The Metropolitan Museum of Art - February 28, 2026

Art in your inbox

A conversation with Ken Burns, Chinese calligraphy, and inspiration...

A conversation with Ken Burns, Chinese calligraphy, and inspiration for all.
View in browser
 
Met News
Art in your inbox
The Art of the American Revolution: A Conversation with Ken Burns
The Art of the American Revolution: A Conversation with Ken Burns
Mark the 250th anniversary year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with a conversation featuring filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, historians Philip Deloria and Jane Kamensky, and art historian Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw. Watch now →
 
Celebrate the Year of the Horse with Chinese Calligraphy
Celebrate the Year of the Horse with Chinese Calligraphy
Celebrate the Year of the Horse, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, with a calligraphy video demonstrating four script types. Grab your brush and ink and give calligraphy a try to commemorate the Lunar New Year. Watch now →

Find inspiration with a selection of equine artworks, all on view at The Met. Explore now →
 
The Visitation, Two Figures
The Visitation, Two Figures
“The tenderness between these cousins doesn't depend on transparency. It depends on the closeness of their bodies.” The poet Mary Szybist reflects on the embrace between Mary and Elizabeth in this sculptural representation of the Visitation, currently on view in Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages. Listen now →
 
Tradition and Celebration Across the Jewish Calendar
Tradition and Celebration Across the Jewish Calendar
A selection of exquisite Judaica currently on view at The Met represents universal themes related to special days in the Jewish calendar. Learn more about how these objects are used during rituals and in everyday life. Learn more →
 
Perspectives
Inside the Studio with Kerry James Marshall
Looking for inspiration?
 
Exhibition Highlights
Lillian Bassman: Bazaar and Beyond
Lillian Bassman: Bazaar and Beyond
OPENING SOON
March 2–July 26, 2026
The Met Fifth Avenue
alt
Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew
Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew
OPENING SOON
March 16, 2026–May 9, 2027
The Met Fifth Avenue
Raphael: Sublime Poetry
Raphael: Sublime Poetry
UPCOMING
March 29–June 28, 2026
The Met Fifth Avenue
alt
Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship
Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship
UPCOMING
April 16–July 19, 2026
The Met Fifth Avenue
Iba Ndiaye: Between Latitude and Longitude
Iba Ndiaye: Between Latitude and Longitude
Through May 31, 2026
The Met Fifth Avenue
alt
Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages
Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages
Through March 29, 2026
The Met Cloisters
Featured Event
Celebrating Helene Schjerfbeck
 
Sunday at The Met—Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck
Sunday, March 8, 2–3:30 pm

Join Met curators, conservators, and experts to learn more about the artist's practice, the evolution of her career, and the importance of her work in the history of Nordic painting.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck.

Register now →
The Met Store
Exhibition Catalogues
 
Plan Your Visit
See the Plan Your Visit page for more information about buying tickets in advance. Please note our current opening days and hours for each location.
Buy your tickets now →
Become a Member →
 
 
The Met
Fifth Avenue


1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
The Met
Cloisters


99 Margaret Corbin Drive
Fort Tryon Park
New York, NY 10040
metmuseum.org
 
Explore        Membership        Donate        Shop
 
Manage Your Preferences   |   Unsubscribe
 
For more information on the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, visit Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages, Lillian Bassman: Bazaar and Beyond, Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew, Raphael: Sublime Poetry, Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship, Iba Ndiaye: Between Latitude and Longitude, and Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck.

The Art of The American Revolution: A Conversation with Ken Burns is made possible by the Jerome Levy Foundation, in honor of Marvin Schwartz.

For Education program funders, visit metmuseum.org/educationfundingsupport.

Your support allows the Museum to collect, conserve, and present 5,000 years of world art. Donate now.

Comments are welcome at [email protected].

Images: Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300). The Visitation, ca. 1310–20. Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, 23 1/4 × 11 7/8 × 7 1/4 in. (59.1 × 30.2 × 18.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.724) | Fish-form spice container (Besamim), 1813. Austrian, Vienna. Silver, foil-backed glass, 3 1/8 × 13 3/8 × 3 in., 15.872oz. (8 × 34 × 7.6 cm, 450g). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Manda and Albert Kalimian Gift, in honor of Sabrina and Daniel Kalimian, 2024 (2025.104) | Kerry James Marshall (American, born 1955). Untitled (Studio), 2014. Acrylic on PVC panels, 83 ¼ × 119  ¼ in. (211.6 × 302.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation Gift, Acquisitions Fund and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Multicultural Audience Development Initiative Gift, 2015 (2015.366). © Kerry James Marshall | Lillian Bassman (American, 1917–2012). Solarized Fashion Study (detail), ca. 1960. Gelatin silver print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Lizzie and Eric Himmel © Estate of Lillian Bassman | Korea, Kashyapa (detail), dated 1700. Wood with polychrome paint, H. 22 in. (55.9 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1942 (42.25.8) | Raphael (Raffaello di Giovanni Santi), The Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape (The Alba Madonna) (detail), ca. 1509–11. Oil on canvas (transferred from wood). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.24 | Possibly by Wenzel Roriczer (German, born Bohemia, died 1419). Design for the Entrance Portal of Regensburg Cathedral (detail), ca. 1390–1410. Pen and black ink, over blind ruling with stylus, guided by compass and straightedge, on parchment, Sheet: 53 3/16 × 22 3/8 in. (135.1 × 56.9 cm). Kupferstichkabinett, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien (HZ-16871r) | Iba Ndiaye (Saint-Louis 1928–2008 Paris). Tabaski III (detail), 1970. Oil on plywood. H. 59 1/16 x W 98 7/16 in (H 150 x W 250 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Promised Gift of Margo and Anthony Viscusi. © Estate of Iba Ndiaye | Aquamanile in the Form of Phyllis and Aristotle, Netherlandish, late 14th or early 15th century. Copper alloy, 12 ¾ x 7 x 15½ in. (32.5 x 17.9 x 39.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.1416)
alt alt