Objects of Beauty

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  On Trend: Pantone Greenery

  January 6, 2017 | Start the new year with a symbol of new beginnings

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  Drawn to Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant with Author Perrin Stein

  December 12, 2016 | A showcase of the artist's mastery and experimentation with drawing in a range of media

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  “Creative Joy” – An Interview with Artist Carol Wax

  October 28, 2016 | An artist and master printmaker, Wax explores themes of the season in these elegant works of art

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  “Youth has no age” —Pablo Picasso

  October 25, 2016 | In honor of what would have been Pablo Picasso’s 135th birthday, we turn to two of his works in The Met collection that very much live on

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  Paul Klee: “Color and I Are One”

  September 1, 2016 | The 1914 trip to Tunisia that changed how Paul Klee saw and would use color.

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  Honoring Peter Carl Fabergé, Master Goldsmith and Jeweler

  May 30, 2016 | Happy birthday to the gifted Russian jeweler (1846–1920), celebrated for his unparalleled luxury objects made for the crowned heads of Europe

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  The Rugs of Seljuqs

  April 29, 2016 | The Met’s spring exhibition, “Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs,” runs from April 27 to July 24, and it explores the artistically and culturally verdant period when a Turkish dynasty ruled in West Asia. An exclusive, limited run of rugs embodies the cross cultural exchange that the empire fostered from 1038 to 1307.

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  Tangible and Tactile: Artist Julie Burton Gives a Glimpse into Her Creative Process

  April 11, 2016 | Inspired by the beauty of Japan, artist Julie Burton creates one-of-a-kind floral sculptures using glass, metal and wood.

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  The Linear Thinking of Nasreen Mohamedi

  March 21, 2016 | Where detachment, photography, and drawing all take aim at the same notion.

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  Vigée Le Brun and Her Women in Red

  February 3, 2016 | Acclaimed for her expressive portraits, the famed eighteenth-century French painter wrapped her subjects in crimson luxury

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  Reproducing the Sculpture of Rodin and Degas

  January 27, 2016 | Auguste Rodin and Edgar Degas were contemporaries, but also, in a way, they were mirror opposites

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  A Behind-the-Scenes Peek at Jewelry Making with Sibilia

  January 15, 2016 | Evoking ancient patinas found on Precolumbian objects, Sibilia’s textured jewelry expresses her special artistry