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"Flaming June", Van Gogh, the latest art content, and videos. [View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News]( [Art in your inbox]( [The Fascination of Flaming June]( [The Fascination of Flaming June]( Discover the magnetism of this iconic painting that nearly fell into obscurity. [Victorian Masterpieces from the Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico]( is on view now at The Met Fifth Avenue.[Learn more →]( [Van Gogh's Materials and Process I Sunday at The Met]( [Van Gogh's Materials and Process | Sunday at The Met]( Gain a deeper understanding of Van Gogh's artistic process through new discoveries from recent technical studies of Wheat Field with Cypresses and Cypresses in The Met collection. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition [Van Gogh's Cypresses](, which closes this weekend. [Watch now →]( [The Transforming Book]( [The Transforming Book]( Join Lydia Aikenhead, assistant conservator in Thomas J. Watson Library, as she treats a collection of French and German children's books, from classic fairy tales to educational texts on botany and insects. [Read now →]( ["four martins – a dirge" from Songs in Flight]( ["four martins – a dirge" from Songs in Flight]( In 2019, Cornell University started "Freedom to Move," a database of "runaway ads" from early American newspapers. Placed by enslavers, these ads preserve snapshots of more than 30,000 enslaved individuals. Composer Shawn Okpebholo and Duke University professor Dr. Tsitsi Ella Jaji bring these stories to life through song.[Watch now →]( [Are Bookworms Real?: Pests at The Met]( [Are Bookworms Real?: Pests at The Met]( Meet some of the critters that like to munch on art and books at the Museum and learn how experts keep The Met safe. [Watch now →]( [Sign up for #MetKids newsletters]( to receive more activities, videos, and content you can share with your kids. [Exhibition Highlights]( [Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s]( [Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s]( OPENING SOON September 7–December 10, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [The Facade Commission: Nairy Baghramian, Scratching the Back]( [The Facade Commission: Nairy Baghramian, Scratching the Back]( OPENING SOON September 7, 2023–May 28, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Picasso: A Cubist Commission in Brooklyn]( [Picasso: A Cubist Commission in Brooklyn]( UPCOMING September 14, 2023–January 14, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Manet/Degas]( [Manet/Degas]( UPCOMING September 24, 2023–January 7, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Van Gogh's Cypresses]( [Van Gogh's Cypresses]( FINAL WEEKEND Through August 27, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Berenice Abbott's New York Album, 1929]( [Berenice Abbott's New York Album, 1929]( CLOSING SOON Through September 4, 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]( CLOSING SOON Through September 5, 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 February 4, 2024 The Met Cloisters [Plan Your Visit]( See the [Plan Your Visit page]( for more information about buying tickets in advance. 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"Songs in Flight" was made possible by the Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation, the Adrienne Arsht Fund for Resilience through Art, Douglas Dockery Thomas, and an Anonymous Foundation. MetKids is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. 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: Frederic, Lord Leighton (British, 1830–96). [Flaming June](, 1895. Oil on canvas, 46 7/8 × 46 7/8 in. (119.1 × 119.1 cm). Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico; The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc. | eues Marchentheater, Dornröschen [Sleeping Beauty], Otto von Leixner (German, 1847–1907), C. Offterdinger, J. Englehorn , Stuttgart, late nineteenth century, color lithographs, [1970.565.238]( | Elizabeth Olds (American, 1896–1991). Miner Joe, 1942. Screenprint. 16 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (41.9 x 31.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum Accession, transferred from the Lending Library Collection (64.500.1) © The Estate of Elizabeth Olds | Nairy Baghramian. Photo by Abigail Enzaldo. Courtesy of the artist, Marian Goodman Gallery, and Kurimanzutto | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins, France). Nude Woman, 1910. Oil on canvas, 73 ¾ x 24 in. (187.3 x 61 cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Alisa Mellon Bruce Fund (1972.46.1) © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. | Left: Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883). Plum Brandy , ca. 1877. Oil on canvas, 29 x 19 ¾ in. (73.6 x 50.2 cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (1971.85.1). Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; right: Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). In a Café (The Absinthe Drinker) , 1875–76. Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 × 26 15/16 in. (92 × 68.5 cm). Musée d’Orsay, Paris. © Musée d'Orsay Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt | 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) | Berenice Abbott (American, 1898–1991). Page from New York Album, 1929–30. Gelatin silver prints, 10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Emanuel Gerard, 1984 (1984.1097.9–.18). © Berenice Abbott / Commerce Graphics Ltd. Inc. | 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).