The Year in Review

[View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News] [The Year in Review] From all of us at The Met, we send you our best wishes for the New Year. Join us in revisiting the exhibitions and additions to the collection that made 2018 a special year at The Met. Take a look back at a selection of the year's blogs, videos, and online features to discover something you may have missed or remind yourself of a work of art you love. Read on to get a sneak peek at the exciting new season to come in 2019. [Popular Blogs of 2018] [On the Gogh: What's New in the Nineteenth-Century European Paintings Galleries]( [A New Look at Vermeer]( [Two Sculptures in Deep Conversation at The Met Cloisters]( [The Diamond Mountains as Backdrop to the Historic Korean Summit]( [Unearthing Hatshepsut, Egypt's Most Powerful Female Pharaoh]( [Critiques of Power and Toxic Masculinity —Kelly Baum on Leon Golub: Raw Nerve]( [All the Books That Are Fit to Digitize]( [A Poet and Publisher's Obsession with Nudes by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso]( [The Met Gala: From Midnight Suppers to Superheroes and Rihanna]( [2018 Video Highlights]( [Conserving Degas]( [Installation Time-lapse]( [The Nero Tazza]( [Thomas Cole's Journey: Atlantic Crossings]( [William Wegman on His Video Work from 1970 through 1999]( [European Paintings Skylights Project]( [Ranjani Shettar on Her Installation Seven ponds and a few raindrops]( [#MetKids—How Do You Dance in Armor?]( [Tour Art of Native America]( [Baseball Cards in the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection]( [Art of the Sufis]( [Silver in Ancient Egypt]( [Chakrasamvara and consort Vajravarahi]( [Ensemble by Viktor and Rolf]( [Lid and base of the coffin of the priest of Heryshef, Nedjemankh]( [Upcoming Exhibitions in 2019]( [Monumental Journey: The Daguerreotypes of Girault de Prangey]( Opens January 30, 2019 The Met Fifth Avenue [Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold]( Opens January 23, 2019 The Met Breuer and The Met Fifth Avenue [Siah Armajani: Follow This Line]( Opens February 20, 2019 The Met Breuer [The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated]( Opens March 5, 2019 The Met Fifth Avenue [The World between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East]( Opens March 18, 2019 The Met Fifth Avenue [Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll]( Opens April 8, 2019 The Met Fifth Avenue [Camp: Notes on Fashion]( Opens May 9, 2019 The Met Fifth Avenue [Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography]( Opens July 2, 2019 The Met Fifth Avenue [See all upcoming exhibitions →]( [Support The Met]( Help us bring life to art, and art to lives. 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The [Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History]( is funded by the Heilbrunn Foundation, New Tamarind Foundation, and Zodiac Fund. Comments are welcome at [metmuseum_newsletter@metmuseum.org](mailto:MetMuseum_Newsletter@metmuseum.org). Images: View of eight of The Met's paintings by Vincent van Gogh, as currently installed in gallery 825 | Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675). Clockwise from top left: [A Maid Asleep]( ca. 1656–57. Oil on canvas, 34 1/2 x 30 1/8 in. (87.6 x 76.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.611) | [Enthroned Virgin and Child]( 1150–1200. Made in Auvergne, France. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection and James J. Rorimer Memorial Fund, 1967 (67.153). | [Virgin and Child in Majesty]( ca. 1175–1200. Made in Auvergne, France. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916 (16.32.194a, b) | Shin Jangsik (Korean, born 1959). [The Light at Cheonhwadae Peaks]( from the series Twelve Scenes of Mount Geumgang, 申璋湜 金剛山 天花臺, 2014. Lent by the artist | Leon Golub (American, 1922–2004). [Gigantomachy II]( (detail), 1966. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts and Stephen, Philip, and Paul Golub, 2016 (2016.696). Art © The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY | Detail of a [Bergdorf Goodman sketch]( (1937), part of a collection of drawings given to The Costume Institute Library in 1966 | Egon Schiele (Austrian, 1890–1918). [Self-Portrait]( 1911. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.298ab) | Rihanna poses for the photographers wearing a couture gown by Guo Pei on the red carpet of the 2015 Met Gala celebrating the exhibition China: Through the Looking Glass | Painting by Sultan Muhammad (active first half 16th century). [Folio from an illustrated manuscript]( ca. 1531–33. Attributed to Iran, Tabriz. Jointly owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Cary Welch Jr., 1988 (1988.430) | [Willie Mays, Outfield, New York Giants, from Picture Cards, series 5 (R406-5) issued by Bowman Gum]( 1951. The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick (Burdick 327, R406-5.305) | [Libation Vessel of Manuwai]( Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III. Rogers Fund, 1918 (18.8.21a, b) | Viktor and Rolf (Dutch, founded 1993). [Ensemble]( (Dutch, spring/summer 2016). Purchase, Friends of The Costume Institute Gifts, 2016 (2016.671a, b) | [Chakrasamvara and consort Vajravarahi]( 1450–1500. Sakya Order, Central Tibet. Zimmerman Family Collection, Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation and the Zimmerman Family Gifts, 2017 (2017.371) | [Lid and base of the coffin of the priest of Heryshef, Nedjemankh.]( Egypt, 150–50 B.C. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, 2017 Benefit Fund; Lila Acheson Wallace Gift; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; Leona Sobel Education and The Camille M. Lownds Funds; and 2016 Benefit Fund, 2017 (2017.255a,b)