Season highlights include a major exhibition of Sienese art from the early Italian Renaissance (opening October 13), an examination of Black artists and other cultural figures’ engagement with ancient Egypt (opening November 17), and contemporary commissions by Lee Bul, for The Met’s facade, and Tong Yang-Tze, for the Great Hall (opening September 12 and November 21, respectively).
(New York, September 4, 2024)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today its schedule of exhibitions through December 2024.
“Only at the Met does the fall exhibition program feature not just a handful of major exhibitions, but more than a dozen, showcasing art, ideas, and themes from around the world and across history,” said Max Hollein, The Met’s Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer. “This dynamic exhibition season features a compelling range of perspectives, offering visitors the chance to reflect on the vibrant cultures and narratives that shape our times.”
On September 12, the Museum will unveil The Genesis Facade Commission: Lee Bul, Long Tail Halo, consisting of four new sculptures that combine figurative and abstract elements and were created for The Met Fifth Avenue’s facade niches, and Mexican Prints at the Vanguard, exploring the significance of prints to artistic identity and practice in Mexico and the resonating power of graphic arts addressing social and political issues. Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet (opening September 19) will highlight the imagery of Himalayan Buddhist devotional art through more than 100 paintings, sculptures, textiles, musical instruments, and an array of ritual objects; Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph (opening September 30), will be the first ever major exhibition to examine the career of the influential 20th-century architect; and Paris through the Eyes of Saint-Aubin (opening September 26) will highlight the work of Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, whose prolific sketches chronicle the full spectrum of daily life in the eighteenth-century French capital.
The first major exhibition in the United States focusing on early Sienese painting, Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350 (opening October 13), will examine a period of phenomenal artistic innovation and activity at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance including seminal paintings by Duccio, Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini; Floridas: Anastasia Samoylova and Walker Evans (opening October 14) will consider how two artists of different generations have sought to understand the state’s complexity and contradictions; Jesse Krimes: Corrections (opening October 28) will pair works made in federal prison by the artist with 19th-century photographs by French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon, who developed the first modern system of criminal identification; The American Wing at 100 (opening November 8) will reflect on the history of collecting American art at the Museum through a reinstallation of the Museum’s iconic galleries;
Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now (opening November 17) will demonstrate the many ways in which Black artists and other cultural figures have engaged with ancient Egypt as a source of inspiration and identity; The Great Hall Commission: Tong Yang-Tze, Dialogue (opening November 21) will present two monumental works of Chinese calligraphy created for the Museum's historic entry space by one of the most celebrated artists working exclusively in Chinese calligraphy today; and Colorful Korea: The Lea R. Sneider Collection (opening December 2) will display works including paintings, ceramics, furniture, textiles, and funerary and ritual objects, highlighting the pervasiveness of auspicious symbolism and the unpretentious dynamism in Korean art.
Visitors to the Museum now can concurrently catch only-at-The-Met shows such as, Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. (through October 20), which displays the work of the silversmith for Tiffany & Co. alongside his expansive personal collection of global decorative arts, which inspired his creations; The Roof Garden Commission: Petrit Halilaj, Abetare (through October 27) which transforms The Met Roof with a sprawling sculptural installation; Mary Sully: Native Modern (through January 12, 2025), which presents vividly colored drawings by the Yankton Dakota artist, including new acquisitions and archival family material and other Native items from The Met collection; Ink and Ivory: Indian Drawings and Photographs Selected with James Ivory (through May 4, 2025), which exhibits superlative drawings from the courts and centers of India and Pakistan selected in partnership with film director James Ivory, whose recent gift to the Museum of 19th-century photograph albums are also featured; and The Three Perfections: Japanese Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting from the Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection (through August 3, 2025) which showcases the power and complexity of the three forms of art through 160 works from a major promised gift, along with a range of focused presentations throughout the galleries featuring the Museum’s permanent collection. For more information about current and upcoming exhibitions and special installations, visit our website listings, here.
In addition to a robust exhibition program, The Met’s year-round programming includes a variety of tours, events, performances, and festivals, complimentary with Museum admission. Visit The Met website for more details about these events.
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September 4, 2024
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