I visited The Cloisters this past week, which is the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art that focuses on medieval art and architecture, with a focus on the […]
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Cubism, Trompe l’Oeil, and Juan Gris
I enjoyed a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week, and one of the shows I was looking forward to seeing was “Cubism and the Trompe l’Oeil […]
The art of locks made from wood and rope
The Metropolitan Museum has this interesting piece of “art” in their collection – a wood and rope lock from circa 580–640, from the ancient civilization in Thebes, Egypt (the […]
Break dancing battles in armor at The Met
The Metropolitan Museum Art has been hosting a series titled “Battle! Hip-Hop in Armor,” featuring break dancers from “It’s Showtime NYC!,” a group from Dancing in the Streets who “battle” […]
Baseball cards and fine art
I mentioned seeing a selection of baseball cards at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in my last post, but that wasn’t the only thing I saw on my visit to […]
Baseball cards at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A friend of mine was a bit surprised when I texted him from the Metropolitan Museum of Art the other day, telling him about an exhibition of baseball cards that […]
How to move a 3 ton sculpture: Athena Parthenos
This video from The Metropolitan Museum of Art shows how they recently installed a monumental statue of Athena Parthenos (ca. 170 B.C.), which comes in at 10 feet tall and […]
Multiple meanings from a t-shirt seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
We saw this guy, below left, with the unusual t-shirt in the modern art galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last weekend. While looking up this phrase, we […]
Different Faces from Different Places
“It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.” – Sir Thomas Browne“The faces that have charmed us the most […]