, labor, colonialism, and global commerce.
Marlise Brown April 12

Art and Literature

A Conversation with Dia al-Azzawi–On Calligraphy as Inspiration, 1960s Iraq, and the US Invasion

Artist Dia-Azzawi on Arabic Calligraphy and Literature as Inspiration, 1960s Baghdad and Beirut, and the US Invasion of Iraq

April 10

Women’s History

Artist Interview—Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid

Go behind the scenes with artist Cecily Brown, who discusses the inspiration and making of Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid, the first full-fledged museum survey of Brown’s work in New York since she made the city her home.

March 20

Women’s History

Mapping Berenice Abbott’s New York

New research charts the photographer’s many excursions across Manhattan in 1929.
Mia Fineman March 15
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