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Thursday, May 23, 2019

#CulturedPeachy @MetMuseum #UpcomingExhibitions at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Extensive new information is now posted online about The Metropolitan Museum of Art's upcoming exhibitions. Highlights include:


May 30–September 2, 2019

June 4–September 29, 2019

The Met Breuer 


July 2–August 11, 2019
The Met Breuer


July 3–September 22, 2019


July 15–October 6, 2019

July 22, 2019–January 12, 2020

The Met Cloisters 


July 24, 2019–January 26, 2020

September 9, 2019–January 12, 2020 


September 24, 2019–January 2, 2020
The Met Breuer

October 7, 2019–January 5, 2020


October 23, 2019–January 20, 2020

October 29, 2019–January 26, 2020


October 30, 2019–January 18, 2021

November 25, 2019–March 1, 2020


December 16, 2019–January 10, 2021

December 19, 2019–April 12, 2020


Additionally, a series of events and programs in celebration of Pride month was recently announced, including Battle of the Legends: Vogueing at The Met, which will be presented on June 11. The Museum also just revealed the new season of MetLiveArts performances, and the selection of visual and performance artist Nikhil Chopra as the Artist in Residence for 2019–20.


Images:

Ragnar Kjartansson, (Icelandic, b. 1976). Death Is Elsewhere (detail), 2017–2019. Seven-channel video installation
77 minutes © Ragnar Kjartansson; Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik



Mrinalini Mukherjee (Indian, 1949–2015). Vriksh Nata (Arboreal Enactment), 1991–92. Fiber (hemp), left: 66 1/8 x 35 3/8 x 26 3/4 in. (168 x 90 x 68 cm); center: 87 3/8 x 53 1/8 x 19 5/8 in. (222 x 135 x 50 cm); right: 93 1/4 x 46 x 27 1/8 in. (237 x 117 x 69 cm). Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi



Oliver Beer (British, b. 1985). Vessel Orchestra, 2019. 32 hollow objects from The Met collection, microphones, speakers, keyboard, and associated audio equipment. © Oliver Beer, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac



Neil Armstrong (American, 1930–2012). Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. Walks on the Surface of the Moon, Apollo 11, July 16-24 1969 (detail), 1969, printed later. Dye transfer print, 16 1/8 x 16 3/8 in. (41 x 41.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2017



Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519). Saint Jerome Praying in the Wilderness, begun ca. 1483. Oil on wood, 40.5 x 29 1/4 in. (103 x 74 cm). Vatican City, Musei Vaticani. Photo © Governatorate of the Vatican City State - Vatican Museums. All rights reserved.



Jewish ceremonial wedding ring, from the Colmar Treasure, ca. 1300­–before 1348. Gold, opaque and translucent enamel, 1 3/8 x 7/8 in. (3.5 x 2.3 cm). Musée de Cluny - Musée national du Moyen Âge, © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY



Scenes in and around the Capital, painted in the style of Rakuchu-Rakugai, 17th century (detail). Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper. Image (each): 61 7/16 in. × 11 ft. 6 11/16 in. (156.1 × 352.2 cm), Overall (each): 66 15/16 in. × 12 ft. 3/16 in. (170 × 366.2 cm),Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015



Portrait of Wangechi Mutu (detail), 2018. Photo by Cynthia Edorh

Vija Celmins. Untitled (Big Sea #1) (detail), 1969. Graphite on acrylic ground on paper. Private collection. © Vija Celmins, courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery. Photo © McKee Gallery, New York


Daniel Hopfer (German, 1471–1536). Death and the Devil Surprising two Women, ca. 1500–1510. Etching; first state of two. Plate: 6 3/16 x 8 7/8 in. (15.7 x 22.6 cm). Sheet: 6 5/16 x 8 15/16 in. (16 x 22.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951 (51.501.383)



Félix Vallotton (Swiss, 1865–1925). The Visit (detail), 1899. Gouache on cardboard, 21 7/8 x 34 1/4 in. (55.5 x 87 cm). Kunsthaus Zürich. Acquired 1909, © Kunsthaus Zürich



Lorenz Helmschmid (German, first recorded 1467, died 1516). Field Armor of Maximilian I (detail), 1480. Steel, copper alloy, and leather. Sallet: private collection, New York; all other armor elements: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Imperial Armoury (A 60)



Rayyane Tabet. Orthostat #170 (detail) from Orthostates, 2017-ongoing. 32 framed charcoal on paper rubbings, vinyl on wall, 107x77cm each. Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut | Hamburg. Photo courtesy of Fred Dott



Gerhard Emmoser (German, active 1556–84). Celestial globe with clockwork, 1579. Partially gilded silver, gilded brass (case); brass, steel (movement). Overall: 10 3/4 × 8 × 7 1/2 in. (27.3 × 20.3 × 19.1 cm); Diameter of globe: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm). Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (17.190.636)



Deity Figure (zemí) (detail), ca. A.D. 1000. Dominican Republic (?). Taíno. Wood (Guaiacum), shell, 27 x 8 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (68.5 x 21.9 x 23.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.380)



Portrait of Kent Monkman (detail) by Aaron Wynia

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