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The Met Fifth Avenue | The world looks different through a camera's viewfinder—like a picture frame or a windowpane, it redirects the eye. In modern and contemporary photographs from an esteemed private collection, artists use the camera to navigate shifting terrain. Registering and reshaping environments in flux, they look anew at how we traverse them.
When Artur Walther began to acquire photography, he aimed to expand the parameters of the field. Assembled over three decades and across five continents, his vast collection brings together a diverse group of makers—some celebrated and others still unknown. View Finding: Selections from The Walther Collection introduces his landmark gift of over 6,500 works and highlights the collection's pioneering point of view. | | Learn more → | | Exhibition Highlights | | | | | See more exhibitions → | | More at The Met |  | | Artists on Artworks—George A. Morton on The Thankful Poor | Friday, November 21, 6–6:30 pm
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See The Met collection through artists' eyes. Join painter and Met Copyist George A. Morton in conversation with Sylvia Yount, Lawrence A Fleischman Curator In Charge, The American Wing, The Met. Hear reflections on Tanner’s painting The Thankful Poor, currently on view in the American Wing and listen as Morton discusses the continued impact that Tanner’s career has had on visual culture and his own work as painter.
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The Met Fifth Avenue
Have a night out at The Met! Every week we stay open late for Date Night. Stroll through the galleries, enjoy live music, and take part in fun activities. You can also enjoy two-for-one drinks specials from one of our cafes, or catch New York City skyline sunset views over Central Park from our Roof Garden.
Whether you're bringing a date, a friend, or coming solo, The Met is your perfect night out every Friday and Saturday.
Learn more → | For more information on the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, visit View Finding: Selections from The Walther Collection, Lorna Simpson: Source Notes, Man Ray: When Objects Dream, Divine Egypt, Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson, Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages, and The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York.
For a full list of education program funders, please visit metmuseum.org/educationfundingsupport.
Images: Luo Yongjin (Chinese, born 1960), Oriental Plaza, Beijing (detail), 1998–2002. Inkjet print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Promised gift of The Walther Family Foundation © Luo Yongjin | Lorna Simpson (American, born 1960). Night Fall (detail), 2023. Ink and screenprint on gessoed fiberglass, 144 x 102 in. (365.8 x 259.1 cm). Private Collection. Photo by James Wang. © Lorna Simpson / Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth | Man Ray (American, 1890–1976). Rayograph, 1922. Gelatin silver print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bluff Collection, Promised Gift of John A. Pritzker. © Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2025 | Triad of Osiris, Horus, and Isis. From Egypt, probably Thebes, Karnak Temple. Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, reign of Osorkon II (about 872–837 BCE). Gold inlaid with lapis lazuli. Acquired in 1872. Paris, Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities (E 6204). © 2025 GrandPalaisRmn (Louvre Museum). Photo: Mathieu Rabea | John Wilson (American, 1922–2015). My Brother, 1942. Oil on panel, 12 x 10 5/8 in. (30.48 x 26.9875 cm). Smith College Museum of Art, Purchased, (SC 1943.4.1) Courtesy of the Estate of John Wilson | 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) | The Antagonist, 1956. Oil on canvas, 34 1/8 x 50 1/16 in. (86.7 x 127.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of Mrs. Helen Meredith Norcross. © George Morrison Estate. Photo © Whitney Museum of American Art / Licensed by Scala / Art Resource, NY. | Photo by Argenis Apolinario | | | | |
