The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Experience the artistic vision and legacy of Edward C. Moore, the creative force who led Tiffany & Co. to unparalleled originality and success during the second half of the 19th century. NOW ON VIEW—"Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.' features more than 180 extraordinary examples from Moore's personal collection, which was donated to the Museum, alongside 70 magnificent silver objects designed and created at Tiffany & Co. under his direction. A defining figure in the history of American silver, Moore played a pivotal role in shaping the legendary Tiffany design aesthetic and the evolution of The Met’s collection. Visit the exhibition now through October 20. #MetCollectingInspiration.

Pueblo Indian pottery embodies earth, water, air, and fire. 🌎 💦 🌬️🔥 LAST CHANCE: Visit "Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery" before it closes to experience an art form literally of land and place—one of America’s ancient Indigenous creative expressions. The exhibition is the first community-curated Native American exhibition in the history of The Met, featuring more than 100 ancestral, modern, and contemporary clay works that foreground Pueblo voices and aesthetics. ⁣ "Grounded in Clay" is on view during regular hours at The Met and by appointment at the The Vilcek Foundation through June 4. Follow the link to learn more: https://bit.ly/3KlrnRN #GroundedInClay

Rise and shine, sleeping beauties ✨ Learn from Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, on exactly what qualities make an object a “sleeping beauty.” See these fragile garments reawakened and on view in our new exhibition, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” #ReawakeningFashion

Roses are red, Cherry blossoms steal my heart! The perfect spring day, Has Central Park and some art. Did you know The Met is actually *in* Central Park? See the cherry blossoms in bloom this April and May — and pop by the Museum to round out a lovely day in NYC.

On May 10, fashion flickers to life 💥   This spring and summer, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” brings to life the sights, sounds, and even smells of masterworks from The Costume Institute’s collection. See approximately 250 garments and accessories spanning four centuries on view, connected by themes of nature—a metaphor for the life cycle and ephemeral nature of fashion.   
The exhibition will be celebrated on Monday, May 6—the First Monday in May—at The Met Gala. 🔗 Follow the link to learn more: https://bit.ly/3SJcdtv   #ReawakeningFashion  #MetGala  #FirstMondayInMay   🎨 Jun Takahashi (Japanese, born 1969) for Undercover (Japanese, founded 1990). Dress, spring/summer 2024; Courtesy Undercover.   📸 Photography © Nick Knight, 2024.

#EidMubarak to all who celebrate! 💫 ⁣ ⁣ In honor of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, contemplate this refined Qur’an manuscript from Kashmir. ⁣ ⁣ Lavishly illuminated and bound in a gilded leather binding, this late 18th–early 19th-century Qur’an is typical of devotional manuscripts from Kashmir in northern India. ⁣ ⁣ Notable for its fine illumination and outstanding calligraphy, it contains the distinctive Kashmiri-style gold and blue illumination within a broad frame overlaid by a protruding, lobed clover-like composition with interlace, which extends into the margins of the page. ⁣ ⁣ This noteworthy design is used for the double pages inserted at the beginning of each of the eight Suras: al-Fatiha, al-Ma’ida, Yunus, Isra’, al-Shu‘ara, Qaf, al-Falaq, and al-Nas. The fine naskhi script is consistent in quality and evenness throughout the manuscript. The text also contains Persian interlinear translations in red nasta‘liq.⁣ ⁣ 📖 Qur’an Manuscript with Leather Binding, attributed to India, Kashmir, late 18th–early 19th century. #MetIslamicArt

We remember the artist Richard Serra, who passed away this week at the age of 85.⁣ ⁣ Long regarded as one of the leading American sculptors of the postwar period, Serra began his career in the 1960s experimenting with lead or found materials often scavenged from Lower Manhattan. ⁣ ⁣ He is perhaps best known, though, for sculptures he produced starting in the 1990s: large-scale steel installations that shaped space. Serra was determined for his work to simultaneously generate the creation of new forms and new physical experiences.⁣ ⁣ Distinct but closely related to his sculpture making, Serra had an equally ambitious drawing practice. In 2011, The Met presented “Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective” organized by The Menil Collection and SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art — the first comprehensive survey of his drawing practice, highlighting his myriad strategies, from process-based material experiments to more provisional notebook sketches. ⁣ ⁣ “Richard Serra Drawing” allowed this critical aspect of his career to be understood on its own terms, separate from sculpture, while simultaneously highlighting the deep interconnection between the two practices — inherently demonstrating his own belief that “Work comes out of work.” ⁣ ⁣ ✍️ Richard Serra (American, 1939–2024). Installation photographs from “Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective,” on view at The Met from April 13–August 28, 2011. #RichardSerra

It’s finally Spring and we can’t wait to see The Met Cloisters in full bloom! 🌷 Did you know there are three unique gardens within the walls of The Met Cloisters?    Planted in reconstructed Romanesque and Gothic cloisters (from the Latin for "enclosure"), The Met Cloisters gardens evoke green spaces that provided sustenance and spiritual refreshment within medieval monasteries.    Designed as an integral feature of the Museum, the gardens enhance both our understanding of medieval life and the setting in which the Cloisters collection of medieval art is displayed.    Plan your visit and take a journey to a medieval garden right in your backyard: https://bit.ly/3x9DYEs

In 19th-century Paris, when the Academy’s rigid hierarchies reigned supreme, Rosa Bonheur was not deterred. 🐎 ⁣ ⁣ 🎧 NOW AVAILABLE 🎧 We’re thrilled to welcome Katy Hessel as a guest host on a new audio guide, “Museums Without Men,” spotlighting just some of the enormous contributions of women artists to art history at The Met—and the challenges they faced along their way.⁣ ⁣ Through 10 audio stops, listen to the stories of the Guerrilla Girls, Rosa Bonheur, Mrinalini Mukherjee, Leonora Carrington, Edmonia Lewis, Wangechi Mutu, and more.⁣ ⁣ To start listening, visit https://bit.ly/3VDe6en ⁣ #MuseumsWithoutMen⁣ #greatwomenartists⁣ #WomensHistoryMonth

“The art of Munkácsi lay in what he wanted life to be, and he wanted it to be splendid. And it was.” — Richard Avedon⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Today’s your day to leap into a splendid life! How are you spending your extra 24 hours? #LeapDay⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Martin Munkácsi is best known in the United States for his spontaneous, action-filled fashion photos published in “Harper’s Bazaar” in the 1930s. ⁣ ⁣ Bringing fashion out of the studio and injecting it with movement and athleticism was revolutionary at the time—but for Munkácsi, it was also a return to the source of his art. ⁣His earlier stop-action sports and street images in Budapest and Berlin were filled with the same flair as his fashion photos. Energized both by motion and active surface design, his innovative photographs capture—with faster, more light-sensitive film and the split-second shutter speeds of hand-held cameras—the very flexibility and freedom of modern life.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 📸 Martin Munkácsi (American, born Hungary, 1896–1963). (1) Jumping a Puddle, 1934. (2) Fun During Coffee Break, 1932. Gelatin silver prints. © Joan Munkacsi, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery #LeapYear #MetPhotographs