Past Exhibitions

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Sargent and Paris

April 27–August 3, 2025

The Three Perfections: Japanese Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting from the Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection

August 10, 2024–August 3, 2025

Baseball Cards from the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick

February 13–July 22, 2025

The New Art: American Photography, 1839–1910

April 11–July 20, 2025

Jesse Krimes: Corrections

October 28, 2024–July 13, 2025

The Genesis Facade Commission: Lee Bul, Long Tail Halo

September 12, 2024–June 10, 2025

Democratizing Prints: The JoAnn Edinburg Pinkowitz Gift

February 6–May 20, 2025

The Celebration: A Selection of Works by the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards New York City Gold Key Recipients

March 28–May 18, 2025

The Calculated Curve: Eighteenth-Century American Furniture

April 5, 2024–Ongoing

Layered Narratives: The Northern Renaissance Gallery

October 3, 2023–Ongoing

Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800

November 20, 2023–Ongoing

Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature

February 8–May 11, 2025

Floridas: Anastasia Samoylova and Walker Evans

October 14, 2024–May 11, 2025

Ink and Ivory: Indian Drawings and Photographs Selected with James Ivory

July 29, 2024–May 4, 2025

Art of Commerce: Trade Catalogs in Watson Library

November 14, 2024–April 29, 2025

Jazz-Age Silks: The Stehli Silks Americana Collection, 1925–1928

March 25, 2024–April 15, 2025

The Great Hall Commission: Tong Yang-Tze, Dialogue

November 21, 2024–April 8, 2025

Samurai Splendor: Sword Fittings from Edo Japan

March 21, 2022–March 23, 2025

Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph

September 30, 2024–March 16, 2025

Hybrid Creatures and Creative Habitats: Exploring Medieval Beasts and Where They Live at The Met Cloisters

February 6–March 4, 2025

A Decade on Paper: Recent Acquisitions, 2014–2024

August 26, 2024–February 23, 2025

Taking Up Space: Selections from the 2024 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards’ Scholarships and Gold Medal Awards

November 22, 2024–February 23, 2025

Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now

November 17, 2024–February 17, 2025

Baseball Cards from the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick

July 25, 2024–February 11, 2025

Paris through the Eyes of Saint-Aubin

September 26, 2024–February 4, 2025

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350

October 13, 2024–January 26, 2025

Mary Sully: Native Modern

July 18, 2024–January 12, 2025

Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet

September 19, 2024–January 12, 2025

Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche

November 26, 2024–January 6, 2025

Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: Selections from the Collection

July 13, 2024–January 5, 2025

Mexican Prints at the Vanguard

September 12, 2024–January 5, 2025