metmuseum: Happy birthday to the pioneering American artist Mary Cassatt. ✨
Experience her masterpiece "Mother and Child (Baby Getting Up from His Nap)." This tender painting reveals Cassatt's ability to infuse ordinary scenes with profound emotion…
metmuseum: "I also need a starry night with Cypresses or—perhaps above a field of ripe wheat." 🌳 ✨
— Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo van Gogh, April 9, 1888.
NOW ON VIEW—Visit "Van Gogh's Cypresses" through August 27. Learn more: …
metmuseum: "Using these unique mannequins, we can dress most costumes from the 1920s to the present on a single form while still achieving a high level of historical verisimilitude and fit."
Explore the Schläppi mannequin—a mainstay in Costume Institute…
metmuseum: "Architecture is the art of space."
— Marcel Breuer
On the anniversary of Marcel Breuer's birth, learn more about the architect and his iconic building on Manhattan's Upper East Side—once home to @whitneymuseum, then The Met Breuer, and now t…
metmuseum: Can't make it to "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty" during regular Met hours? We can help with that.
Every Sunday through July 16, visit the exhibition during special evening hours 5–9 pm. (Please note: The rest of the Museum closes at 5 pm…
metmuseum: Experience soundscapes of 1920s America.
This Friday, May 19, join us for a performance by The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School (@FmdgMusic) inspired by Thomas Hart Benton’s mural "America Today."
Learn more: …
metmuseum: Soak up the sun and 5,000 years of art at #MetDateNight.
Every Friday and Saturday from 5-9 pm, experience live music, gallery chats, and incredible art.
Plus, starting May 18, head up to the #CantorRoof for sunset drinks and light bites. …
metmuseum: Calling all art-loving teens! 🎨
Ignite your artistic journey through The Met's Teen Copyist Program. Immerse yourself in Van Gogh's world, honing your artistic skills in graphite, charcoal, watercolor, and acrylic media.
Apply by Friday…
metmuseum: "The cypresses still preoccupy me . . . because it astonishes me that no one has yet done them as I see them."
— Vincent van Gogh, 1889 🌳
One week from today, see them as he saw them. Join us from May 22–August 27 for "Van Gogh's Cypresse…
metmuseum: “The figure of the mother carries extraordinary cultural weight . . . She has been redrawn, over and over, invested with symbolism according to the social, political, and religious ideals of her time.”
— @HettieJudah#MothersDay
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metmuseum: RT @NewYorker: This week our Goings On About Town section highlights the triumphant installation by the L.A. phenom Lauren Halsey, on the @metmuseum’s roof, on view through Oct. 22: https://t.co/IKBEOyds5Y
metmuseum: It’s always a great day to celebrate Lauren Halsey (@summaeverythang) and the 2023 Roof Garden Commission—but especially today. ☀️
Go behind the scenes with the artist—born May 10, 1987—as she discusses the inspiration and making of the insta…
metmuseum: Hey, New York! Looking for springtime fun?
Check out Teens Take The Met this Friday, May 12, and Date Night on Friday, May 19—part of @nyctourism's #ItsTimeForCulture.
Learn more: https://t.co/o5ZCmpDt6D
metmuseum: On May 10, join @catalystquartet—The Met's ’22-’23 Quartet in Residence—as they celebrate the reach and impact of Latin America’s most talented tunesmiths, featuring a brand new dance by @ABTBallet Principal Dancer Herman Cornejo.
Get tix: …
metmuseum: How have Buddhism and art traveled together across time and space?
Dive in through our #MetPrimer—Art and Buddhism: A Journey ✨
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metmuseum: One week from today...TEENS TAKE OVER!
See you on Friday, May 12 for art making, performances, music, and more at #TeensTakeTheMet.
Doors open at 5 pm. Free and open to all teens 13+ with a middle or high school ID: https://t.co/gtZR4UrLNd
Curious about the latest in art historical scholarship? 📚
Starting May 4, join us online and in person for Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present as leading minds and rising voices of their fields explore new research.
See the full schedule: https://t.co/D1fdEBo193
metmuseum: RT @metmuseum: Discover the history of kanga textiles in East Africa.
Join us Tuesday, May 9, as Eileen Musundi of the National Museums of Kenya discusses her original research on kanga textiles and how they have been presented in the region.…