Everything on at The Met Fifth Avenue this weekend and in the weeks ahead — hand-checked, free events first.
4 picks · checked Aug 12
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanInSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Costume Institute's Met Gala show pairs couture with painting and sculpture in nearly 12,000 square feet of new galleries.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanInSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Costume Institute's Met Gala show pairs couture with painting and sculpture in nearly 12,000 square feet of new galleries.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanInSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsGiacometti's elongated figures stand in the Met's glass-walled Egyptian temple hall and the installation comes down soon.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanInSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsGiacometti's elongated figures stand in the Met's glass-walled Egyptian temple hall and the installation comes down soon.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Met's 250th-anniversary installation puts rarely seen prints of the Boston Massacre and revolutionary news on the wall.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Met's 250th-anniversary installation puts rarely seen prints of the Boston Massacre and revolutionary news on the wall.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Met gives its great musical instrument collection a themed show about the bodies that play them and it closes soon.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Met gives its great musical instrument collection a themed show about the bodies that play them and it closes soon.
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