The Facade Commission presents Wangechi Mutu: The NewOnes, will free Us Sept. 9, 2019 - Jan. 12, 2020 The Met Fifth Avenue Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu has been selected to create sculptures for The Met's Fifth Avenue facade niches—the first-ever such installation on the Museum's historic exterior—inaugurating a new annual artist commission series. The works will…
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“PLAY IT LOUD: INSTRUMENTS OF ROCK AND ROLL” AT THE MET SHOWCASES MEMORABLE INSTRUMENTS FROM ICONIC MUSICIANS
"Play it Out Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll" On view: April 8–October 1, 2019 The Met Fifth Avenue Floor 1, Gallery 199 New York City "Instruments are some of the most personal objects connected to musicians, but as audience members we are primarily used to seeing them from far away, up on a stage…
“EPIC ABSTRACTION” AT THE MET EXPLORES AESTHETIC ELEMENTS AND EXISTENTIAL CONCERNS OF THE SELF
Epic Abstraction: Pollock to Herrera December 17, 2018–ongoing The Met Fifth Avenue In the wake of unprecedented destruction and loss of life during World War II, many painters and sculptors working in the 1940s grew to believe that traditional easel painting and figurative sculpture no longer adequately conveyed the human condition. In this context, numerous…