New Exhibitions in December

The Great Hall Commission: Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) is now open! [View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News] Exhibitions in December [The Great Hall Commission: Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People)]( Through April 9, 2020 The Met Fifth Avenue Kent Monkman has created two monumental paintings for The Met's Great Hall. Monkman, born in Canada in 1965, is a Cree artist widely known for his provocative interventions into Western European and American art history. He explores themes of colonization, sexuality, loss, and resilience—the complexities of historic and contemporary Indigenous experiences—across a variety of mediums, including painting, film, performance, and installation. Monkman's gender-fluid alter ego often appears in his work as a time-traveling, shape-shifting, supernatural being who reverses the colonial gaze to challenge received notions of history and Indigenous peoples. [Learn more →]( [Kent Monkman on His Alter Ego]( [Reversing Art History's Colonial Gaze]( Monkman's two paintings contain many references to works of art in The Met collection. In this blog post, curator Randall Griffey breaks down how the artist revisits and challenges the history of art. [Read now →]( More in December JUST OPENED [Arte del mar: Artistic Exchange in the Caribbean]( Through January 10, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue JUST OPENED [2020 Vision: Photographs, 1840s–1860s]( Through May 10, 2020 The Met Fifth Avenue Upcoming Events [Member Morning Hours]( Friday, January 3 and Saturday, January 4, 9–10 am The Met Fifth Avenue Start your mornings at The Met! On the first Friday and Saturday of the new year, Members and Patrons are invited to join us for Morning Hours; the chance to enter the Museum before the Museum opens to the public. Not a member? [Join today!]( [Learn more →]( [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 [The Met Breuer]( 945 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10021 [metmuseum.org]( [Manage Your Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( For more information about the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, see [The Great Hall Commission: Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People)](, [Arte del mar: Artistic Exchange in the Caribbean](, and [2020 Vision: Photographs, 1840s–1860s](. 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: Portrait of Kent Monkman by Aaron Wynia | [Deity Figure (zemí)]( (detail), ca. A.D. 1000. Dominican Republic (?). Taíno. Wood (Guaiacum), shell, 27 x 8 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (68.5 x 21.9 x 23.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.380) | Unknown artist (American). Studio photographer at work (detail), ca. 1855. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, William L. Schaeffer Collection, Promised Gift of Jennifer and Philip Maritz, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary