The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Save the date—college and university students are invited to College Night at The Met! Join us for this exclusive after-hours event featuring food, drinks, a DJ, and a dance floor in the Museum’s iconic Great Hall. Enjoy art making, a temporary tattoo station, a photo booth, a student dance performance, and exclusive access to several Met galleries, including the newly opened Condé M. Nast Galleries featuring the exhibition behind this year’s Met Gala, "Costume Art." Plus, don’t miss the 2026 Costume Institute College Fashion Design Competition showcase! Finalist designs (2D & 3D) will be on display all night. Come by to check out the designs and cast a vote for the People’s Choice award. 🎟️ Register now → met.org/4czkOKo

Get an inside look at the cutting-edge research conducted by Met fellows in "Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present!" Go behind the scenes of groundbreaking research at The Met and hear directly from this year’s fellows as they share fresh perspectives on art history, preservation, and visual culture—and explore creative connections across the humanities, sciences, and performing arts. From building a wooden sarcophagus to writing like an ancient Greek or designing a mosaic, each program offers a hands-on look at how research comes to life. Open to scholars, professionals, and the art-curious alike, this series invites you to dive deeper into The Met collection. All talks take place in person, with select options to join on Zoom with advance registration. 🗓️ May 7–22 🎟️ Learn more → met.org/4sNEBKE

Experience The Met's Medieval Sculpture Hall through a Gothic lens! Get an insider look at the newly installed Medieval Town Square featuring freestanding statues in stone and wood that seem almost to come to life, inviting visitors to encounter the people of a late medieval city in northern Europe. 🗓️ Wednesday, April 29 🕰️ 4 p.m. 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/42dWMym

Discover fresh insights at The Met! Join us starting May 7 for "Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present," an engaging series of talks, tours, and interactive activities led by Met Fellows. Hear behind-the-scenes perspectives from emerging scholars as they share their latest findings on art history, visual culture, cultural heritage preservation, interpretation, and scientific research across the Museum. Explore the full schedule and plan your visit: met.org/4cwtqQy

Experience The Met collection in a new way! Artists across disciplines—from poetry to theater—respond to works on view in encounters that can only happen at The Met. Join playwright Jess Barbagallo in the Lansdowne Dining Room for a two-person comedy reimagining the origin of Antonio Canova’s "Reclining Naiad"—from the perspective of a contemporary woman who asserts herself as its model. 🗓️ Friday, April 24 🕰️ 7 p.m. 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/41XZDeZ

Expand your knowledge of art history! Delve into the ever-evolving relationship between humans and nature in conjunction with the special installation "Ecologies of Painting." Look closely at 16–18th-century European paintings from The Met collection and learn how artists used ecology to explore humanity’s manipulation of nature—expressing admiration, connection, and assertions of dominance. 🗓️ Wednesday, April 22 🕰️ 3 p.m. 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/4856K8P ——— Pieter Bruegel the Elder, (Netherlandish, ca. 1525–1569), "The Harvesters," 1565. Oil on wood.

Join us for a series of lectures exploring the evolution of history painting! "Past Made Present: History Painting from Raphael to Leutze" explores the many facets of history painting, from Raphael’s celebration of the classical world in "The School of Athens" to The Met’s iconic image of "Washington Crossing the Delaware." 🗓️ Sunday, April 26 🕰️ 2 p.m. 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/47JaLzE ——— Emanuel Leutze (American, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1816–1868 Washington, D.C.), "Washington Crossing the Delaware," 1851. Oil on canvas.

Artist Jeffrey Gibson’s work is visually captivating and sparks important conversations about our responsibility to the planet and its living beings. "The Animal That Therefore I Am," features four unique sculptures that invite viewers to reflect on the deep interconnectedness between all life and the environment. This momentous body of work explores the relationship between humans and nature, embodying the essence of Gibson's artistic philosophy. Through his intricate designs and thoughtful composition, Gibson encourages a dialogue on how we coexist with our natural surroundings. 🗓️ Create your own beadwork design this Saturday, April 11 and hear about the inspiration and creative process behind the large-scale sculptures created for The Met’s facade with artist Jeffrey Gibson. Link in bio to learn more. 📣 Create your own beadwork design this Saturday, April 11 and hear about the inspiration and creative process behind the large-scale sculptures created for The Met’s facade with artist Jeffrey Gibson. Learn more → met.org/3PVoyNn The exhibition is presented by Genesis.

The Met is grateful to Senator Chuck Schumer (@senschumer) for helping secure $1.75 million in federal funds in support of accessibility enhancements as part of our 83rd street renovation project.

Join an international group of art historians and conservators for a day-long symposium to hear new discoveries on the artistic process of Raphael, one of history’s most beloved and influential artists. 🗓️ Saturday, April 18 🕰️ 10:30 a.m. 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/4caZj17

Join The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Women & the Critical Eye program! This series supports a greater understanding of and appreciation for works of art through the lens of expert women collectors, connoisseurs, artists, and professionals. This year’s conversation between artists Nicole Eisenman, Danielle Mckinney, and Kay WalkingStick—whose works are represented in The Met collection—will reflect on the experience of motherhood in artistic practice. We are delighted that a portion of the funds raised will support The Met’s acquisition of works by women artists. 🗓️ Wednesday, April 15 🕰️ 5–7:30 pm 🎟️ Register now → met.org/4to4d1B Women & the Critical Eye is made possible with support from SK ∙ PODO Museum.

How many versions of one person are there? 🤔 For Vincent van Gogh, the answer was 36. The artist, who was born on this day in 1853, painted 36 self-portraits—not out of vanity, but determination to hone his skills as a figure painter with nothing but his face and a mirror. In "Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat", we see a lighter, almost hopeful version of Van Gogh, brought to life through vibrant color and energetic brushstrokes. Earlier works reflected a much darker palette and focused on everyday life. Everything changed in 1886 when he moved to Paris and witnessed Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist works by artists like Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. From that point on, he began lightening his palette, incorporating bold colors, and using quick brushstrokes. So when you think of Van Gogh, which version are you seeing? ——— 🖼️ Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise), "Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)," 1887. Oil on canvas. On view in gallery 825.

Step into the world of Raphael! 🎨 Discover the genius of one of the Italian Renaissance’s most celebrated artists, whose work blended beauty, emotion, and intellect in ways that shaped art history forever. "Raphael: Sublime Poetry" is the first major U.S. exhibition dedicated to his work. From Urbino to Florence to Rome, explore his rise alongside legends like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and experience the full scope of his brilliance. 📣 Now open! See Raphael's art like never before through 230+ works ranging from the artist’s greatest masterpieces and rarely seen treasures on view. ——— Thanks to presenting sponsor Morgan Stanley.

Discover the geniusness of Raphael in just three artworks! Opening on March 29 at The Met, “Raphael: Sublime Poetry” showcases masterpieces that reveal the remarkable breadth of his creativity—from lifelike sketching and classical inspiration to his pioneering role as an artist-entrepreneur. Read more in The New York Times about how three experts reveal why Raphael is just as significant as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo → met.org/3PrCJJR

@KamillahMHanks @SpeakerMenin @vmmaloney @mistyonpointe Thank you for celebrating these trailblazing honorees with us!

So proud to see so many powerful, change-making women honored at @metmuseum Tuesday night! Congrats to @SpeakerMenin and all the honorees!

@SpeakerMenin @NYCCouncil @vmmaloney @KamillahMHanks It was an honor to have and celebrate you!

I always love any excuse to be at the @metmuseum — even more when I’m surrounded by such inspiring women from across our city. Honored to be recognized this Women’s History Month, and proud to lead an @NYCCouncil committed to empowering women in every borough.

Discover a different side of Peter Weiss. Join Frederic Schwartz for a talk on the little-known early ventures of the renowned German author. Before becoming known for his radical plays and the monumental novel "The Aesthetics of Resistance," Weiss began as a painter—and even wrote his first works in Swedish after fleeing Germany in 1938. 🗓️ Friday, April 3 🕰️ 6 p.m. 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/40F6vgy

Join us for a conversation on George Morrison's artistic practice and how he connected his creativity with activism. Discover his love of New York City and jazz music, as well as his artistic networks and how is Ojibwe identity shaped his aesthetic. Hear from those who knew him, and learn about Morrison's cultural influence and impact as an Abstract Expressionist painter in the art world of mid-twentieth-century New York and beyond. 🗓️ Friday, March 27 🕰️ 6 p.m. 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/3NmR4q3 ——— 🖼️ George Morrison (Native American, Grand Portage Chippewa, 1919–2000), "Untitled (Blue Painting)," 1958. Oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum, museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment. © George Morrison Estate.

Join painter Cy Gavin and author and host Debbie Millman for a conversation exploring the intersection of art and nature on Sunday, March 22 at 2 p.m. Highlighting the new rotation in the European Paintings galleries, "Ecologies of Painting," this discussion will explore how human and nonhuman histories intertwine. Gavin and Millman will reflect on how aesthetics shape our understanding of natural and built environments, exploring Gavin’s practice of interpreting sites shaped over time by human intervention and geological or cosmic phenomena. 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/4rTSEPk ——— 🖼️ Cy Gavin (American, born Pittsburgh 1985), "Untitled (Paths, crossing—blue)," 2022. Acrylic and vinyl paints on canvas. © Cy Gavin. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian. Photo: Rob McKeever.

How did images of Hindu gods become so widespread across modern India? In Calcutta, the cosmopolitan colonial capital of 19th-century India, artists and artisans adapted new technologies of mechanical reproduction to render the Hindu gods more accessible and affordable. They pioneered the chromolithographic religious print, a form of popular devotional imagery that became ubiquitous in twentieth-century India. Join us for a lecture on Friday, March 20 at 6 p.m. to explore how a new form of popular devotional imagery emerged and proliferated into the visual language of modern India. 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/4sxDKOR ——— "Subramanian and his wives, Mahavalli and Devasena (Shri Shanmukha Subramania Swami)," ca. 1900–15. India, Karla-Lonavala, Maharashtra. Chromolithograph on paper.