Art in your inbox: October 2023

Art of the Great Depression, Gladiators, and new videos. [View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News]( [Art in your inbox]( [The Fascination of Flaming June]( [The Art of the Great Depression]( How did a decade of unprecedented financial strife, radical social upheaval, and technological innovation shape art and cultural identity in the United States? Learn more about [Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s](, on view through December 10. [Learn more →]( [P.S. Art 2023: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids ]( [Back to School: P.S. Art 2023]( Explore the annual [exhibition]( where New York City's young artists take center stage, on view through October 22. [Explore now →]( [Emma and the Van Gogh Paintings]( [Emma and the Van Gogh Paintings]( Follow Emma Scully through time as she encounters Van Gogh’s [First Steps, after Millet]( (1890) and [Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (observe: The Potato Peeler)]( (1887) in The Met’s galleries. [Watch now →]( [Gladiators: Types and Training]( [Gladiators: Types and Training]( The gladiatorial games of Ancient Rome are perhaps most famous today through their popular depictions in literature and film. Learn more about specific types of gladiators, how they trained, and what armor they used in the arena. [Read now →]( [Exploring Art and Libraries]( [Exploring Art and Libraries]( Staff from Watson Library report back highlights from the 51st annual Art Libraries of North America (ARLIS/NA) Conference in Mexico City. [Read now →]( [Exhibition Highlights]( [Manet/Degas]( [Manet/Degas]( JUST OPENED Through January 7, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [The Great Hall Commission: Jacolby Satterwhite, A Metta Prayer]( [The Great Hall Commission: Jacolby Satterwhite, A Metta Prayer]( OPENING SOON October 2, 2023–January 7, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s]( [Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s]( Through December 10, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Picasso: A Cubist Commission in Brooklyn]( [Picasso: A Cubist Commission in Brooklyn]( Through January 14, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE]( [Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE]( Through November 13, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid]( [Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid]( Through December 3, 2023 The Met Fifth Avenue [New Acquisitions in Context: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints]( [New Acquisitions in Context: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints]( NEW ROTATION Through December 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 [Visit The Met, Enter the Metaverse: Introducing Replica]( [Visit The Met, Enter the Metaverse: Introducing Replica]( Roblox comes to The Met through a new app and digital experience. [Download 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 strongly recommended. See our [visitor guidelines]( for the latest health and safety updates. [Buy your tickets now →]( [Become a Member →]( [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 on the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, visit [Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s](, [P.S. Art 2023: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids](, [Manet/Degas](, [The Great Hall Commission: Jacolby Satterwhite, A Metta Prayer](, [Picasso: A Cubist Commission in Brooklyn](, [Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE](, [Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid](, [New Acquisitions in Context: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints](, and [Rich Man, Poor Man: Art, Class, and Commerce in a Late Medieval Town](. 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: Harry Gottlieb (American, born Romania, 1895–1992). Rock Drillers, 1939. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of New York City W.P.A., 1943 (43.33.946) | Chasing Tomorrow by Prisca Boadu | Bookshelves built into a staircase in the Biblioteca Carlos Monsiváis (you’ll notice the one with the orange spine – India: Art and Culture, 1300-1900 – is a 1985 Met exhibition catalog). Photos by William Blueher | Left: Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883). Plum Brandy , ca. 1877. 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. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. © Musée d'Orsay Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt | Jacolby Satterwhite. Photo by Xavier Scott Marshall / Courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York | Elizabeth Olds (American, 1896–1991). Miner Joe, 1942. Screenprint. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum Accession, transferred from the Lending Library Collection (64.500.1) © The Estate of Elizabeth Olds | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins, France). Nude Woman, 1910. 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. | Amaravati mahācaitya, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. Sada, second half of 1st century ce. Lent by British Museum, London. | Cecily Brown. Maid in a Landscape, 2021. Oil on linen. Private collection. Courtesy the artist, photo by Genevieve Hanson | Simon Francis Ravenet (French, 1706–1774) after François Boucher (French, 1703–1770), Dame de Constantinople, from Recueil de diverses fig.res étrangeres Inventées par F. Boucher P.tre du Roy et Gravées par F. Ravenet (Collection of Various Foreign Figures, Devised by F. Boucher, Painter of the King and Engraved [etched] by F. Ravenet), plate 5 (detail), ca. 1730–50. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953 (53.600.1092(5)), detail. Right: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770), Woman of Constantinople (detail), ca. 1730–31. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2023 (2023.288). | Architectural Support with a Peasant Holding a Club, 1524–1549. Made in Exeter (by French woodworkers), England. French. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1974 (1974.295.3).