November Events

Talks, Workshops, Teen Fridays, and More [View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News]( [Events at The Met]( [Before Yesterday We Could Fly: A Creative Convening on Afrofuturism | Saturday, November 5 | 10:30 am-4:30 pm ET | On site and livestreamed]( MetSpeaks [Before Yesterday We Could Fly: A Creative Convening on Afrofuturism]( Saturday, November 5, 10:30 am–4:30 pm The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Join us for dynamic conversations, activations, and performances by leading artists and scholars to mark the first anniversary of Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room. Engage with the ideas, histories, and practices presented in the exhibition, including the themes of Home, Flight, and Storytelling. Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is required. [Register now →]( [A Jingle Dress on display inside a Met gallery.]( MetSpeaks [The Sound of Healing: Native American Art, Music, and Dance during Pandemics]( Friday, November 4, 6–7 pm The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Join renowned author and premier Jingle Dress scholar Dr. Brenda Child (Red Lake Ojibwe) and Patricia Marroquin Norby (Purépecha), Associate Curator of Native American Art, The Met, as they acknowledge the history and healing impact of Native American aesthetic traditions during times of pandemic. Musician, songwriter, author, and actor Robbie Robertson (Six Nations Mohawk and Cayuga) makes a special virtual appearance, and the program includes a celebratory Jingle Dress dance accompanied by the Silvercloud Singers. Presented in celebration of [Native American Indigenous Heritage Month](. Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is required. [Register now →]( [Motes to trouble the mind's eye: Marcel Duchamp and Trompe l'Oeil]( MetSpeaks ["Motes to trouble the mind's eye": Marcel Duchamp and Trompe l'Oeil]( Thursday, November 10, 6–7 pm Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education Trompe l'oeil ("deceive the eye") motifs are calculated to puzzle eye and mind, perception, and cognition. Artist Marcel Duchamp's notorious disdain for the realm of the "retinal" implicitly discredited fooling the eye. In this talk, Michael Leja explores how Duchamp's work produces an array of conceptual conundrums by pushing trompe l'oeil devices to extremes. Free, though advance registration is required. [Register now →]( [A group of Met interns walking through the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education.]( MetCreates [Teen Fridays (Ages 15–18)]( Friday, November 4, 4:30–6:30 pm Carson Family Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education Come on over to The Met for Teen Fridays—the place for teens to be creative, have snacks, and meet other teens with similar and different interests. Explore passions, ideas, and new activities every first and third Friday of the month. Free [Learn more →]( [Four people in The Met Cloisters observing objects and drawing.]( MetCreates [Drop-in Drawing at The Met Cloisters]( Saturday, November 12, 1–3 pm Main Hall, The Met Cloisters Experience The Met Cloisters collection through creative drawing challenges in the galleries with expert teaching artists. Materials are provided, but you may bring your own sketchbook. For visitors of all ages. Free with Museum admission. [Learn more →]( [An adult and three children doing an art activty.]( Families [Family Afternoon—Reflections]( Sunday, November 13, 1–4 pm Museum-wide Join contemporary Indigenous artists to discover the significance of water in Native American communities through art making and storytelling. For families with children ages 3 to 11. Presented in celebration of [Native American Indigenous Heritage Month](. Free with Museum admission; admission is free for children under 12 with an adult. [Learn more →]( [Mina Loy, Artist: From Rogue to Rags]( MetSpeaks [Mina Loy, Artist: From Rogue to Rags]( Tuesday, November 15, 6–7 pm Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education Mina Loy, better known as a poet than an artist, was born in London and led a peripatetic life, settling variously in Paris, Florence, and New York. While in New York, her work centered on the little-known magazine Rogue, along with making paintings, lampshades, and other objects. Beginning in the 1940s, Loy constructed assemblages using rubbish picked up on the Bowery where she lived. Join scholar Dawn Adès as she explores the ways Loy's works of art, poetry, and other writings interrelate. Free, though advance registration is required. [Register now →]( [Annual Cycladic Lecture-Six Cycladic Objects: Movement, Representation and Identity in the Third Millennium BCE]( MetSpeaks [Annual Cycladic Lecture—Six Cycladic Objects: Movement, Representation and Identity in the Third Millennium BCE]( Friday, November 18, 4–5 pm Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education Join archaeologist and scholar Michael Boyd as he explores how the Cyclades, an island group in the Aegean Sea, formed the arena in which a fundamental transformation in human society took place in the mid-third millennium BCE—the effects of which can still be traced today. Through six Cycladic objects discover how the recent excavations on the island of Keros have transformed our understanding of the period. Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is required. [Register now →]( [Paul Klee: In the Magic Kitchen]( MetSpeaks [Paul Klee: "In the Magic Kitchen"]( Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 6–7 pm Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education Paul Klee was unrivaled among his contemporaries in his wide-ranging experimentation with materials and unconventional techniques. Join scholar Charles W. Haxthausen as he explores the variety of Klee's practice and reflects on its art-historical implications. Free, though advance registration is required. [Register now →]( [Virtual Events]( [The Nine Heroes Tapestry]( MetStudies [Art History Study Group—The Nine Heroes Tapestries at The Met Cloisters]( Wednesday, November 9, 4–5:30 pm Online Celebrate the return of the beloved King Arthur tapestry to The Met Cloisters galleries after a multiyear conservation treatment. Join staff of The Met's Departments of Medieval Art and The Cloisters and Textile Conservation as they unpack the history of the Nine Heroes Tapestries—among the oldest surviving medieval tapestries in the world—and learn more about the tapestries' conservation story, which starts in the 1930s and continues today. Fee: $40. Space is limited; advance registration is required. [Register now →]( [A Met educator holding a slab of clay with grooves drawn on it for a visitor to touch and feel.]( Access [Virtual Seeing Through Drawing—Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition]( Saturday, November 5, 2–4 pm Online Get inspired by the Museum's collection and learn drawing techniques through virtual workshops that include experimentation with materials, verbal description, and creative responses to works of art. For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Free, though advance registration is required. [Register now →]( Also Available [A group of young women check out a glass case with artwork]( [In-Person Group Tours]( Engage with great works of art at The Met! Request an in-person, guided tour or reserve admission and lead your own small group. Tours are available for K–12 school groups, college and university groups, and adult groups. [Learn more →]( More Events Looking for more? Virtual events are available on [YouTube](, [Facebook](, and our [website]( after they premiere. [See all upcoming events →]( 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](. Masks are recommended, but not required. [See our visitor guidelines.]( [Buy your tickets now →]( [Become a Member →]( Accessibility at The Met The Met is committed to accessibility for all. For information about accessibility, programs, and services for people with disabilities at both Met sites, visit [metmuseum.org/access](. To request an access accommodation for virtual programs or online resources, email access@metmuseum.org, or call [212-650-2010](tel:12126502010). For information about accessibility on our website, see our [Website Accessibility Statement](. [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]( [Manage Your Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( For more information about the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, see [Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room](, and [Cubism and the Trompe L'Oeil Tradition](. Before Yesterday We Could Fly: A Creative Convening on Afrofuturism is made possible, in part, by The Prospect Hill Foundation. The Sound of Healing: Native American Art, Music, and Dance during Pandemics has been made possible by Barry Appleton and the Jerome Levy Foundation, in memory of Marvin Schwartz, with the generous support of the Consulate General of Canada in New York. Teen Fridays is made possible by the Gray Foundation. The Annual Cycladic Lecture has been made possible by the Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art, Athens, Greece in fondest memory of its founder Dolly Goulandris. For Education program funders, visit [metmuseum.org/educationfundingsupport](. For MetLiveArts program funders, visit [metmuseum.org/metliveartssupport](. Your support allows the Museum to collect, conserve, and present 5,000 years of world art. [Donate now.]( Images: Jingle Dress (detail), courtesy Imaging Department, The Met | Trompe l'Oeil: L-R: Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963). Violin and Sheet Music: "Petit Oiseau," early 1913. Oil and charcoal on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Promised Gift from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection. © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris; William Michael Harnett (American, (1848–1892). [Still Life—Violin and Music](, 1888. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund (63.85) | Clara Tice, Who's Who in Manhattan, Cartoons Magazine, August 1917, 178–179, Arensberg Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Shown with the permission of Francesca Mancino | Photo of the Cyclades, copyright Hellenic Ministry of Culture/Keros Project | Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland), Münchenbuchsee 1879–1940 Muralto-Locarno), Strange Garden, 1923. Watercolor on gesso on fabric, bordered with gouache and ink, mounted on cardboard, 21 in. × 15 1/2 in. (53.3 × 39.4 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984 (1984.531) © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York | [King Arthur (from the Nine Heroes Tapestries)]( (detail). South Netherlandish, ca. 1400. Wool warp, wool wefts; overall, King Arthur (2a, f): 168 × 117 in. (426.7 × 297.2 cm); overall, Hebrew Worthies (2b, c, and h): 168 × 250 in. (426.7 × 635 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Munsey Fund, 1932; Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1947 (32.130.3a; 47.101.4) | All other photos of events in the galleries by Filip Wolak