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In this exhibition, 'Something's A Foot: Small Works from the Hofstra University Museum Collection,' all the works of art measure 12 inches or less in all directions. The size of the wo
This exhibit features stone reliefs and sculpture, ivory and objects of precious metal from a vast area and time span: Anatolia to the Indus Valley, Neolithic period (ca. 8000 B.C.E.) to the Arab conq
These galleries explore the South Asian emergence of Buddhist and Hindu sculptural traditions between the 2nd century B.C. and the 8th century A.D. More than 160 works from the permanent collections a
This exhibit features armor for men, horses and children, as well as weapons and martial accoutrements of sculptural and ornamental beauty from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and America
This exhibit features paintings, calligraphy, prints, sculpture, ceramics, bronzes, jades, lacquer, textiles and screens from ancient to modern China, Japan, Korea, and South and Southeast Asia
See tapestries, velvets, carpets, embroideries, laces, samplers, quilts and woven and printed fabrics from all periods and civilizations, dating back to 3000 B.C.E.
Liza Lou's recent work 'Continuous Mile,' an ambitious and engaging large-scale sculpture made of gleaming white beads, went on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on January 23, 200
This exhibition -- the first in an art museum to be devoted exclusively to Oceanic musical instruments -- explores the rich diversity of musical instruments created and used in the Pacific Islands. Dr
See an international array of instruments of historical, technical and social importance, as well as tonal and visual beauty, from accordions to koras to zithers.
This exhibition will include a selection of around 100 works drawn from a recent gift of more than 300 paintings, sketches and studies, poetry manuscripts, and artist's seals done by or for Xie Z
This exhibit features major canvases, panels, triptychs and frescoes by Italian, Flemish, Dutch, French, Spanish and British masters, from the 12th through the 19th century.
This exhibit features American and European paintings, works on paper, sculpture, design and architecture representing the major artistic movements since 1900.
The internationally acclaimed British artist Richard Hamilton (b. 1922), one of the founders of Pop art in London, first studied printmaking as a teenager and continues his experiments today at the ag
This exhibit features ritual objects and monuments, articles of personal adornment and utensils for daily life from three continents and dozens of Pacific islands, from 2000 B.C.E. to the present.
The New Galleries for 19th- and Early 20th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture reopened with renovated rooms and 8,000 square feet of additional gallery space--the Henry J. Heinz II Galleries--to
This exhibit features statuary, reliefs, stelae, funerary objects, jewelry, daily implements and architecture from prehistoric Egypt through the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms to the Roman period (4th c
This private collection of paintings, drawings and decorative arts given to the Museum is rich in works from the Italian and Northern Renaissance through the 20th century.
This exhibit features graphic art of the Renaissance and after, encompassing prints in all techniques, sketches to highly finished drawings, illustrated books and other works on paper.
This exhibit features portraits, landscapes, history paintings, still lifes, folk art and sculpture from colonial times through the early 20th century.
When The Charles Engelhard Court--the grand, light-filled pavilion that has long served as the formal entrance to The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing reopens in March 2009 after two ye