Art in your inbox: April 2023

New videos, art of the copyist, a conversation with Dia al-Azzai, Juan de Pareja, and More! [View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News]( [Art in your inbox]( [The Art of the Copyist]( [The Art of the Copyist]( Discover the pleasure of sustained looking alongside contemporary artist Jas Knight as he copies Diego Velázquez’s [Juan de Pareja]( (1650) in our galleries.[Watch now →]( [A Conversation with Dia al-Azzawi–On Calligraphy as Inspiration, 1960s Iraq, and the US Invasion]( [A Conversation with Dia al-Azzawi–On Calligraphy as Inspiration, 1960s Iraq, and the US Invasion]( Artist Dia al-Azzawi speaks on Arabic calligraphy and literature as sources of inspiration, 1960s Baghdad and Beirut, and the US invasion of Iraq.[Watch now →]( [How We Collect: Research, Transparency, and Collaboration]( [How We Collect: Research, Transparency, and Collaboration]( Learn about The Met's collecting practices and provenance research. [Learn more →]( [Yes, There's a Library Here!]( [Yes, There's a Library Here!]( “I didn’t know there was a library here.” Watson Library staff are often greeted with these words by a curious museum visitor who happens upon our entrance inside the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. [Learn more →]( [Hidden Bagpipes of The Met]( [Hidden Bagpipes of The Met]( To celebrate International Bagpipe Day, join one of the holiday's co-founders on a tour of bagpipes at the Museum. [Read now →]( [Featured Event]( [An Evening with Cecily Brown]( MetSpeaks [An Evening with Cecily Brown]( Friday, April 28, 6–7 pm The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Join artist Cecily Brown and Met curator Adam Eaker for a conversation about Brown’s engagement with art history, influences from The Met collection, and her own singular artistic practice. Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is required. [Register now →]( [Exhibition Highlights]( [Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter]( [Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter]( JUST OPENED Through July 16, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid]( [Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid]( JUST OPENED Through December 3, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art]( [Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art]( FINAL WEEKEND Through April 16, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Rich Man, Poor Man: Art, Class, and Commerce in a Late Medieval Town]( [Rich Man, Poor Man: Art, Class, and Commerce in a Late Medieval Town]( Through August 20, 2023 The Met Cloisters [Learning to Paint in Premodern China]( [Learning to Paint in Premodern China]( Through January 7, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Renaissance Masterpieces of Judaica: The Mishneh Torah and The Rothschild Mahzor]( [Renaissance Masterpieces of Judaica: The Mishneh Torah and The Rothschild Mahzor]( SPECIAL INSTALLATION Ongoing The Met Fifth Avenue [The Roof Garden Commission: Lauren Halsey]( [The Roof Garden Commission: Lauren Halsey]( UPCOMING Opens April 18, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty]( [Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty]( UPCOMING Opens May 5, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Light and Tone: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints]( [Light and Tone: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints]( UPCOMING Opens May 18, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Van Gogh's Cypresses]( [Van Gogh's Cypresses]( UPCOMING Opens May 22, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [From The Met Store]( [Spring at The Met Store]( [Spring at The Met Store]( Our latest catalog boasts more than 70 brand-new designs, including scarves, accessories, jewelry, and so much more. 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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: Juan de Pareja (Spanish, ca. 1608–1670). The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1661. Oil on canvas, 88 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 8 in. (225 x 325 cm). Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (P001041). Photo: © Photographic Archive Museo Nacional del Prado | Cecily Brown. Maid in a Landscape, 2021. Oil on linen. Private collection. Courtesy the artist, photo by Genevieve Hanson | Martinus Rørbye. View from the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight (detail), 1839. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2007 | Architectural Support with a Peasant Holding a Club, 1524–1549. Made in Exeter (by French woodworkers), England. French. Oak, 83 x 9 1/2 x 12 in., 111 lb. (211 x 24.1 x 30.5 cm, 50.3 kg). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1974 (1974.295.3) | Wang Yuanqi (Chinese, 1642–1715). Streams and Mountains without End (detail), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), undated. Handscroll; ink on paper, 7 1/8 in. x 70 ft. (43.5 x 2133.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Partial and Promised Gift of the Family of Lo Chia-Lun, 2022 (2022.128) | Rothschild Mahzor (Italian, 1490). Opening of Ecclesiastes (detail). Ink, watercolor, powdered gold and silver leaf on parchment. Courtesy of The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. | Composite Image, 2023. Photographed by Julia Hetta. Photo © Julia Hetta | Left: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). The Starry Night (detail), 1889. Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4 in. (73.7 x 92.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange), 1941; Conservation was made possible by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY; right: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). Wheat Field with Cypresses (detail), 1889. Oil on canvas, 28 7/8 x 36 3/4 in. (73.2 x 93.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993 (1993.132) | Photo by Rebecca Schear