Art in your inbox

Exhibition Tour: "The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism" [View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News]( [Art in your inbox]( [Exhibition Tour—The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism]( [Exhibition Tour—The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism]( Join Dr. Denise M. Murrell, Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large in The Met's Director's Office, for a virtual tour of the groundbreaking exhibition [The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism](. [Watch now →]( The Met is grateful to Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for helping secure $1.7 million in federal funds for the construction of security bollards on our plaza. [Podcast | Harlem Is Everywhere: Episode 1]( [Podcast | Harlem Is Everywhere: Episode 1]( What was the Harlem Renaissance? More than a specific time or place, it was a mindset. During the Great Migration, major cities across America proved fertile ground for artists and intellectuals fleeing the Jim Crow South. [Listen now →]( ["Birches" by Robert Frost: An Optical Poem, 2024 | From the Vaults]( ["Birches" by Robert Frost: An Optical Poem, 2024 | From the Vaults]( On April 7, 1955, Robert Frost delivered a poetry reading at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author recites his classic poem "Birches," in which an older narrator reflects on the solitude of a childhood spent swinging birch trees in the forest. [Watch now →]( [The Art of Love in the Ketubah]( [The Art of Love in the Ketubah]( Explore Watson Library's collection of Jewish marriage contracts.[Learn more →]( [Alsarah & the Nubatones: Nuba Noutou]( [Alsarah & the Nubatones: Nuba Noutou]( In 2018, MetLiveArts partnered with the World Music Institute to present three of the most creative, expressive female singers/songwriters hailing from Muslim-majority homelands. [Watch now →]( [What's On]( [Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance]( [Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance]( UPCOMING April 2–July 7, 2024 The Met Cloisters [The Roof Garden Commission: Petrit Halilaj, Abetare]( [The Roof Garden Commission: Petrit Halilaj, Abetare]( UPCOMING April 30–October 27, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [The Facade Commission: Nairy Baghramian, Scratching the Back]( [The Facade Commission: Nairy Baghramian, Scratching the Back]( Through May 28, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting]( [Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting]( Through June 9, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [The Art of the Literary Poster: Works from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection]( [The Art of the Literary Poster: Works from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection]( Through June 11, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art]( [Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art]( Through June 16, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism]( [The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism]( Through July 28, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [The Real Thing: Unpackaging Product Photography]( [The Real Thing: Unpackaging Product Photography]( Through August 4, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Lineages: Korean Art at The Met]( [Lineages: Korean Art at The Met]( Through October 20, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Cycladic Art]( [Cycladic Art]( Ongoing The Met Fifth Avenue [The Met Store]( [The Met Store: New Arrivals]( [Plan Your Visit]( See the [Plan Your Visit page]( for more information about buying tickets in advance. Please note our [current opening days and hours for each location](. See our [visitor guidelines]( for the latest health and safety updates. [Buy your tickets now →]( [Become a Member →]( [The Met Fifth Avenue]( 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 [The Met Cloisters]( 99 Margaret Corbin Drive Fort Tryon Park New York, NY 10040 [metmuseum.org]( [Explore]( [Membership]( [Donate]( [Shop]( [Manage Your Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( For more information on the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, visit [The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism](, [Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance](, [The Roof Garden Commission: Petrit Halilaj, Abetare](, [The Facade Commission: Nairy Baghramian, Scratching the Back](, [Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting](, [The Art of the Literary Poster: Works from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection](, [Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art](, [The Real Thing: Unpackaging Product Photography](, [Lineages: Korean Art at The Met](, and [Cycladic Art](. [Harlem is Everywhere]( is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Alsarah & the Nubatones: Nuba Noutou was performed as part of Women's Voices in March 2018. Women’s Voices was made possible by the Art Jameel Fund and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, and was presented in collaboration with the World Music Institute. Women's Voices was made possible by the Art Jameel Fund and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. Your support allows the Museum to collect, conserve, and present 5,000 years of world art. [Donate now.]( Comments are welcome at [metmuseum_newsletter@metmuseum.org](mailto:MetMuseum_Newsletter@metmuseum.org). Images: Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr. (American, 1907–1994), [Self-Portrait](, ca. 1941. Watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on paper, 20 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. (51.4 x 39.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Gift of Pennsylvania W. P. A., 1943 (43.46.4) | Glenda Milrod, [Ketubah, the Jewish Marriage Contract]( (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, [c1980]). Image #23, Page 33 | Lorenzo Lotto. Portrait of a Woman (detail), ca. 1505. Oil on wood panel. Musée des Beaux- Arts, Dijon. | Lorenzo Lotto. Portrait Cover with on Allegory (detail), ca. 1505. Oil on wood panel. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Samuel H. Kress Collection (1939.1.147) | Nairy Baghramian. Photo by Abigail Enzaldo. Courtesy of the artist, Marian Goodman Gallery, and Kurimanzutto | An Elephant and Keeper, India, Mughal, ca. 1650-60. Opaque color and gold on paper. Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions, Harris Brisbane Dick, and 2020 Benefit Funds; Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Lila Acheson Wallace, and Friends of Islamic Art Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and funds from various donors, 2022 (2022.187) | Edward Penfield (American, 1866–1925). Harper’s: February, 1897. Lithograph. 19 × 14 in. (48.3 × 35.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Leonard A. Lauder Collection of American Posters, Gift of Leonard A. Lauder, 1984 (1984.1202.96). | Anni Albers. Pasture, 1958. Mercerized cotton. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1969 (69.135). © The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2023. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Peter Zeray. | William H. Johnson (American, 1901–1970). Woman in Blue, c. 1943. Oil on burlap, 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm). Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Permanent Loan from the National Collection of Fine Art, 1969.013 | Murray Duitz (American, 1917–2010). A.S. Beck “Executive” Shoe, 1957. Gelatin silver print, 11 x 8 in. (27.94 x 20.32 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of the artist, 1975 (1975.601.2.1) | Kwon Young-woo (1926–2013). Untitled, 1984. Ink and gouache on hanji (Korean paper), 88 3/16 x 66 15/16 in. (224 x 170 cm). Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul. © Kwon Young-woo Estate. Image courtesy of Leeum Museum of Art. | Female figure, Cycladic, Early Cycladic II, ca. 2500–2400/2300 BCE. Marble. Leonard N. Stern Collection, Loan from the Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture