Power & Privilege

These articles address how art can create and challenge power and privilege.

The designer Thebe Magugu wearing a shirt depicting two women seated next to each other

Thebe Magugu on the Political Power of Fashion

The innovative designer speaks about how fashion can address social issues, from gender-based violence to government corruption.
Portrait of a queen regent trampling a captive carved into a stelae, or large decorated stone slab, of Maya origin. The sculpture is installed in the Great Hall at the Museum.

Set in Stone: Maya Rulers in the Great Hall

Newly installed, these sculptures celebrate the role of Maya artists in the creation of iconographies of power.

Refashioning the Lavoisiers

A team of experts from across The Met gains new understanding of Jacques Louis David’s iconic portrait.

What’s in a Face?

These portraits reveal how artists around the world reflect our shared humanity.

This stunning exhibition features over 90 works portraying Medicean Florence’s elite painted by the period’s most celebrated artists, from Raphael to Agnolo Bronzino.

Join artists, researchers, and art professionals for a symposium that uses the exhibition Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property as a starting point to challenge the concept of the universal museum—a place to see the whole world under one roof—and its relationship to material and digital cultural heritage.

Join artists, researchers, and art professionals for a symposium that uses the exhibition Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property as a starting point to challenge the concept of the universal museum—a place to see the whole world under one roof—and its relationship to material and digital cultural heritage.

Join artists, researchers, and art professionals for a symposium that uses the exhibition Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property as a starting point to challenge the concept of the universal museum—a place to see the whole world under one roof—and its relationship to material and digital cultural heritage.

Join artists and researchers for a symposium on the exhibition Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property and digital cultural heritage.

Wooden Zemí Cohoba Stand with white teeth made from shells

Join curator James Doyle for a conversation with Civic Practice Partnership artist in residence Miguel Luciano about the contemporary resonance of Taíno art.

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