Met News: December 2022

Happy Holidays, building tomorrow's Met, and a new virtual opening! [View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News]( [December 2022]( [Celebrate the Holiday Season at The Met]( [Celebrate the Holiday Season at The Met]( Enjoy seasonal exhibitions, performances, events, family programming, and more[. See what's on →]( [Building Tomorrow's Met]( [Building Tomorrow's Met]( Read an article by Jhaelen Hernandez-Eli, The Met’s Vice President, Construction, on The Met's innovative approach to the major renovations underway across a quarter of the Museum's two million square foot building and how they will shape the future of the institution. [Read now →]( [Virtual Opening: Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition]( [Virtual Opening: Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition]( Take a virtual tour of [Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition](, which offers a radically new view of Cubism by demonstrating its engagement with the age-old tradition of trompe l'oeil painting. [Watch now →]( [The God from the Black Water]( [The God from the Black Water]( Maya artists mined a rich body of mythological lore to visualize their gods in imaginative ways. Learn more about this stunning footed plate, currently on view in [Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art](. [Explore now →]( [AFPR—Meet The Artists: Atang Tshikare]( [AFPR—Meet The Artists: Atang Tshikare]( Meet Atang Tshikare—one of the many contemporary artists whose work is featured in [Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room](. [Watch now →]( [Sounds of Isamu Noguchi's Water Stone, 1986]( [Sounds of Isamu Noguchi's Water Stone, 1986]( Take a deep breath and dive into the sights and sounds of Isamu Noguchi's [Water Stone]( (1986), located in gallery 229 at The Met Fifth Avenue.[Watch now →]( [Mode au Congo: Travails of the Traveling Hats]( [Mode au Congo: Travails of the Traveling Hats]( How did a set of Congolese headdresses influence the evolution of modern fashion? [Read now →]( [Secrets of the Tudor Archives ]( [Secrets of the Tudor Archives]( Hear from a scholar whose recent discoveries in British archives have transformed our understanding of these artists and their royal sitters. [Watch now →]( [Exhibition Highlights]( [New York Art Worlds, 1870–1890]( [New York Art Worlds, 1870–1890]( OPENING SOON Opens December 12, 2022 The Met Fifth Avenue [Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche]( [Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche]( Through January 8, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England]( [The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England]( Through January 8, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition]( [Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition]( Through January 22, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [The Power of Portraiture: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints]( [The Power of Portraiture: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints]( Through February 7, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Kimono Style: The John C. Weber Collection]( [Kimono Style: The John C. Weber Collection]( Through February 20, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art]( [Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art]( Through April 2, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Ganesha: Lord of New Beginnings]( [Ganesha: Lord of New Beginnings]( Through February 25, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [See all current exhibitions →]( [From The Met Store]( [Save 30%]( This is our best offer of the season, so don’t miss out! Use code BEST30 to save 30% at checkout through Monday only.* [Shop now →]( [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. 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Available at The Met Store online only. Offer does not apply to prior purchases, clearance products, or select items including select designer collaborations, Museum Admission, Museum Memberships, donations and eGift Certificates. Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. Offer subject to change or cancellation without notice. Void where prohibited. 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: [Tripod plate, mythological scene](. 7th–8th century. Mexico or Guatemala. Maya. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of the Mol Collection, 2021 (2021.320) | Man Ray (American 1890–1976). Adrienne Fidelin, 1937. Contact sheets for the series Mode au Congo. Private collection © Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2022 | Louis Lang (American, 1814–1893). [Women’s Art Class](, ca. 1868. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1999 (1999.143) | Giuseppe Sanmartino (Italian, 1720–1793). [Angel](, second half 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964 (64.164.8a–c) | Quentin Metsys the Younger. Elizabeth I of England (“The Sieve Portrait”) (detail), 1583. Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena. By permission of Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. Polo museale della Toscana. Photo Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena | Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963). Violin and Sheet Music: “Petit Oiseau,” early 1913. 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. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund (63.85) | Elizabeth Catlett, Sharecropper (detail), 1952 (published 1968-70). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. John B. Turner Fund, 1981 (1981.1098.1) © 2022 Mora-Catlett Family / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY | Meisen Kimono with Water Droplets. Shōwa period (1926–89), ca. 1930s. Promised Gift of John C. Weber | Maya artist. [Whistle with the Maize God emerging from a flower]( (detail), Mexico, Late Classic period (A.D. 600–900). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.728) | Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th century. India (Orissa). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman, 1964 (64.102)