Modern and Contemporary Art - Special Exhibitions
by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Description
The Metropolitan Museum's collection or Modern and Contemporary Art surveys painting, sculpture, drawings and watercolors, decorative arts, design, and architectural representations from about 1900 to the present day in nearly 12,000 works, primarily by European and American artists. Of particular note are the paintings Braque, Picasso, and Modigliani; the early American modernists; over ninety works by Paul Klee; large-scale paintings by the postwar Abstract Expressionists; bronzes by Elie Nadelman and Gaston Lachaise; as well as paintings, drawings, and prints by the contemporary German artist Anselm Kiefer. The modern design collection features the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Josef Hoffmann, René Lalique, and Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann; and Italian and Japanese objects of the 1970s. Above: Detail, Stepping Out, 1978; Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923–1997); Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, Arthur Lejwa Fund in honor of Jean Arp; and The Bernhill Fund, Joseph H. Hazen Foundation Inc., Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation Inc., Walter Bareiss, Marie Bannon McHenry, Louise Smith, and Stephen C. Swid Gifts, 1980 (1980.420); © Estate Roy Lichtenstein
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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| 1 | VideoThe Drama of Perception: Looking at Morandi | -- | 10/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kara Walker at the Met: After the Deluge | -- | 9/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sean Scully: Wall of Light | -- | 9/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoCalder Jewelry: A conversation with Alexander S. C. Rower, director, Calder Foundation | This program highlights the inventive jewelry by American-born artist Alexander Calder (1898–1976). Held in conjunction with the exhibition "Calder Jewelry," on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from December 9, 2008 through March 1, 2009. | 6/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoCalder Jewelry: A Modernist Synthesis | This program highlights the inventive jewelry by American-born artist Alexander Calder (1898–1976). Held in conjunction with the exhibition "Calder Jewelry," on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from December 9, 2008 through March 1, 2009. | 6/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoAn Evening with Pablo Bronstein | -- | 10/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pablo Bronstein at the Met | -- | 10/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 7 Episodes |
