members calendar: summer 2013

Members Calendar · Summer 2013

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Members Highlights

Members-Only EventsThe Civil War and American Art Free Members lectures: Supporting,* Sustaining, Family/Dual with Stephanie Herdrich, lecturer. Saturday, June 1, 11:00, or Sunday, June 2, 1:00. Advance registration is not required, but you must present your Membership card for admission. Sustaining viewing and reception, Tuesday, June 4, 6:00–9:00. A Special Evening with the Director President’s Circle, Patron Circle, Patron. Reception and presentation by Director Thomas P. Campbell, Wednesday, June 5, 6:00–8:00. Spring Garden Party at The Cloisters President’s Circle, Patron Circle, Patron, Sponsor, Donor. Monday, June 10, 5:30–8:30. Reception and live music.New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800 Supporting.* Thursday, June 13, 6:00–9:00. Reception and private viewing of the galleries.The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi (weather permitting) and PUNK: Chaos to Couture Supporting* viewing and reception, Thursday, June 20, 6:00–9:00.Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective Free Members lectures: Supporting,* Sustaining, Family/Dual with Marla Prather, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art. Saturday, June 22, 11:00, or Sunday, June 23, 1:00. Advance registration is not required, but you must present your Membership card for admission.

Summer Soirées for MembersSummer Fête Supporting,* Sustaining, Family/Dual. Wednesday, June 26, 7:00–11:00. Black-tie dinner and dancing in The New American Wing. Tickets, $400. For more information, call 212-570-3887. Young Members Party For Young Members of the Museum, ages 21–35. Thursday, July 11, 7:30–11:00. Tickets starting at $100 for Members, $170 for non-Members (fee includes a one-year Met Net Membership).

Registration Dates for Fall Programs Plan ahead. Register online at metmuseum.org/memberclasses for the fall programs below. Call 212-650-2819 for more information. Fees vary. Children’s Art Classes Family/Dual, Sustaining, Contributing, Donor, Sponsor, Patron, Patron Circle, and President’s Circle. Two types: Classes for children (ages 3–6) with adults, and drop-off art classes (ages 5–14).Programs for Adults Sustaining, Contributing, Donor, Sponsor, Patron, Patron Circle, and President’s Circle Members: Monday at the Met, Saturday Seminar, Wednesday Workshop: Behind the Scenes, and Thursday Seminar.

Private CelebrationsAll Members may rent one of our four elegant rooms for private parties throughout the year. Please call 212-650-2819 or visit metmuseum.org/celebrations for more information. *Supporting includes President’s Circle, Patron Circle, Patron, Sponsor, Donor, Contributing, Met Family Circle, Apollo Circle Patron, and Apollo Circle Members.

Dining at the MetMembers Dining Room overlooking Central Park is exclusively for Members. Call 212-570-3975 to make a reservation or book a table online by signing in to the MyMet section of the website at www.metmuseum.org/mymet.Petrie Court Café Through June 30, Sunday, Tuesday–Thursday: 11:30–4:30; Friday– Saturday: 11:30–9:00 (last seating at 8:30). Starting July 1, Sunday–Thursday: 11:00–4:30. For reservations or parties of five or more, call 212-570-3964.American Wing Café Through June 30, Sunday, Tuesday–Thursday: 9:30–4:30; Friday– Saturday: 9:30–8:30. Starting July 1, Sunday–Thursday: 10:00–4:30. The Cafeteria Through June 30, Tuesday–Thursday: 11:30–4:30; Friday: 11:30–7:00; Sunday: 11:00–4:30. Starting July 1, Monday–Thursday: 11:30–4:30.Great Hall Balcony Bar Friday–Saturday: 4:00–8:30 (last call at 8:00).Roof Garden Café and Martini Bar Open May 14–November 3, 2013, weather permitting. Through June 30, Sunday, Tuesday–Thursday: 10:00–4:30. Friday–Saturday: 10:00–8:30; Martini Bar, 5:30–8:30 (last call at 8:15). Starting July 1, Sunday–Thursday: 10:00–4:30.

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Dear Members and Friends,

This season is marked by the opening of our New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800. The renovation makes it possi-ble to explore the history of European paint-ing in ways that will appeal to everyone, from the curious student to the devoted specialist. With so many outstanding paintings high-lighted in this fresh installation, the new gal-leries will be a place to visit old favorites and enjoy new discoveries. Celebrating fashion and its impact on art and culture is a summer tradition at the Met, and this year’s Costume Institute show, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, provides a thrill-ing look at the ways in which designers since the 1970s have embraced punk’s aesthetic to redefine beauty and fashion. American masterworks are also a high-light this summer. The major loan exhibition The Civil War and American Art considers how some of the country’s finest artists responded to the war and its aftermath. This once-in-a-lifetime exhibition proposes significant new readings of some of this country’s most iconic paintings and photo-graphs. A related landmark exhibition, spring’s Photography and the American Civil War continues its run with more than 200 poignant photographs, many of them from the Met’s collection. Our collection of ancient Near Eastern art provides a stunning backdrop to The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Chart-ing a New Empire. An exhibition of famous surviving icons on loan from the British Museum, it shows the impressive range of cultural innovations initiated by ancient Persian rule. The innovative works of Los Angeles artist Ken Price helped redefine contempo-rary sculpture, and this summer he is the focus of a major museum exhibition. Finally, no summer is complete without a visit to the Museum’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, and this year’s site-specific work by Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi (b. 1972) combines traditional Indian and contemporary themes to engage the natural environment and transport the viewer. These are just some of the highlights. Do visit soon.

Thomas P. CampbellDirector

From the Director Contents

Sponsored by The Audio Guide is a recorded guide to selected special exhibitions and the permanent collection. It is free for visitors who are blind, partially sighted, or hard of hearing; neck loops and large-print scripts are available.All-in-One Player$7.00 General public$6.00 Members$5.00 Children under 12

Guides are “$5 after 5” on Friday and Saturday evenings. Rent four Audio Guides, and the fifth one is free with a Frequent User Card!

Met to Open 7 Days a Week Starting July 1As of July 1, 2013, the Museum will be open to the public 7 days a week and the Museum’s opening time each morning will change to 10:00 a.m. (from 9:30 a.m.). This new schedule will go into effect at both the Museum’s main building on Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street and at The Cloisters museum and gardens in Fort Tryon Park.

Both locations will be closed on Thanks-giving Day and December 25, and the main building will also be closed on the first Monday in May.

Evening HoursVisit the Museum on Friday and Saturday until 9:00 p.m. when the galleries are less crowded.

Members Highlights • 2

Exhibitions and The Collection • 4

Gallery Update • 11

Travel with the Met • 12

Guided Tours • 12

June Programs • 13

July Programs • 16

August Programs • 18

The Cloisters Museum and Gardens • 20

Programs for Families, Teens, Teachers, and Visitors with Disabilities • 21

Ways to Give • 22

Plan Your Visit • 23

On the cover: Karl Lagerfeld for House of Chanel, Vogue, March 2011, Photograph by David Sims

Exhibitions and The Collection

techniques, and embellishments associated with the anti-establishment style. Presented as an immersive multimedia, multisensory experience, the clothes are animated with period music videos and soundscaping audio techniques. Made possible by Moda Operandi. Additional support provided by Condé Nast.

PUNK: Chaos to CoutureThrough August 14, 2013

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall, 2nd floor

This year’s Costume Insti-tute exhibition, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, examines punk’s impact on high fash-ion from the movement’s birth in the 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approxi-mately 100 designs for men and women, the show jux-taposes original punk gar-ments with recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute couture and ready-to-wear have borrowed punk’s visual symbols, with paillettes being replaced with safety pins, feathers with razor blades, and bugle beads with studs.

Focusing on the relationship between the punk concept of “do-it-yourself” and the couture concept of “made-to-measure,” the show is organized around the materials,

The Civil War and American ArtMay 27–September 2, 2013

Robert Lehman Wing, court level and 1st floor

This major loan exhibition considers how American artists responded to the Civil War and its aftermath. The works of art on dis-play trace the trajectory of the conflict and express the intense emotions that it pro-voked: unease as war became inevitable, optimism that a single battle might end the struggle, growing realization that fighting would be prolonged, enthusiasm and wor-ries alike surrounding emancipation, and concerns about how to reunify the nation

after a period of grievous division. The exhibition proposes significant new read-ings of many familiar masterworks—some 60 paintings and 18 photographs created between 1852 and 1877—including out-standing landscapes by Frederic E. Church and Sanford R. Gifford, paintings of life on the battlefront and the home front by Win-slow Homer and Eastman Johnson, and photographs by Timothy H. O’Sullivan and George N. Barnard.Made possible by an anonymous foundation. Additional support provided by the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund and the Enterprise Holdings Endowment. Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Prisoners from the Front (detail), 1866, by Winslow Homer, oil on canvas. Gift of Mrs. Frank B Porter (1922.22.207)

Our Banner in the Sky, 1861, by Frederic Edwin Church, oil on paper. Collection of Fred Keeler

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Ken Price Sculpture: A RetrospectiveJune 18–September 22, 2013

Lila Acheson Wallace Wing, 1st floor

This long overdue retrospective, the first major museum exhibition of Ken Price’s work in New York, traces the development of his ceramic sculptures with approxi-mately 65 examples from 1959 to the pres-ent. The selection ranges from the

luminously glazed ovoid

forms of Price’s early work to the sug-gestive, molten-

like slumps he made starting in the 1990s. In addition to the sculpture, there is a small group of Price’s landscape drawings. Organized by the Los Ange-les County Museum of Art. Made possible through major grants from the LLWW Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foun-dation for the Visual Arts.L. Red, 1963, by Ken Price, ceramic painted with lac-quer and acrylic. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Evelyn and Walter Haas, J. Fund Purchase. © Ken Price. Photograph © Fredrik Nilsen

Photography and the American Civil WarThrough September 2, 2013

Gallery 199, Special Exhibition Gallery, 1st floor

More than 200 of the finest and most poignant photographs of the American Civil War have been brought together for

this landmark exhibition. Through examples drawn from the Metropolitan’s celebrated holdings of this material, complemented by important loans from public and private collections, Photography and the American Civil War examines the evolving role of the camera during the nation’s bloodiest war. The “War between the States” was the great test of the young Republic’s commitment to its founding precepts; it was also a water-shed in photographic history. The camera

recorded from beginning to end the heartbreaking narrative of the epic four-year war (1861–1865) in which 750,000 lives were lost. Made possible by The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.

Captain Charles A. and Sergeant John M. Hawkins, Company E, 38th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, 1861–62 by Unknown Artist, ¼ plate ambrotype. Private Collection

Cylinder and 16 other objects from the British Museum that illustrate innovations initiated by Persian rule in the ancient Near East (550–331 B.C.) and chart a new path for this empire, the largest the world had known. Made possible by the NoRuz at the Met Fund. Organized by the British Museum in partnership with the Iran Heritage Foundation and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

The Cyrus Cylinder, excavated at Babylon, Iraq, in 1879, Achaemenid, 539–538 B.C., baked clay. British Museum 90920 © Trustees of the British Museum

The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New EmpireJune 20–August 4, 2013

Ancient Near Eastern Art, 2nd floor

The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous surviving icons from the ancient world. Excavated at Babylon in 1879, the Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cunei-form on the orders of the Persian king Cyrus the Great after he cap-tured Babylon in 539 B.C. It records how Cyrus restored shrines and allowed deported peoples to return home. Although not mentioned, it is thought to be at this time that the Jews returned to Jerusalem to build the Second Temple, as recorded in the Bible. The exhibition includes the Cyrus

Search for the Unicorn: An Exhibition in Honor of The Cloisters’ 75th AnniversaryThrough August 18, 2013

The Cloisters

Given by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in time for the opening of The Cloisters in 1938, the Unicorn Tapestries are its best-known masterpieces; yet, 75 years later, their history and meaning remain elusive. They have been seen both as complicated metaphors for Christ and as emblems of matrimony, and they are beloved as quaint indications of medieval notions about the natural world. This exhibition, gathering some 40 works of art from the collections of the Metropolitan, sister insti-tutions, and private collections, invites audi- ences to see the Unicorn Tapestries anew.

Made possible by

the Michel David-Weill Fund and the Quinque

Foundation.

Aquamanile in the Form of a Unicorn, ca. 1425–50, German, Nuremberg, copper alloy. Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964 (64.101.1493)

Cloister from Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, Catalonia, ca. 1130–40, from the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (Sant Miquel de Cuixà), near Perpig-nan, France, marble. The Cloisters Collection, 1925 (25.120.398–.954)

Big Load, 1998, by Ken Price, fired and painted clay. Stéphane Janssen. © Ken Price. Photograph © Fredrik Nilsen

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Ken Price Sculpture: A RetrospectiveJune 18–September 22, 2013

This long overdue retrospective, the first major museum exhibition of Ken Price’s work in New York, traces the development of his ceramic sculptures with approxi-mately 65 examples from 1959 to the pres-ent. The selection ranges from the

luminously glazed ovoid

forms of Price’s early work to the sug-gestive, molten-

like slumps he made starting in the 1990s. In addition to the sculpture, there is a small group of Price’s landscape drawings. Organized by the Los Ange-les County Museum of Art. Made possible through major grants from the LLWW Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foun-dation for the Visual Arts.L. Red, 1963, by Ken Price, ceramic painted with lac-quer and acrylic. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Evelyn and Walter Haas, J. Fund Purchase. © Ken Price. Photograph © Fredrik Nilsen

Photography and the American Civil WarThrough September 2, 2013

Gallery 199, Special Exhibition Gallery, 1st floor

More than 200 of the finest and most poignant photographs of the American Civil War have been brought together for

this landmark exhibition. Through examples drawn from the Metropolitan’s celebrated holdings of this material, complemented by important loans from public and private collections, Photography and the American Civil War examines the evolving role of the camera during the nation’s bloodiest war. The “War between the States” was the great test of the young Republic’s commitment to its founding precepts; it was also a water-shed in photographic history. The camera

recorded from beginning to end the heartbreaking narrative of the epic four-year war (1861–1865) in which 750,000 lives were lost. Made possible by The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.

Captain Charles A. and Sergeant John M. Hawkins, Company E, 38th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, 1861–62 by Unknown Artist, ¼ plate ambrotype. Private Collection

Cylinder and 16 other objects from the British Museum that illustrate innovations initiated by Persian rule in the ancient Near East (550–331 B.C.) and chart a new path for this empire, the largest the world had known. Made possible by the NoRuz at the Met Fund. Organized by the British Museum in partnership with the Iran Heritage Foundation and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

The Cyrus Cylinder, excavated at Babylon, Iraq, in 1879, Achaemenid, 539–538 B.C., baked clay. British Museum 90920 © Trustees of the British Museum

The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New EmpireJune 20–August 4, 2013

Ancient Near Eastern Art, 2nd floor

The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous surviving icons from the ancient world. Excavated at Babylon in 1879, the Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cunei-form on the orders of the Persian king Cyrus the Great after he cap-tured Babylon in 539 B.C. It records how Cyrus restored shrines and allowed deported peoples to return home. Although not mentioned, it is thought to be at this time that the Jews returned to Jerusalem to build the Second Temple, as recorded in the Bible. The exhibition includes the Cyrus

Search for the Unicorn: An Exhibition in Honor of The Cloisters’ 75th AnniversaryThrough August 18, 2013

The Cloisters

Given by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in time for the opening of The Cloisters in 1938, the Unicorn Tapestries are its best-known masterpieces; yet, 75 years later, their history and meaning remain elusive. They have been seen both as complicated metaphors for Christ and as emblems of matrimony, and they are beloved as quaint indications of medieval notions about the natural world. This exhibition, gathering some 40 works of art from the collections of the Metropolitan, sister insti-tutions, and private collections, invites audi- ences to see the Unicorn Tapestries anew.

Made possible by

the Michel David-Weill Fund and the Quinque

Foundation.

Aquamanile in the Form of a Unicorn, ca. 1425–50, German, Nuremberg, copper alloy. Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964 (64.101.1493)

Cloister from Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, Catalonia, ca. 1130–40, from the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (Sant Miquel de Cuixà), near Perpig-nan, France, marble. The Cloisters Collection, 1925 (25.120.398–.954)

Big Load, 1998, by Ken Price, fired and painted clay. Stéphane Janssen. © Ken Price. Photograph © Fredrik Nilsen

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The Roof Garden Commission: Imran QureshiThrough November 3, 2013

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden

Imran Qureshi (b. 1972, Hyderabad, Pakistan) is renowned for his skillful reinterpreta-tions of tradi-tional miniature painting that first flourished in the Mughal courts of the

Indian Subcontinent at the end of the 16th century. He is equally adept at creating large-scale environments in which foliate motifs sourced from miniature landscapes surround the viewer and transform the site. Qureshi won the Sharjah Biennial Prize in 2011, and his site-specific work They Shim-mer Still was a highlight of last year’s 18th Biennale of Sydney.Made possible by Bloomberg. Additional support provided by Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky.Threatened (detail), 2010, by Imran Qureshi, gouache and gilt on Wasli paper. Collection of Amna and Ali Naqvi. © Imran Qureshi. Photo: courtesy the artist and Corvi-Mora, London

Birds in the Art of JapanThrough July 28, 2013

The Sackler Wing Galleries for the Arts of Japan, 2nd floor

Japanese artists from earliest times have depicted birds—real and fanciful—often with literary, religious, or auspi-cious connota-tions. Birds in the Art of Japan

captures a spectacular array of real and imaginary East Asian bird species in sea-sonal settings. Presented are approximately 150 works in various media and styles from medieval times to the present. The exhibi-tion draws mostly on the Met’s own impressive holdings of pre-modern Japanese art, but also includes major loans from New York City private collections.Made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.

At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William EgglestonThrough July 28, 2013

The Howard Gilman Gallery, 2nd floor

William Eggleston (American, b. 1939) emerged in the early 1960s as a pioneer of modern color photog-raphy. Now, 50 years later, he is its most prolific and influential exemplar. Through a profound apprecia-tion of the American vernacular (especially near his home in the

Mississippi Delta) and confidence in the dye transfer printmaking process to reveal the region’s characteristic qualities of light and saturated chromatics, Eggleston almost single-handedly validated color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Made possible in part by Renée Belfer.Untitled (Memphis), 1971, printed 1999, by William Eggleston, dye-transfer print. Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, and Charlotte A. and William E. Ford Gift, 2012. © Eggleston Artistic Trust

Plain or Fancy? Restraint and Exuberance in the Decorative ArtsThrough August 18, 2013

Wrightsman Exhibition Gallery, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, 1st floor

Modernism was not the first movement to cast a shadow on ornament and adornment, though it was the most effective one. This

exhibition contrasts austere works of art with ornate ones, encouraging viewers to examine their own responses and to con-sider them in the light of different stylistic imperatives of the past. Drawn from the Museum’s collection of European decorative arts, the exhibition follows the theme from the Renaissance to the early 20th century.

Living in Style: Five Centuries of Interior Design from the Collection of Drawings and Prints June 18–September 8, 2013

Drawings and Prints, 2nd floor

From an early moment on, sculpting our living environment became an art form in its own right, often involv-ing highly paid artists working in a wide array of disciplines. Made single-

handedly or by an interpreter in various stages of the actual manufacturing process, many features of their designs have been captured on paper. Collected over a period of more than 100 years, this selection of drawings, prints, and objects highlights the ingenuity, beauty, and wit often found in designs for the interior.Wall Elevation for a Salon, ca. 1780, by Jean Démos-thène Dugourc, pen and ink and watercolor. Gift of William Rieder, 2009 (2009.465.11)

Everyday Epiphanies: Photography and Daily Life Since 1969 June 25, 2013–January 26, 2014

Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography, 2nd floor

This exhibition examines the ways in which artists have used the camera to explore sub-jects close to home—the quotidian, inti-mate, and overlooked aspects of everyday existence. The works on view range from the countercultural questioning of conventions in art and life by Conceptual artists to recent works by young artists who combine process and product in novel ways.

Flora and Fauna in Korean Art June 15, 2013–June 1, 2014

Arts of Korea Gallery, 2nd floor

With works from the Met’s collection, this small installa-tion takes a closer look at portrayals of plants and ani-mals in Korean paint-ings, ceramics, lacquer, and textile. Note-worthy themes and motifs range from auspicious symbols like dragons,

cranes, deer, and pine trees to emblems associated with the Confucian gentleman-scholar, such as plum blossoms and bam-boo, as well as such quintessential flowers of the East as the peony and lotus. Deer Amidst Pine Trees (Part of Ten Symbols of Longev-ity)(detail), 19th century, two hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk. Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2013 (2013.29a, b)

Small Is Beautiful: Chinese Snuff Bottles July 19, 2013–February 17, 2014

Charlotte C. Weber Galleries for the Arts of Ancient China, 2nd floor

Snuff bottles caught the imagination of the upper class at the Qing imperial court and hold a unique place in the history of Chinese art. The broad range of materials, techniques, and artistic styles found in these miniature masterpieces represent almost

every art form developed during the five millennia of Chinese civilization. All the works on view are from the Museum’s

collection, and many have not been shown in decades.

Snuff Bottle, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, painted enamel on copper. Bequest of Edmund C. Converse, 1921

(21.175.314a, b)

Coming SoonJulia Margaret Cameron August 19, 2013–January 5, 2014

Cranes (detail), Edo period (1615–1868), by Nagasawa Rosetsu, pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper. Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, 2011 (2011.572.2a, b)

The Roof Garden Commission: Imran QureshiThrough November 3, 2013

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden

Imran Qureshi (b. 1972, Hyderabad, Pakistan) is renowned for his skillful reinterpreta-tions of tradi-tional miniature painting that first flourished in the Mughal courts of the

Indian Subcontinent at the end of the 16th century. He is equally adept at creating large-scale environments in which foliate motifs sourced from miniature landscapes surround the viewer and transform the site. Qureshi won the Sharjah Biennial Prize in 2011, and his site-specific work They Shim-mer Still was a highlight of last year’s 18th Biennale of Sydney.Made possible by Bloomberg. Additional support provided by Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky.Threatened (detail), 2010, by Imran Qureshi, gouache and gilt on Wasli paper. Collection of Amna and Ali Naqvi. © Imran Qureshi. Photo: courtesy the artist and Corvi-Mora, London

Birds in the Art of JapanThrough July 28, 2013

The Sackler Wing Galleries for the Arts of Japan, 2nd floor

Japanese artists from earliest times have depicted birds—real and fanciful—often with literary, religious, or auspi-cious connota-tions. Birds in the Art of Japan

captures a spectacular array of real and imaginary East Asian bird species in sea-sonal settings. Presented are approximately 150 works in various media and styles from medieval times to the present. The exhibi-tion draws mostly on the Met’s own impressive holdings of pre-modern Japanese art, but also includes major loans from New York City private collections.Made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.

At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William EgglestonThrough July 28, 2013

The Howard Gilman Gallery, 2nd floor

William Eggleston (American, b. 1939) emerged in the early 1960s as a pioneer of modern color photog-raphy. Now, 50 years later, he is its most prolific and influential exemplar. Through a profound apprecia-tion of the American vernacular (especially near his home in the

Mississippi Delta) and confidence in the dye transfer printmaking process to reveal the region’s characteristic qualities of light and saturated chromatics, Eggleston almost single-handedly validated color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Made possible in part by Renée Belfer.Untitled (Memphis), 1971, printed 1999, by William Eggleston, dye-transfer print. Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, and Charlotte A. and William E. Ford Gift, 2012. © Eggleston Artistic Trust

Plain or Fancy? Restraint and Exuberance in the Decorative ArtsThrough August 18, 2013

Wrightsman Exhibition Gallery, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, 1st floor

Modernism was not the first movement to cast a shadow on ornament and adornment, though it was the most effective one. This

exhibition contrasts austere works of art with ornate ones, encouraging viewers to examine their own responses and to con-sider them in the light of different stylistic imperatives of the past. Drawn from the Museum’s collection of European decorative arts, the exhibition follows the theme from the Renaissance to the early 20th century.

Living in Style: Five Centuries of Interior Design from the Collection of Drawings and Prints June 18–September 8, 2013

Drawings and Prints, 2nd floor

From an early moment on, sculpting our living environment became an art form in its own right, often involv-ing highly paid artists working in a wide array of disciplines. Made single-

handedly or by an interpreter in various stages of the actual manufacturing process, many features of their designs have been captured on paper. Collected over a period of more than 100 years, this selection of drawings, prints, and objects highlights the ingenuity, beauty, and wit often found in designs for the interior.Wall Elevation for a Salon, ca. 1780, by Jean Démos-thène Dugourc, pen and ink and watercolor. Gift of William Rieder, 2009 (2009.465.11)

Everyday Epiphanies: Photography and Daily Life Since 1969 June 25, 2013–January 26, 2014

Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography, 2nd floor

This exhibition examines the ways in which artists have used the camera to explore sub-jects close to home—the quotidian, inti-mate, and overlooked aspects of everyday existence. The works on view range from the countercultural questioning of conventions in art and life by Conceptual artists to recent works by young artists who combine process and product in novel ways.

Flora and Fauna in Korean Art June 15, 2013–June 1, 2014

Arts of Korea Gallery, 2nd floor

With works from the Met’s collection, this small installa-tion takes a closer look at portrayals of plants and ani-mals in Korean paint-ings, ceramics, lacquer, and textile. Note-worthy themes and motifs range from auspicious symbols like dragons,

cranes, deer, and pine trees to emblems associated with the Confucian gentleman-scholar, such as plum blossoms and bam-boo, as well as such quintessential flowers of the East as the peony and lotus. Deer Amidst Pine Trees (Part of Ten Symbols of Longev-ity)(detail), 19th century, two hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk. Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2013 (2013.29a, b)

Small Is Beautiful: Chinese Snuff Bottles July 19, 2013–February 17, 2014

Charlotte C. Weber Galleries for the Arts of Ancient China, 2nd floor

Snuff bottles caught the imagination of the upper class at the Qing imperial court and hold a unique place in the history of Chinese art. The broad range of materials, techniques, and artistic styles found in these miniature masterpieces represent almost

every art form developed during the five millennia of Chinese civilization. All the works on view are from the Museum’s

collection, and many have not been shown in decades.

Snuff Bottle, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, painted enamel on copper. Bequest of Edmund C. Converse, 1921

(21.175.314a, b)

Coming SoonJulia Margaret Cameron August 19, 2013–January 5, 2014

Cranes (detail), Edo period (1615–1868), by Nagasawa Rosetsu, pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper. Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, 2011 (2011.572.2a, b)

Brush Writing in the Arts of Japan August 17, 2013–January 12, 2014

Arts of Japan Galleries, 2nd floor

This installation focuses on pre-modern Japanese works that were inspired by classi-cal Chinese or Japanese literature. Included are ink landscapes and calligraphy created in the context of medieval Zen monasteries, as well as works that draw inspiration from ancient Heian court culture. Other high-lights include screen paintings, deluxe lac-querware and textiles, and a selection of contemporary prints and calligraphy.Poem on the Theme of Snow, 14th century, by Musô Soseki, hanging scroll; ink on paper. Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, in honor of Maxwell K. Hearn, 2011 (2011.534)

Eighteenth-Century Pastels from the Permanent Collection August 6–December 1, 2013

European Paintings, 2nd floor

In the last 10 years the Museum has added to a very small group of highly finished 18th-century English pastels a number of

important examples of the French, Italian, and German schools. The materials are luminous and the pas-tel portraits are life-like and expressive. Study of a Boy in a Blue Jacket, 1717, by Benedetto Luti, Pastel and chalk on blue laid paper, laid down

on paste paper. Gwynne Andrews Fund, 2007 (2007.360)

Klee –Path to AbstractionThrough August 4, 2013

Modern and Contemporary Art, mezzanine

Unlike Mondrian and Kandinsky, Klee did not embrace abstraction in pursuit of some deep spiritual goal, but to keep drab reality somewhat at bay. During his visit to Tunisia in April 1914, he took that decisive step. Inspired by the strong light of North Africa, he gradually detached color from literal description and reduced the forms of the landscape into abstract translucent color

planes. As a magician, he created a pro-digious variety of forms and shapes. Southern Gardens, 1919, by Paul Klee, watercolor and ink on paper. The Berg-gruen Klee Collec-tion, 1984 (1984.208.2)

Land MarksThrough August 18, 2013

This installation is devoted to how artists have used the land itself as a canvas. The works are notable for the range of perspec-tive: from the epic sweep achieved by pio-neers of the Earthworks genre to meditations on myth and identity from the 1970s and 1980s to more traditional pho-tographs that track the traces of man’s exploitation of the natural world. Untitled, 1983, by Ana Mendieta, gelatin silver print. Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1994 (1994.227.1)

Also on ViewCambodian Rattan: The Sculptures of Sopheap PichThrough July 7, 2013

Velázquez’s Portrait of Duke Francesco I d’Este: A Masterpiece from the Galleria Estense, ModenaThrough July 14, 2013

African Art, New York, and the Avant-GardeThrough September 2, 2013

Sixteenth-century Venetian painting, with works by Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto, can be found in gallery 607, above.

Gallery Update

The Museum’s galleries for its world-renowned collection of European Old Mas-ter paintings—which number more than 1,700 works from the 13th through the early 19th century—reopened on May 23 after an extensive renovation and reinstalla-tion. This is the first major renovation of the galleries since 1951 and the first major reinstallation of the collection since 1972. Gallery space has increased by almost one third, and the configuration of the galleries makes it possible to give the collection greater coherence and a more natural pro-gression than ever before. The Met’s collec-tion of early Netherlandish, Italian, and French paintings is wide ranging and

includes landmark pictures, while its collec-tion of Dutch school paintings must be counted among the finest in the world. As for individual artists, the representation of Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Poussin, Velazquez, Goya, and David is the strongest in the western hemisphere, and there are individual masterpieces known to every stu-dent of art history, such as Bruegel’s Har-vesters and David’s Death of Socrates.

Visitors can now follow the history of painting in the lowlands from Jan van Eyck

through Bruegel and the development of landscape in the 17th century through to Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Rubens and Van Dyck. There are now gal-

leries for portraiture, landscape, genre painting, and still life. The history of Italian painting too, from Giotto and Duccio to Tiepolo, is told in gal-leries orga-nized by

chronology and region—Florence, Siena, Venice, Rome—with galleries dedicated to themes such as domestic art and portrai-ture. A key aspect of the reinstallation is the presentation of sculpture where the exchange between the two mediums is illu-minating and pertinent. Visitors will also find a significant number of pictures from private collections, lent for the occasion.

For the curators in the Department of European Paintings, the reinstallation has been “a labor of love,” and thanks to donated funds as well as gifts and bequests, the collection continues to grow.

New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800

Above: Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and His Wife (Marie-Anne-Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836) (detail), 1788, by Jacques-Louis David, oil on canvas. Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, in honor of Everett Fahy, 1977 (1977.10)

Left: The Harvesters, 1565, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, oil on wood. Rogers Fund, 1919 (19.164)

June Programs

The Museum presents programs related to exhibitions and the collections as listed on the following pages. All programs are sub-ject to change. For the most up-to-date information, check www.metmuseum.org or the information desks upon arrival.

Films require no tickets unless otherwise noted.

Gallery Talks and Tours (indicated by “G” in the listings) are presented by Museum curators, conservators, educators, outside scholars, and advanced students of art history. They start in Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio, unless noted as EE (“exhibi-tion entrance”) or another location.

Lectures (free with Museum admission) by curators, scholars, conservators, and artists are presented on Sunday afternoons and occasional weekdays September–June. Sub-scription lectures by leading authorities on art, music, and historical topics are presented weekdays and evenings October–May.

Met Museum Presents is the 2012–13 season of performances, talks, and special gallery tours. New this year are two special ticket offers:

30 & Under Rush $15 tickets for audience members 30 years and younger when pur-chased the day of the event (subject to availability). Call 212-570-3949 or visit the box office. Events are designated with a .

Bring the Kids! Selected concerts have $1 tickets available for children (ages 7–16) when accompanied by an adult with a full-price ticket. Call 212-570-3949 or visit the box office. Events are designated with a .

Access Symbols

Assistive listening devices available

American Sign Language

Saturday, June 1M 11:00 SUP, SU, FA/DU Members lec-

ture, The Civil War and American Art, with Stephanie Herdrich, lecturer. No reservations required; present Member-ship card for admission. GRR

G 11:00 The Science of Ceramics and Glass in the Islamic World. Federico Carò

G 7:00 In with the New: Iran and Early Islamic Art. Richard Turnbull

Sunday, June 2G 11:00 The Science of Painting. Julie

ArslanogluM 1:00 SUP, SU, FA/DU Members lecture,

The Civil War and American Art, with Stephanie Herdrich, lecturer. No reser-vations required; present Membership card for admission. GRR

G 1:00 Sunday Studio—Folding Stories. European Paintings galleries, 2nd floor

Sunday at the Met—World Science Festival: Art and the Mind

L Explore the neuroscience of perception and response with art historian David Freedberg, artist Matthew Ritchie, Met curator Luke Syson, and neuroscientist Edward Vessel. GRR

Tuesday, June 4G 11:00 Exhibition Tour—Birds in the

Art of Japan. John Carpenter. EEM 6:00–9:00 SU Members reception and

viewing, The Civil War and American Art

Wednesday, June 5G 10:00 Exhibition Tour—Cambodian

Rattan. John Guy. EE

Membership Categories

Met Net (MN) Individual (IN) Family/Dual (FA/DU) Sustaining (SU)

National Memberships

Associate (AS) Friend (FR)

Supporting Memberships (SUP)

Contributing (CO) Donor (DO) Apollo Circle (AC) Met Family Circle (MFC) Sponsor (SO) Patron (PA) Patron Circle (PC) President’s Circle (PR)

Program: C Concert F Film G Gallery Program

L Lecture M Members Event SC Short Course

SW Studio Workshop I Summer Graduate Intern Talk

Location: BJSLH Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall

CFH Carson Family Hall EE Exhibition Entrance

GRR Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

MSH Medieval Sculpture Hall

Special Summer Gallery Talks

Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice between June 21 and August 10, indicated with an “I” in the program listings. Check the information desks or online calendar for titles, topics, and speakers. Talks start in Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio.

Travel with the Met

Lyon to Arles aboard MS AmaDagioOctober 2–11, 2013 View the glorious landscapes and historic cities of Provence on a cruise along the Saône and Rhône rivers. Board the riverboat Ama-Dagio in Lyon for tours of its famed museum collec-tions. View masterpieces of 15th-century sculpture in Dijon, the grand interiors and gardens of the Château de Cormatin, and the paint-ings in Avignon’s Petit Pal-ais. Visit ancient Roman monuments in Aix and Nîmes, and walk in Van Gogh’s footsteps in Arles. Additional highlights

include a reception at the home of a former Louvre curator, a wine tasting in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and a culinary demonstration by a Paul Bocuse-trained chef. Optional Lyon prelude. Land/cruise rates: from $4,995.

Vienna: A New Year’s CelebrationDecember 27, 2013–January 3, 2014 Winter is a magical time to experience Vienna. During a one-week stay at the landmark Hotel Sacher, view paintings at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, see one of the world’s finest collections of drawings at the Albertina Museum, and tour the Vienna Secession Museum. At the Spanish Riding School, see a performance by the famed Lipizzaner Stallions. During a waltz lesson at a historic dance school, practice your steps before toasting the New Year at the lavish Imperial Ball. Enjoy a recital by a leading pianist in the intimate setting of her home, and attend a New Year’s Day performance of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus at the renowned Vienna State Opera House. Land rate: $10,995.

For more information on both trips, call 212-650-2110, visit www.metmuseum.org/travel, or e-mail [email protected].

Guided Tours

Free Guided Tours of the Museum’s collections in English and other languages are offered by Museum-trained guides throughout the summer. Inquire at the main information desk in the Great Hall for tour availabilities. In addition to Museum Highlights tours, the Met’s guides offer overviews of the following collections: American Art; Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas; Ancient Near Eastern Art; Asian Art; European and American Sculpture, Decorative Arts and Period Rooms; Egyptian Art; European Art; Islamic Art; Greek and Roman Art; Medieval Art; Modern Art; Musical Instruments; and The Robert Lehman Collection.

Note: The full schedule of Guided Tours, showing time and location, will return in the Fall Members Calendar.

Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune

Vienna, Austria

June Programs

The Museum presents programs related to exhibitions and the collections as listed on the following pages. All programs are sub-ject to change. For the most up-to-date information, check www.metmuseum.org or the information desks upon arrival.

Films require no tickets unless otherwise noted.

Gallery Talks and Tours (indicated by “G” in the listings) are presented by Museum curators, conservators, educators, outside scholars, and advanced students of art history. They start in Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio, unless noted as EE (“exhibi-tion entrance”) or another location.

Lectures (free with Museum admission) by curators, scholars, conservators, and artists are presented on Sunday afternoons and occasional weekdays September–June. Sub-scription lectures by leading authorities on art, music, and historical topics are presented weekdays and evenings October–May.

Met Museum Presents is the 2012–13 season of performances, talks, and special gallery tours. New this year are two special ticket offers:

30 & Under Rush $15 tickets for audience members 30 years and younger when pur-chased the day of the event (subject to availability). Call 212-570-3949 or visit the box office. Events are designated with a .

Bring the Kids! Selected concerts have $1 tickets available for children (ages 7–16) when accompanied by an adult with a full-price ticket. Call 212-570-3949 or visit the box office. Events are designated with a .

Access Symbols

Assistive listening devices available

American Sign Language

Saturday, June 1M 11:00 SUP, SU, FA/DU Members lec-

ture, The Civil War and American Art, with Stephanie Herdrich, lecturer. No reservations required; present Member-ship card for admission. GRR

G 11:00 The Science of Ceramics and Glass in the Islamic World. Federico Carò

G 7:00 In with the New: Iran and Early Islamic Art. Richard Turnbull

Sunday, June 2G 11:00 The Science of Painting. Julie

ArslanogluM 1:00 SUP, SU, FA/DU Members lecture,

The Civil War and American Art, with Stephanie Herdrich, lecturer. No reser-vations required; present Membership card for admission. GRR

Sunday at the Met—World Science Festival: Art and the Mind

L Explore the neuroscience of perception and response with art historian David Freedberg, artist Matthew Ritchie, Met curator Luke Syson, and neuroscientist Edward Vessel. GRR

Tuesday, June 4G 11:00 Exhibition Tour—Birds in the

Art of Japan. John Carpenter. EEM 6:00–9:00 SU Members reception and

viewing, The Civil War and American Art

Wednesday, June 5G 10:00 Exhibition Tour—Cambodian

Rattan. John Guy. EE

Membership Categories

Met Net (MN) Individual (IN) Family/Dual (FA/DU) Sustaining (SU)

National Memberships

Associate (AS) Friend (FR)

Supporting Memberships (SUP)

Contributing (CO) Donor (DO) Apollo Circle (AC) Met Family Circle (MFC) Sponsor (SO) Patron (PA) Patron Circle (PC) President’s Circle (PR)

Program: C Concert F Film G Gallery Program

L Lecture M Members Event SC Short Course

SW Studio Workshop I Summer Graduate Intern Talk

Location: BJSLH Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall

CFH Carson Family Hall EE Exhibition Entrance

GRR Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

MSH Medieval Sculpture Hall

Special Summer Gallery Talks

Museum Graduate Interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice between June 21 and August 10, indicated with an “I” in the program listings. Check the information desks or online calendar for titles, topics, and speakers. Talks start in Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio.

Travel with the Met

Lyon to Arles aboard MS AmaDagioOctober 2–11, 2013 View the glorious landscapes and historic cities of Provence on a cruise along the Saône and Rhône rivers. Board the riverboat Ama-Dagio in Lyon for tours of its famed museum collec-tions. View masterpieces of 15th-century sculpture in Dijon, the grand interiors and gardens of the Château de Cormatin, and the paint-ings in Avignon’s Petit Pal-ais. Visit ancient Roman monuments in Aix and Nîmes, and walk in Van Gogh’s footsteps in Arles. Additional highlights

include a reception at the home of a former Louvre curator, a wine tasting in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and a culinary demonstration by a Paul Bocuse-trained chef. Optional Lyon prelude. Land/cruise rates: from $4,995.

Vienna: A New Year’s CelebrationDecember 27, 2013–January 3, 2014 Winter is a magical time to experience Vienna. During a one-week stay at the landmark Hotel Sacher, view paintings at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, see one of the world’s finest collections of drawings at the Albertina Museum, and tour the Vienna Secession Museum. At the Spanish Riding School, see a performance by the famed Lipizzaner Stallions. During a waltz lesson at a historic dance school, practice your steps before toasting the New Year at the lavish Imperial Ball. Enjoy a recital by a leading pianist in the intimate setting of her home, and attend a New Year’s Day performance of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus at the renowned Vienna State Opera House. Land rate: $10,995.

For more information on both trips, call 212-650-2110, visit www.metmuseum.org/travel, or e-mail [email protected].

Guided Tours

Free Guided Tours of the Museum’s collections in English and other languages are offered by Museum-trained guides throughout the summer. Inquire at the main information desk in the Great Hall for tour availabilities. In addition to Museum Highlights tours, the Met’s guides offer overviews of the following collections: American Art; Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas; Ancient Near Eastern Art; Asian Art; European and American Sculpture, Decorative Arts and Period Rooms; Egyptian Art; European Art; Islamic Art; Greek and Roman Art; Medieval Art; Modern Art; Musical Instruments; and The Robert Lehman Collection.

Note: The full schedule of Guided Tours, showing time and location, will return in the Fall Members Calendar.

Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune

Vienna, Austria

June Programs

Saturday, June 8 G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—At War with

the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston. Marian Cohen. EE

SW 1:00–6:00 Studio Workshop—Linking the Past: Wirework Inspired by Ancient Jewelry. Link yourself to ancient inno-vations in this one-day workshop exploring the power of loops and chains in metal. Tam Tran, artist. $65, plus $10 for materials, Museum admis-sion included. To register, visit www .metmuseum.org/events/programs/workshops-and-courses.

G 1:00 How Did They Do That? Japanese Ink and Colors. The Sackler Wing Gal-leries for the Arts of Japan, 2nd floor

G 7:00 Turning Points in 20th-Century Art. Julie Reiss

C 7:00 So Percussion and Man Forever. An evening of drumming by the cele-brated ensemble So Percussion and composer/percussionist John Colpitts’s experimental drum project Man Forever. $25. GRR

Sunday, June 9 G 1:00 How Did They Do That? Japanese

Ink and Colors. The Sackler Wing Gal-leries for the Arts of Japan, 2nd floor

Monday, June 10M 5:30–8:30 PR, PC, PA, SO, DO Mem-

bers. Spring Garden Party at The Cloisters. Reception and live music

Tuesday, June 11G 11:00 Exhibition Tour—African Art,

New York, and the Avant-Garde. Yaëlle Biro. EE

Wednesday, June 12G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Velázquez’s

Portrait of Francesco I d’Este. Inés Powell. EE

Thursday, June 13G 11:00 Drawings and Prints from the

Collection. Constance McPhee and Samantha Rippner

M 6:00–9:00 SUP Members. New Euro-pean Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800. Reception and private viewing of the galleries

Friday, June 14 G 11:00 Drums of War. Jayson Dobney G 2:00 Gallery Talk and Demonstration—

Roentgen Furniture. Gallery 553G 6:30 Exhibition Tour—Photography

and the American Civil War. Jeff L. Rosenheim. EE

C 2:30 YoungArts at the Met: Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts featuring Gabe Schnider, guitar, and Kate Davis, bass and vocals. Tour of the galleries immediately follows concert. The André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments

M 6:00–8:00 PR, PC, PA Members. A Special Evening with the Director. Reception and presentation by Director Thomas P. Campbell

Thursday, June 6G 11:00 Early Netherlandish Painting:

The Legacy of Jan van Eyck. Sandra Hindriks

SC 2:00–4:00 Short Course—Northern European Paintings: Van Eyck to Vermeer. Discover the New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800 in this three-session course (sessions two and three are on June 13 and 20) led by Elizabeth Perkins and other Met experts. $150, Museum admission included. To register, visit www .metmuseum.org/events/programs/workshops-and-courses.

Friday, June 7G 2:00 Conversation with a Conservator—

Kashan Carpet. Janina PoskrobkoG 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Navigating

Patterns. Maya Valladares and Jessica Houston. Koç Family Galleries

G 6:30 Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution. Molly Kysar

C 7:00 Edward Arron, artistic director. Biber: Passacaglia in G Minor for Solo Violin. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, arranged for String Trio by Dmitry Sitkovetsky. $35. $1 tickets available for children ages 7–16 with a full-price-paying adult. GRR

June Programs

L 6:00 How, When, and Why African Art Came to New York: A Conversation. Jack Flam, President, The Dedalus Foundation, and Yaëlle Biro, Assistant Curator, MMA. BJSLH

G 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Capturing Reflections. Michelle Hagewood and Deborah Lutz. Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Arms and Armor Court

G 6:30 Artists on Artworks—Susanna Coffey. Limited to 45 people; tickets are distributed 30 minutes prior at Vélez Blanco Patio.

C 9:30 iPad Mixing Piece. Audience par-ticipation using DJ Spooky’s iPad app. Download the free app and bring your device. $30. Petrie Court Café

Saturday, June 22M 11:00 SUP, SU, FA/DU Members

lecture, Ken Price Sculpture: A Retro-spective, with Marla Prather, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art. No reservations required; present Member-ship card for admission. GRR

I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkG 2:15 Arts of the Americas. Debra Cole

No voice interpretationI 3:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 7:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Sunday, June 23I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkM 1:00 SUP, SU, FA/DU Members lecture,

Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective, with Marla Prather, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art. No reserva-tions required; present Membership card for admission. GRR

Sunday at the Met—The American Civil War

L 3:00 Lectures by MMA curators Jeff L. Rosenheim and H. Barbara Weinberg. Performance by President Lincoln’s Own Band. GRR

Tuesday, June 25G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Cyrus

Cylinder and Ancient Persia. Michael Seymour. EE

Wednesday, June 26G 11:00 Flora and Fauna in Korean Art.

Soyoung LeeI 3:30 Summer graduate intern talkM 7:00–11:00 SUP, SU, FA/DU Members.

Summer Fête. Black-tie dinner and dancing in The New American Wing. Tickets $400

G 7:00 The Observant Eye—Revolution in Resolution: Lilliputs on the Face of a Giant and a Portrait by Chuck Close. See box below. CFH

Saturday, June 15G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Civil War

and American Art. Stephanie Herdrich. Gallery 963

G 7:00 Impressionism, Everyday Life, and the Industrial Revolution. Emmanuel von Schack With voice interpretation

Sunday, June 16G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Velázquez’s

Sunday at the Met—Origins of PunkL 3:00 Explore the punk evolution in

New York and London in conversation with Jon Savage and Roberta Bayley, moderated by Glenn O’Brien. GRR

Tuesday, June 18G 11:00 From Washington to Lincoln in

The American Wing. Lois Stainman

Wednesday, June 19G 10:30 Gallery Conversation—The

Civil War and American Art. Stephanie Herdrich and military historian Michael McAfee. Gallery 963

Thursday, June 20G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Plain or Fancy?

Luke Syson. EEL 5:30 The Cyrus Cylinder from Ancient

Babylon and the Beginning of the Persian Empire. John Curtis, British Museum. Free; use ground-level entrance at Fifth Ave. and 83rd St. GRR

M 6:00–9:00 SUP Members. Reception and viewing of The Roof Garden Com-mission: Imran Qureshi (weather per-mitting) and PUNK: Chaos to Couture

Friday, June 21I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkG 2:00 Conversation with a

Conservator—Drawing of an Angel from Iran. Valerie Faivre

The Observant Eye

These gallery programs, indicated with a “G” in the program listings, are for college and graduate students, along with other young adults. To register, e-mail [email protected].

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, ca. 1662, by Johannes Vermeer, oil on canvas. Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 (89.15.21)

June Programs

Saturday, June 8 G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—At War with

the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston. Marian Cohen. EE

SW 1:00–6:00 Studio Workshop—Linking the Past: Wirework Inspired by Ancient Jewelry. Link yourself to ancient inno-vations in this one-day workshop exploring the power of loops and chains in metal. Tam Tran, artist. $65, plus $10 for materials, Museum admis-sion included. To register, visit www .metmuseum.org/events/programs/workshops-and-courses.

G 1:00 How Did They Do That? Japanese Ink and Colors. The Sackler Wing Gal-leries for the Arts of Japan, 2nd floor

G 7:00 Turning Points in 20th-Century Art. Julie Reiss

C 7:00 So Percussion and Man Forever. An evening of drumming by the cele-brated ensemble So Percussion and composer/percussionist John Colpitts’s experimental drum project Man Forever. $25. GRR

Sunday, June 9 G 1:00 How Did They Do That? Japanese

Ink and Colors. The Sackler Wing Gal-leries for the Arts of Japan, 2nd floor

Monday, June 10M 5:30–8:30 PR, PC, PA, SO, DO Mem-

bers. Spring Garden Party at The Cloisters. Reception and live music

Tuesday, June 11G 11:00 Exhibition Tour—African Art,

New York, and the Avant-Garde. Yaëlle Biro. EE

Wednesday, June 12G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Velázquez’s

Thursday, June 13G 11:00 Drawings and Prints from the

Collection. Constance McPhee and Samantha Rippner

M 6:00–9:00 SUP Members. New Euro-pean Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800. Reception and private viewing of the galleries

Friday, June 14 G 11:00 Drums of War. Jayson Dobney G 2:00 Gallery Talk and Demonstration—

Roentgen Furniture. Gallery 553G 6:30 Exhibition Tour—Photography

C 2:30 YoungArts at the Met: Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts featuring Gabe Schnider, guitar, and Kate Davis, bass and vocals. Tour of the galleries immediately follows concert. The André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments

M 6:00–8:00 PR, PC, PA Members. A Special Evening with the Director. Reception and presentation by Director Thomas P. Campbell

Thursday, June 6G 11:00 Early Netherlandish Painting:

SC 2:00–4:00 Short Course—Northern European Paintings: Van Eyck to Vermeer. Discover the New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800 in this three-session course (sessions two and three are on June 13 and 20) led by Elizabeth Perkins and other Met experts. $150, Museum admission included. To register, visit www .metmuseum.org/events/programs/workshops-and-courses.

Friday, June 7G 2:00 Conversation with a Conservator—

Kashan Carpet. Janina PoskrobkoG 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Navigating

Patterns. Maya Valladares and Jessica Houston. Koç Family Galleries

G 6:30 Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution. Molly Kysar

C 7:00 Edward Arron, artistic director. Biber: Passacaglia in G Minor for Solo Violin. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, arranged for String Trio by Dmitry Sitkovetsky. $35. $1 tickets available for children ages 7–16 with a full-price-paying adult. GRR

June Programs

L 6:00 How, When, and Why African Art Came to New York: A Conversation. Jack Flam, President, The Dedalus Foundation, and Yaëlle Biro, Assistant Curator, MMA. BJSLH

G 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Capturing Reflections. Michelle Hagewood and Deborah Lutz. Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Arms and Armor Court

G 6:30 Artists on Artworks—Susanna Coffey. Limited to 45 people; tickets are distributed 30 minutes prior at Vélez Blanco Patio.

C 9:30 iPad Mixing Piece. Audience par-ticipation using DJ Spooky’s iPad app. Download the free app and bring your device. $30. Petrie Court Café

Saturday, June 22M 11:00 SUP, SU, FA/DU Members

lecture, Ken Price Sculpture: A Retro-spective, with Marla Prather, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art. No reservations required; present Member-ship card for admission. GRR

I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkG 2:15 Arts of the Americas. Debra Cole

No voice interpretationI 3:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 7:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Sunday, June 23I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkM 1:00 SUP, SU, FA/DU Members lecture,

Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective, with Marla Prather, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art. No reserva-tions required; present Membership card for admission. GRR

Sunday at the Met—The American Civil War

L 3:00 Lectures by MMA curators Jeff L. Rosenheim and H. Barbara Weinberg. Performance by President Lincoln’s Own Band. GRR

Tuesday, June 25G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Cyrus

Cylinder and Ancient Persia. Michael Seymour. EE

Wednesday, June 26G 11:00 Flora and Fauna in Korean Art.

Soyoung LeeI 3:30 Summer graduate intern talkM 7:00–11:00 SUP, SU, FA/DU Members.

Summer Fête. Black-tie dinner and dancing in The New American Wing. Tickets $400

G 7:00 The Observant Eye—Revolution in Resolution: Lilliputs on the Face of a Giant and a Portrait by Chuck Close. See box below. CFH

Saturday, June 15G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Civil War

G 7:00 Impressionism, Everyday Life, and the Industrial Revolution. Emmanuel von Schack With voice interpretation

Sunday, June 16G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Velázquez’s

Sunday at the Met—Origins of PunkL 3:00 Explore the punk evolution in

New York and London in conversation with Jon Savage and Roberta Bayley, moderated by Glenn O’Brien. GRR

Tuesday, June 18G 11:00 From Washington to Lincoln in

Wednesday, June 19G 10:30 Gallery Conversation—The

Civil War and American Art. Stephanie Herdrich and military historian Michael McAfee. Gallery 963

Thursday, June 20G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Plain or Fancy?

Luke Syson. EEL 5:30 The Cyrus Cylinder from Ancient

Babylon and the Beginning of the Persian Empire. John Curtis, British Museum. Free; use ground-level entrance at Fifth Ave. and 83rd St. GRR

M 6:00–9:00 SUP Members. Reception and viewing of The Roof Garden Com-mission: Imran Qureshi (weather per-mitting) and PUNK: Chaos to Couture

Friday, June 21I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkG 2:00 Conversation with a

Conservator—Drawing of an Angel from Iran. Valerie Faivre

The Observant Eye

These gallery programs, indicated with a “G” in the program listings, are for college and graduate students, along with other young adults. To register, e-mail [email protected].

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, ca. 1662, by Johannes Vermeer, oil on canvas. Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 (89.15.21)

June / July Programs

Collection. Constance McPhee and Freyda Spira

Wednesday, July 10G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Cyrus

Cylinder and Ancient Persia. Ira Spar. EE

I 3:30 Summer graduate intern talk

Thursday, July 11G 11:00 Metalwork from the Islamic

World. Jean-François de Lapérouse and Sarah McGregor

L 2:00 The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia. Discover the significance of the Cylinder and its legacy with Irving Finkel, British Museum; Robert Faulkner, Boston College; and moderator Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, University of Toronto. GRR

I 3:30 Summer graduate intern talkM 7:30–11:00 Young Members Party. For

Young Members of the Museum, ages 21–35. Tickets starting at $100 for Members, $170 for non-Members (fee includes a one-year Met Net Membership)

Friday, July 12G 11:00 The Newly Installed Galleries

for Italian Paintings. Andrea BayerG 2:00 Gallery Talk and Demonstration—

Roentgen Furniture. Gallery 553G 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Exploring

Gesture in Painting. Jessica Houston and Deborah Lutz. Gallery 601

G 6:30 Exhibition Tour—At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston. Jeff L. Rosenheim. EE

G 7:00 The Observant Eye—Armed for Battle? Dressed to Kill? Design and Decoration in Arms and Armor. See box on page 15. CFH

Saturday, July 13G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Civil War

Thursday, June 27G 10:15 Exhibition Tour—Ken Price

Sculpture. Marla Prather. Limited to 25 people; tickets are distributed 15 minutes prior at EE.

Friday, June 28I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkF 6:00 Pasargadae. Introduced by David

Stronach, Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus, University of Califor-nia, Berkeley. BJSLH

G 6:30 Revolutionizing the Figure: Alberto Giacometti. Jacqueline Terrassa

G 7:00 The Observant Eye—No Revolt: Assyrian Reliefs from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II. See box on page 15. CFH

Saturday, June 29G 11:00 Illusion in European Paintings.

Page KnoxI 3:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 7:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Sunday, June 30I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Tuesday, July 2G 11:00 In with the New: Iran and Early

Islamic Art. Richard Turnbull

Wednesday, July 3G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Living in

Style. Femke Speelberg. EEI 3:30 Summer graduate intern talk

Friday, July 5I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkG 2:00 Conversation with a Conservator

—Panel with Marquetry Decoration from Egypt. Daniel Hausdorf

G 6:30 Quiet Revolutions in Early and Medieval Chinese Art. Dora Ching

Saturday, July 6 I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 3:00 Summer graduate intern talk I 7:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Sunday, July 7I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkG 1:00 Sunday Studio—Painterly Portraits.

European Paintings galleries, 2nd floor

Tuesday, July 9G 11:00 Drawings and Prints from the

July Programs

G 6:30 Artists on Artworks—Allison Smith. Limited to 45 people; tickets are distributed 30 minutes prior at Vélez Blanco Patio.

Saturday, July 20SW 10:30–3:30 Studio Workshop—Image

Remix: Stenciling and Screen Printing on Fabric. Learn how to print on fabric in this two-session course (session two is on July 27). Maya Valladares, artist. $150, plus $15 for materials, Museum admission included. Register at www .metmuseum.org/events/programs/ workshops-and-courses.

G 10:30–12:00 Exhibition Tour— Photography and the American Civil War and The Civil War and American Art. Visit both exhibitions to compare how the war was portrayed in different mediums. Jeff L. Rosenheim and Page Knox. Vélez Blanco Patio

I 3:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 7:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Tuesday, July 23G 11:00 Revolutionizing the Figure:

Alberto Giacometti. Jacqueline Terrassa

Wednesday, July 24G 10:15 Exhibition Tour—Ken Price

Thursday, July 25G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Plain or

Fancy? Ellenor Alcorn. EEI 3:30 Summer graduate intern talk

Friday, July 26G 11:00 Punk Music and Contemporary

Art. Ian Alteveer and Vivien GoldmanG 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Light and

Dark Shadows. Pamela Lawton. Gallery 621

G 6:30 Exhibition Tour—Birds in the Art of Japan. John Carpenter. EE

G 7:00 The Observant Eye—Revolution-ary Vision. See box on page 15. CFH

G 7:30–8:30 Friday Evening Gallery Event—Birds in the Art of Japan. Encounter a spectacular array of real and fanciful birds featured in works of art during interactive experiences. EE

G 1:00 How Did They Do That? Mesopotamian Writing. Ancient Near Eastern Art galleries, 2nd floor

Sunday, July 14G 11:00 Modernism and a Changing

Society. Catherine FukushimaG 1:00 How Did They Do That?

Mesopotamian Writing. Ancient Near Eastern Art galleries, 2nd floor

Tuesday, July 16G 11:00 From Washington to Lincoln in

Wednesday, July 17G 10:30 Literature and The Civil War

Thursday, July 18G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Photography

—Islamic Glass. Lisa PilosiG 5:00–8:00 Artist Demonstrations—

Painting from the Past. Drop in; all ages welcome. European Paintings galleries, 2nd floor

The Girl I Left Behind Me, ca. 1872, by Eastman Johnson, oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art

Museum, Washington, D.C., Museum purchase made possible in part by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice in

memory of her husband and by Ralph Cross Johnson

Private James House with Fighting Knife, Sixteenth Georgia Cavalry Battalion, Army of Tennessee, 1861–62(?), by Unknown, ambrotype, sixth-plate; ruby glass. David Wynn Vaughan Collection. Image: Jack Melton

June / July Programs

Collection. Constance McPhee and Freyda Spira

Wednesday, July 10G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Cyrus

Cylinder and Ancient Persia. Ira Spar. EE

Thursday, July 11G 11:00 Metalwork from the Islamic

World. Jean-François de Lapérouse and Sarah McGregor

L 2:00 The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia. Discover the significance of the Cylinder and its legacy with Irving Finkel, British Museum; Robert Faulkner, Boston College; and moderator Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, University of Toronto. GRR

I 3:30 Summer graduate intern talkM 7:30–11:00 Young Members Party. For

Young Members of the Museum, ages 21–35. Tickets starting at $100 for Members, $170 for non-Members (fee includes a one-year Met Net Membership)

Friday, July 12G 11:00 The Newly Installed Galleries

for Italian Paintings. Andrea BayerG 2:00 Gallery Talk and Demonstration—

Roentgen Furniture. Gallery 553G 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Exploring

Gesture in Painting. Jessica Houston and Deborah Lutz. Gallery 601

G 6:30 Exhibition Tour—At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston. Jeff L. Rosenheim. EE

G 7:00 The Observant Eye—Armed for Battle? Dressed to Kill? Design and Decoration in Arms and Armor. See box on page 15. CFH

Saturday, July 13G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Civil War

Thursday, June 27G 10:15 Exhibition Tour—Ken Price

Friday, June 28I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkF 6:00 Pasargadae. Introduced by David

Stronach, Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus, University of Califor-nia, Berkeley. BJSLH

G 6:30 Revolutionizing the Figure: Alberto Giacometti. Jacqueline Terrassa

G 7:00 The Observant Eye—No Revolt: Assyrian Reliefs from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II. See box on page 15. CFH

Saturday, June 29G 11:00 Illusion in European Paintings.

Page KnoxI 3:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 7:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Sunday, June 30I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Tuesday, July 2G 11:00 In with the New: Iran and Early

Islamic Art. Richard Turnbull

Wednesday, July 3G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Living in

Style. Femke Speelberg. EEI 3:30 Summer graduate intern talk

—Panel with Marquetry Decoration from Egypt. Daniel Hausdorf

G 6:30 Quiet Revolutions in Early and Medieval Chinese Art. Dora Ching

Saturday, July 6 I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 3:00 Summer graduate intern talk I 7:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Tuesday, July 9G 11:00 Drawings and Prints from the

July Programs

G 6:30 Artists on Artworks—Allison Smith. Limited to 45 people; tickets are distributed 30 minutes prior at Vélez Blanco Patio.

Saturday, July 20SW 10:30–3:30 Studio Workshop—Image

Remix: Stenciling and Screen Printing on Fabric. Learn how to print on fabric in this two-session course (session two is on July 27). Maya Valladares, artist. $150, plus $15 for materials, Museum admission included. Register at www .metmuseum.org/events/programs/ workshops-and-courses.

G 10:30–12:00 Exhibition Tour— Photography and the American Civil War and The Civil War and American Art. Visit both exhibitions to compare how the war was portrayed in different mediums. Jeff L. Rosenheim and Page Knox. Vélez Blanco Patio

Tuesday, July 23G 11:00 Revolutionizing the Figure:

Alberto Giacometti. Jacqueline Terrassa

Wednesday, July 24G 10:15 Exhibition Tour—Ken Price

Thursday, July 25G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Plain or

Fancy? Ellenor Alcorn. EEI 3:30 Summer graduate intern talk

Friday, July 26G 11:00 Punk Music and Contemporary

Art. Ian Alteveer and Vivien GoldmanG 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Light and

Dark Shadows. Pamela Lawton. Gallery 621

G 6:30 Exhibition Tour—Birds in the Art of Japan. John Carpenter. EE

G 7:00 The Observant Eye—Revolution-ary Vision. See box on page 15. CFH

G 7:30–8:30 Friday Evening Gallery Event—Birds in the Art of Japan. Encounter a spectacular array of real and fanciful birds featured in works of art during interactive experiences. EE

G 1:00 How Did They Do That? Mesopotamian Writing. Ancient Near Eastern Art galleries, 2nd floor

Sunday, July 14G 11:00 Modernism and a Changing

Society. Catherine FukushimaG 1:00 How Did They Do That?

Mesopotamian Writing. Ancient Near Eastern Art galleries, 2nd floor

Tuesday, July 16G 11:00 From Washington to Lincoln in

Wednesday, July 17G 10:30 Literature and The Civil War

Thursday, July 18G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Photography

—Islamic Glass. Lisa PilosiG 5:00–8:00 Artist Demonstrations—

Painting from the Past. Drop in; all ages welcome. European Paintings galleries, 2nd floor

The Girl I Left Behind Me, ca. 1872, by Eastman Johnson, oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art

Museum, Washington, D.C., Museum purchase made possible in part by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice in

memory of her husband and by Ralph Cross Johnson

Private James House with Fighting Knife, Sixteenth Georgia Cavalry Battalion, Army of Tennessee, 1861–62(?), by Unknown, ambrotype, sixth-plate; ruby glass. David Wynn Vaughan Collection. Image: Jack Melton

G 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Abstract Mark Making. Maya Valladares. Galleries 922 and 923

G 6:30 Cycles of Change in the Art of the Silk Road. David Bowles

G 7:00 The Observant Eye—Battle Cries and Demon Spies: Manuscript Pages from the Ramayana. See box on page 15. CFH

Saturday, August 10G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Civil War

G 1:00 How Did They Do That? Musical Wind Instruments. Musical Instruments galleries, 2nd floor

Sunday, August 11G 11:00 Turning Points in 20th-Century

Art. Julie ReissG 1:00 How Did They Do That? Musical

Wind Instruments. Musical Instruments galleries, 2nd floor

Tuesday, August 13G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Everyday

Epiphanies. Marian Cohen. EE

Wednesday, August 14G 11:00 The Changing Face of Rome:

Portraiture from Republic to Empire. Michael Norris

Thursday, August 15 10:30–12:00 Exhibition Tour—

Photography and the American Civil War and The Civil War and American Art. Visit both exhibitions to compare how the war was portrayed in different mediums. Jeff L. Rosenheim and Page Knox. Vélez Blanco Patio

Friday, August 16G 11:00 Maiolica to Porcelain: Revolu-

tion or Evolution? Deborah Krohn

Saturday, July 27I 3:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 7:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Sunday, July 28G 11:00 From Washington to Lincoln in

Tuesday, July 30G 11:00 From Performance and Ritual

Objects to Museum Artworks. Monica Mariño

Wednesday, July 31G 11:00 Early Netherlandish Painting:

Thursday, August 1G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Cyrus

Cylinder and Ancient Persia. Fiona Kidd. EE

Friday, August 2I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkG 2:00 Conversation with a Curator and

a Conservator—The Roentgens’ Berlin Secretary Cabinet. Wolfram Koeppe and Mechthild Baumeister

G 6:30 Illusion in European Paintings. Page Knox

Saturday, August 3I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 3:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 7:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Sunday, August 4I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkG 1:00 Sunday Studio—Experimenting

with Color. Modern and Contemporary Art galleries, 2nd floor

Tuesday, August 6G 11:00 Marie Antoinette and the French

Revolution. Molly Kysar

Wednesday, August 7G 11:00 From Performance and Ritual

Thursday, August 8G 11:00 Maiolica to Porcelain: Revolu-

tion or Evolution? Deborah KrohnI 3:30 Summer graduate intern talk

Friday, August 9I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talk

July / August Programs

G 6:30 Artists on Artworks—Shaw Osha. Limited to 45 people; tickets are distributed 30 minutes prior at Vélez Blanco Patio.

Saturday, August 24G 11:00 In with the New: Iran and Early

Islamic Art. Richard TurnbullG 7:00 Evolutions and Revolutions:

Ancient Art of Egypt and the Middle East. Erica Ehrenberg

Sunday, August 25G 11:00 Evolutions and Revolutions:

Tuesday, August 27G 11:00 The Changing Face of Rome:

Wednesday, August 28G 11:00 Celebrating 100 Years of Arms

and Armor: Japanese Armor. Richard Gradkowski

Thursday, August 29G 11:00 The Revolution of the Unfinished.

Allan Doyle

Friday, August 30G 11:00 Marie Antoinette and the French

Saturday, August 31G 7:00 Celebrating 100 Years of Arms

G 2:00 Gallery Talk and Demonstration—Roentgen Furniture. Gallery 553

G 6:30 The Revolution of the Unfinished. Allan Doyle

Saturday, August 17G 11:00 Modernism and a Changing

Society. Catherine FukushimaG 7:00 Illusion in European Paintings.

Page Knox

Sunday, August 18G 11:00 Quiet Revolutions in Early and

Medieval Chinese Art. Dora ChingG 1:00 Sunday Studio—Experimenting

Tuesday, August 20G 11:00 Cycles of Change in the Art of

the Silk Road. David Bowles

Wednesday, August 21G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Civil War

Thursday, August 22G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Living in

Style. Femke Speelberg. EE

Friday, August 23G 11:00 Celebrating 100 Years of Arms

G 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Drawing From O’Keeffe. Michelle Hagewood. The Esther Annenberg Simon Gallery

August Programs

Black Hollyhock, Blue Larkspur (detail), 1929, by Georgia O’Keeffe, oil on canvas. George A. Hearn Fund, 1934 (34.51)

G 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Abstract Mark Making. Maya Valladares. Galleries 922 and 923

G 6:30 Cycles of Change in the Art of the Silk Road. David Bowles

G 7:00 The Observant Eye—Battle Cries and Demon Spies: Manuscript Pages from the Ramayana. See box on page 15. CFH

Saturday, August 10G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Civil War

G 1:00 How Did They Do That? Musical Wind Instruments. Musical Instruments galleries, 2nd floor

Sunday, August 11G 11:00 Turning Points in 20th-Century

Art. Julie ReissG 1:00 How Did They Do That? Musical

Wind Instruments. Musical Instruments galleries, 2nd floor

Tuesday, August 13G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Everyday

Epiphanies. Marian Cohen. EE

Wednesday, August 14G 11:00 The Changing Face of Rome:

Thursday, August 15 10:30–12:00 Exhibition Tour—

Photography and the American Civil War and The Civil War and American Art. Visit both exhibitions to compare how the war was portrayed in different mediums. Jeff L. Rosenheim and Page Knox. Vélez Blanco Patio

Friday, August 16G 11:00 Maiolica to Porcelain: Revolu-

tion or Evolution? Deborah Krohn

Saturday, July 27I 3:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 7:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Sunday, July 28G 11:00 From Washington to Lincoln in

Tuesday, July 30G 11:00 From Performance and Ritual

Wednesday, July 31G 11:00 Early Netherlandish Painting:

Thursday, August 1G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Cyrus

Cylinder and Ancient Persia. Fiona Kidd. EE

Friday, August 2I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkG 2:00 Conversation with a Curator and

a Conservator—The Roentgens’ Berlin Secretary Cabinet. Wolfram Koeppe and Mechthild Baumeister

G 6:30 Illusion in European Paintings. Page Knox

Saturday, August 3I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 3:00 Summer graduate intern talkI 7:00 Summer graduate intern talk

Sunday, August 4I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talkG 1:00 Sunday Studio—Experimenting

Tuesday, August 6G 11:00 Marie Antoinette and the French

Wednesday, August 7G 11:00 From Performance and Ritual

Thursday, August 8G 11:00 Maiolica to Porcelain: Revolu-

tion or Evolution? Deborah KrohnI 3:30 Summer graduate intern talk

Friday, August 9I 11:00 Summer graduate intern talk

July / August Programs

G 6:30 Artists on Artworks—Shaw Osha. Limited to 45 people; tickets are distributed 30 minutes prior at Vélez Blanco Patio.

Saturday, August 24G 11:00 In with the New: Iran and Early

Islamic Art. Richard TurnbullG 7:00 Evolutions and Revolutions:

Sunday, August 25G 11:00 Evolutions and Revolutions:

Tuesday, August 27G 11:00 The Changing Face of Rome:

Wednesday, August 28G 11:00 Celebrating 100 Years of Arms

Thursday, August 29G 11:00 The Revolution of the Unfinished.

Allan Doyle

Friday, August 30G 11:00 Marie Antoinette and the French

Saturday, August 31G 7:00 Celebrating 100 Years of Arms

G 2:00 Gallery Talk and Demonstration—Roentgen Furniture. Gallery 553

G 6:30 The Revolution of the Unfinished. Allan Doyle

Saturday, August 17G 11:00 Modernism and a Changing

Society. Catherine FukushimaG 7:00 Illusion in European Paintings.

Page Knox

Sunday, August 18G 11:00 Quiet Revolutions in Early and

Medieval Chinese Art. Dora ChingG 1:00 Sunday Studio—Experimenting

Tuesday, August 20G 11:00 Cycles of Change in the Art of

the Silk Road. David Bowles

Wednesday, August 21G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—The Civil War

Thursday, August 22G 10:30 Exhibition Tour—Living in

Style. Femke Speelberg. EE

Friday, August 23G 11:00 Celebrating 100 Years of Arms

G 6:30 Drop-in Drawing—Drawing From O’Keeffe. Michelle Hagewood. The Esther Annenberg Simon Gallery

August Programs

Black Hollyhock, Blue Larkspur (detail), 1929, by Georgia O’Keeffe, oil on canvas. George A. Hearn Fund, 1934 (34.51)

The Cloisters museum and gardens is the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. For information, call 212-923-3700.

Summer Hours: Through June 30, Tuesday–Sunday 9:30–5:15. Starting July 1, Monday–Sunday 10:00–5:15 (through October).

Highlights Tours of the Collection for indi-vidual visitors: Through June 30, Tuesday–Friday, and Sunday at 3:00. Starting July 1, Monday–Friday, and Sunday at 3:00. Garden Tours: May 1 through June 30, Tuesday–Sunday at 1:00. July 1 through October 31, Monday–Sunday at 1:00.

Admission: Free to Museum Members. Recommended contribution same as the main building, includes admission to both on the same day. All groups of 10 or more require advance reservations: call 212-650-2280.

Directions: Subway: A to 190th Street, then walk through Fort Tryon Park; or, transfer to M4 bus for one stop. Bus: M4 (Madison Avenue) to last stop (Fort Tryon Park–The Cloisters). Car: Henry Hudson Parkway north to exit “Fort Tryon Park–The Cloisters.”

Accessibility: Limited access for mobility impaired visitors. Call 212-923-3700.

Gallery Talks at noon and 2:00. Free to individual visitors with Museum admission. No reservations necessary. For information, call 212-650-2280.

1 Garden Day

2 Classicism in Medieval Art and Architec-ture. Heather Horton

8 The Legend of the Unicorn. Mary Halbach

15 The Art of Healing in the Middle Ages. Sigrid Goldiner

22 Changing Perspectives on The Cloisters Collection. Elizabeth Parker

29 Animal Lore in the Middle Ages. Leslie Bussis Tait

6 Four Cloisters. Carol Schuler, lecturer

7 Representing Mary in Medieval Art. Johanna G. Seasonwein

13 Spanish Art at The Cloisters. Berfu Durantas

20 Medieval Tapestries. Emma Wegner

27 Getting Closer: Interpersonal Relation-ships in Medieval Art. Jessamyn Conrad

August

3 The Hunt of the Unicorn Tapestries at The Cloisters. Nancy Wu

The Cloisters Museum and Gardens

4 Plants from Hildegard of Bingen’s Physica. Elizabeth Ann Murphy

10 Interpreting the Middle Ages at The Cloisters. Lauren Mancia

17 Strewn with Flowers: A Close Look at The Falconer’s Bath. Rika Burnham

24 Reading the Windows of The Cloisters. Xavier Seubert

31 On the Trail of Marco Polo at The Cloisters. Mark Cruse

Conversation with a Curator/Conservator 20-minute informal conversations presented at 2:00.

June 7 Barbara Boehm

July 5 Peter Barnet

August 2 Emeline Baude

Gallery Workshops for Families Hour-long programs for children ages 4–12 and their families; free with Museum admission. Meet in the Main Hall at 1:00.

2 Strike a Pose. Jennifer Kalter

15 Horses! Bianca Niggli

6 Medieval Entertainment. Sarah Harshman

7 Marvelous Manuscripts. Sarah Harshman

20 A Medieval Menagerie. Samantha Rothberg

August

3 Heroes and Heroines. Christina DeLeón

4 Medieval Miracle Workers. Katherine Werwie

17 Medieval Merchant Adventurers. Lauren Mancia

La Experiencia Medieval: Talleres bilingües educativos para la familia / Bilingual Family Gallery Workshops

Estos programas son para niños de 4 a 12 años y sus familias. Los talleres duran una hora y son gratis con su admisión al museo. Grupos se reúnen a la 1 p.m. en la sala de recepción.

29 de junio Animales reales e imaginarios de la Edad Media / Real and Imaginary Ani-mals of the Middle Ages. Begonia Santa-Cecilia

27 de julio Columnas y capitales / Columns and Capitals. Christina DeLeón

31 de augusto Historias Medievales / Medieval Stories. Begonia Santa-Cecilia

The Trie Café, located in the covered walkway surrounding the Trie Cloister, is open from April to October.

Programs for Families, Teens, Teachers, and Visitors with Disabilities

For Teens Ages 11–18Explore, create, and connect with art across cultures and time periods. Join Museum educators, artists, and other teens in free classes devoted to understanding art through gallery conversations, sketching, and studio workshops. For class descriptions and to register, go to www.metmuseum.org/learn/for-teens.

For Visitors of All AgesSee pages 13–19 for topics and locations.

Sunday Studio. Sunday, June 2 and 16; July 7 and 21; August 4 and 18. Try your hand at creating works of art in the galleries. Each session focuses on a different culture and art form with family-friendly activities led by an artist. Drop in; art supplies pro-vided. Ongoing instruction, 1:00–3:00.

How Did They Do That? Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9; July 13 and 14; August 10 and 11. Learn hands-on how works of art were created. 30-minute sessions, 1:00–4:00. Meet in the galleries.

Drop-in Drawing. Friday, June 7 and 21; July 12 and 26; August 9 and 23. Join tal-ented art instructors in the galleries for fun, informal sketching! Come and go as you like between 6:30 and 8:30.

Artist Demonstration—Painting from the Past. Friday, July 19. See artists paint in the New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800. Drop in anytime between 5:00 and 8:00.

For TeachersThe Museum offers a wide variety of programs. Call 212-570-3985 or visit www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/ k12-educator-programs.

For information about the Children’s Reading Room and the Teacher Resource Center, call 212-570-3788 or visit www.metmuseum.org/learn/for-educators.

For Visitors with DisabilitiesThe Met offers a range of programs, includ-ing touch and descriptive tours for visitors with visual impairments and Met Escapes for those living with dementia. Call 212-650-2010, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.metmuseum.org/events/ visitorsdisabilities.

Discoveries. For visitors with developmen-tal disabilities. Selected Sundays. Reserva-tions required. Call 212-650-2010.

Gallery Workshops for Families at The Cloisters Museum and Gardens, p. 20.

These drop-in programs are free with Museum admission unless otherwise noted. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For further information, call 212-650-2217 or go to www.metmuseum.org/events/ programs/family-programs.

All programs meet in Carson Family Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education, unless otherwise noted.

For Families with Children Ages 18 Months–3 YearsToddler Storytime in Nolen Library. June 4–28: Tuesday–Friday, 10:30–11:00. July 1–August 30: Monday–Friday, 10:30–11:00 (no program July 4). Look, listen, and have fun with picture books. Museum admission is not required. Space is limited; first-come, first-served. Nolen Library, Uris Center for Education

For Families with Children Ages 3–7Start with Art at the Met. June 1–30: Thursday, 3:30–4:30; Saturday, 11:00–12:00 and 2:30–3:30 (no afternoon program June 8); additional program Sunday, June 30, 2:30–3:30. July 2–August 31: Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30–4:30 (no program July 4); Saturday, 2:30–3:30 (no programs July 13, August 10). Sketch, explore, listen to stories, and discover the meaning of art.

Start with Art at the Met Plus. Sunday, June 23, July 28, August 25, 2:30–3:30. Start with Art at the Met gallery experiences plus art-making activities.

Storytime in Nolen Library. June 2–30: Tuesday–Friday, 3:00–3:30; Sunday, 2:00–2:30. July 1–August 30: Monday–Friday, 3:00–3:30 (no programs July 3, 4, August 30); Sunday, 2:00–2:30 (no programs August 4, 11, 18, 25). Hear stories in the library and then explore the galleries on a self-guided treasure hunt! Museum admis-sion is not required for the library portion of this program. Space is limited; first-come, first-served. Nolen Library, Uris Center for Education

For Families with Children Ages 5–12Art Trek. June 1–30: Saturday, 11:00–12:00 and 2:30–3:30 (no afternoon program June 8); additional program Sunday, June 30, 2:30–3:30. July 2–August 31: Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30–4:30 (no program July 4); Saturday, 2:30–3:30 (no programs July 13, August 10). Be an art explorer! Take a new voyage around the globe every time you visit the Met.

Art Trek Plus. Sunday, June 23, July 28, August 25, 2:30–3:30. Art Trek gallery experiences, performances, and more.