The Met

September 17, 2026–June 8, 2027 The Met Renowned Beijing-based artist Liu Wei is poised to captivate audiences with The Genesis Facade Commission, a monumental sculptural installation scheduled for 2026. This highly anticipated exhibition will adorn The Met’s Fifth Avenue exterior with four grand sculptures, reflecting Liu’s distinctive approach of blending raw urban fragments, historical elements, […]

December 11, 2025–May 12, 2026 The Met The hand-held fan, often regarded merely as a feminine accessory, played a surprisingly influential role in 19th-century European art. Fanmania explores this unexpected muse that captivated some of the era’s most innovative avant-garde artists, including renowned French Impressionists such as Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro. These artists did

October 28, 2025–May 3, 2026 The Met Explore the transformative power of the camera through the groundbreaking exhibition View Finding: Selections from The Walther Collection, hosted at The Met Fifth Avenue. This exhibition offers a captivating journey into modern and contemporary photography, revealing how artists use the camera not only as a device to capture

March 29–June 28, 2026 The Met Discover the artistic genius of Raphael, a towering figure of the Italian Renaissance whose work seamlessly blends ambition with lyrical beauty. Known formally as Raffaello di Giovanni Santi (1483–1520), Raphael’s brief life of 37 years was marked by extraordinary achievements in painting, design, and architecture, securing his place as

October 12, 2025–January 19, 2026 The Met In the fascinating world of ancient Egypt, gods were not merely abstract figures but living presences brought to life through art. Egyptians believed that the depictions of their deities in tombs, temples, and shrines served as portals, allowing gods to inhabit sacred spaces and actively participate in rituals.

September 4–December 9, 2025 The Met The Department of Drawings and Prints holds a remarkable collection exceeding one million works, spanning from approximately 1400 to the present day, primarily from Europe and the Americas. Due to the delicate nature and light sensitivity of these works, they are exhibited only for limited durations. To showcase such

Through August 3 The Met Sargent and Paris offers an immersive exploration into the formative years of John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), one of the most captivating American painters of the late 19th century. Arriving in Paris at just eighteen, Sargent quickly navigated the vibrant artistic landscape of the city, absorbing influences and engaging with leading

December 5, 2025–April 5, 2026 The Met Helene Schjerfbeck, a Finnish painter celebrated throughout the Nordic countries, remains a relatively hidden gem in the wider world of art. Born in 1862 and active until 1946, Schjerfbeck forged a deeply personal and unique artistic style that emerged from a life marked by personal challenges and geographical

October 17, 2025–March 29, 2026 The Met Explore a compelling journey through the intricate landscape of desire, identity, and gender as depicted in the art of the Middle Ages at The Met Cloisters. The exhibition Spectrum of Desire reveals a side of medieval history often overshadowed by religious narratives, diving deep into the multifaceted expressions

September 20, 2025–February 8, 2026 The Met John Wilson (1922–2015) stands as a monumental figure in American art, whose career spanned more than six decades of creation deeply rooted in the experience of Black Americans and their ongoing struggles for racial, social, and economic justice. This exhibition, “Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson“, opens

September 14, 2025–February 1, 2026 The Met American artist Man Ray (1890–1976) stands as a pioneering visionary who defied conventional boundaries across photography, painting, sculpture, and film. Most notably, during the winter of 1921, Man Ray invented the “rayograph” technique, revolutionizing photographic art by producing images without the use of a camera. This process involved

September 12, 2025–June 9, 2026 The Met Celebrated contemporary artist Jeffrey Gibson has been commissioned to create four large-scale figurative sculptures for The Met Fifth Avenue’s exterior as part of the 2025 Genesis Facade Commission. This monumental project invites viewers to contemplate the profound interconnectedness between all living beings and their environment, a theme that

July 24, 2025–January 20, 2026 The Met The exhibition “Baseball Cards from the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick” at The Met celebrates one of the most remarkable collections of historical baseball cards in the world. Housing over 30,000 baseball cards dating back to the 1880s, this collection emerged from the passion and dedication of Jefferson

July 21, 2025–January 25, 2026 The Met Casa Susanna offers an intimate and profound look into a hidden community from the 1960s—cross-dressers who found solace and self-expression in two discreet resorts operated by Susanna Valenti and Marie Tornell. Located in New York City and the Catskill Mountains, these modest retreats became safe havens where guests

July 17, 2025–May 31, 2026 The Met George Morrison, born in 1919 in the remote Native American village of Chippewa City by Lake Superior in northern Minnesota, overcame significant hardships to emerge as a defining figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement. His journey from a childhood shadowed by poverty and illness to an influential artist