Kent Monkman: Officer and Laughing Girl
Upper East Side, Manhattan
Cree artist Kent Monkman answers the Frick's Vermeer, hanging contemporary work inside a collection that rarely admits any.
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Upper East Side, Manhattan
Cree artist Kent Monkman answers the Frick's Vermeer, hanging contemporary work inside a collection that rarely admits any.
Cree artist Kent Monkman answers the Frick's Vermeer, hanging contemporary work inside a collection that rarely admits any.
Add to calendarUpper East Side, Manhattan
Taryn Simon fills the entire Guggenheim rotunda with 42 new works tracing one federal agent's life — the fall's biggest museum opening.
Taryn Simon fills the entire Guggenheim rotunda with 42 new works tracing one federal agent's life — the fall's biggest museum opening.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
A wordless novel in charcoal and ink by a WWII veteran who fled Nazi Germany: Si Lewen's Parade gets its first public showing at The Met.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanA wordless novel in charcoal and ink by a WWII veteran who fled Nazi Germany: Si Lewen's Parade gets its first public showing at The Met.
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GRAY New York, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
Three elongated bronze heads over two meters tall stand among charcoal wall drawings in Jaume Plensa's new Madison Avenue show.
GRAY New York, Upper East Side, ManhattanThree elongated bronze heads over two meters tall stand among charcoal wall drawings in Jaume Plensa's new Madison Avenue show.
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Cattelan's duct-taped banana, a Kusama Infinity Mirrored Room and Warhol under one museum roof.
Cattelan's duct-taped banana, a Kusama Infinity Mirrored Room and Warhol under one museum roof.
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Nearly 120 watercolor designs from Tiffany's studios hang beside the stained glass, mosaics and lamps they became.
Nearly 120 watercolor designs from Tiffany's studios hang beside the stained glass, mosaics and lamps they became.
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
An AI-generated male Northern white rhino — extinct in real life — wanders a projection room in Cooper Hewitt's immersive installation.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanAn AI-generated male Northern white rhino — extinct in real life — wanders a projection room in Cooper Hewitt's immersive installation.
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Renaissance Sienese bronzes at the Frick's restored Gilded Age mansion, in the special-exhibition galleries added by the renovation.
Renaissance Sienese bronzes at the Frick's restored Gilded Age mansion, in the special-exhibition galleries added by the renovation.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
David Hartt turns The Met's 1819 panorama of Versailles into a moving film installation of Paris, scored by guitarist Jeff Parker.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanDavid Hartt turns The Met's 1819 panorama of Versailles into a moving film installation of Paris, scored by guitarist Jeff Parker.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
Four monumental Liu Wei sculptures sit in the niches of The Met's Fifth Avenue facade, built around the motif of the human hand.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanFour monumental Liu Wei sculptures sit in the niches of The Met's Fifth Avenue facade, built around the motif of the human hand.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
The Costume Institute's new blockbuster reframes fashion as fine art, with sculptural gowns staged alongside masterpieces from the Met's collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Costume Institute's new blockbuster reframes fashion as fine art, with sculptural gowns staged alongside masterpieces from the Met's collection.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met Fifth Avenue) — Gallery 302, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
Contemporary art about death meets Byzantine Egyptian funerary jewelry in the brick-vaulted crypt hidden under The Met's Grand Staircase.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met Fifth Avenue) — Gallery 302, Upper East Side, ManhattanContemporary art about death meets Byzantine Egyptian funerary jewelry in the brick-vaulted crypt hidden under The Met's Grand Staircase.
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The Jewish Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
Afruz Amighi's steel-mesh figures and alabaster eyes, teeth and claws retell the myth of the moon goddess Coyolxāuhqui.
The Jewish Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanAfruz Amighi's steel-mesh figures and alabaster eyes, teeth and claws retell the myth of the moon goddess Coyolxāuhqui.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
Around 180 objects from 12 Met departments — Ingres, Delacroix, Gerome and Osman Hamdi Bey — across four connected galleries.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanAround 180 objects from 12 Met departments — Ingres, Delacroix, Gerome and Osman Hamdi Bey — across four connected galleries.
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The Jewish Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
Hannah Altman's charged, folklore-tinged photographs hang beside Prague cathedral treasures in a new Jewish Museum focus show.
The Jewish Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanHannah Altman's charged, folklore-tinged photographs hang beside Prague cathedral treasures in a new Jewish Museum focus show.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met Fifth Avenue) — Galleries 210–216, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
About 100 works follow Nanjing's painters through the violent 1644 fall of the Ming dynasty, in The Met's Chinese painting galleries.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met Fifth Avenue) — Galleries 210–216, Upper East Side, ManhattanAbout 100 works follow Nanjing's painters through the violent 1644 fall of the Ming dynasty, in The Met's Chinese painting galleries.
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Painters' fleeting outdoor studies of the sky fill one Met gallery, including an 1840 Cels.
Painters' fleeting outdoor studies of the sky fill one Met gallery, including an 1840 Cels.
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The Jewish Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
Gothic reliquaries from Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral meet hidden medieval Jewish hoards in 160-plus objects, on view at the Jewish Museum.
The Jewish Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanGothic reliquaries from Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral meet hidden medieval Jewish hoards in 160-plus objects, on view at the Jewish Museum.
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The Jewish Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpper East Side, Manhattan
Hand-carved 1970s wood sculptures shaped like ladders and windows trace Baghdad-born Oded Halahmy's path from Iraq to New York.
The Jewish Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanHand-carved 1970s wood sculptures shaped like ladders and windows trace Baghdad-born Oded Halahmy's path from Iraq to New York.
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