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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.

lithograph of a weary mother and sleeping boy by Kathe Kollowitz

On Motherhood

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

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

Painting of multiple sheets of drawn paper pasted in rows. Small line drawings of thick lips are embedded throughout this composition

Women’s Work, Part 2

A second installment of conversations with contemporary women artists who reflect on their art and share what inspires them most in the Museum.
Abstract painting of rectangular blocks in green, pink, red, light purple and gray tones

Women’s Work, Part 1

In celebration of Women’s History Month, a selection of contemporary women artists reflect on their art and share what inspires them most in the Museum.
Powder Horn of John Mahard

Rediscovering John Bush

Recent research sheds light on the life and work of a Massachusetts militiaman and influential horn carver.
Print of the profile of a black woman with light blue outlines and sculptural twisted hair in front of a vibrant orange circle

Everyday Fantastical

Tanekeya Word shares the knowledge and experiences behind Starshine & Clay, a fantastical embodiment of the feelings she has about Black girlhood and Black womanhood.

Rashida Bumbray

Civic Practice Partnership artist-in-residence Rashida Bumbray is a performance artist, curator, choreographer, and the Director of Culture and Art at the Open Society Foundations. Her work focuses on Black urban spaces and communities, and what it means to be in a space that has layers of generational trauma.

Detail of a jar made by the enslaved potter Dave (later known as David Drake).

Examining Storage Jars from the American South

Scientific research on food residue found in nineteenth-century stoneware vessels produced by enslaved artisans sheds light on the contents once stored inside.

The Black Presence in Tudor England

Learn more about John Blanke, a trumpeter who performed at the coronation of Henry VIII, and other documented free Black residents of Tudor England.

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