The Big Review: 14th-Century Siena is Magnificent at the Met
Reuniting the surviving sections of the city’s altarpiece marvel is just the start of this important, beautifully staged show at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art The Sienese painter Duccio completed his only signed work, Maestà (majesty), the grand altarpiece for his city’s cathedral, in the baking-hot summer of 1311. This was such a momentous […]
Exhibition Tour–Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800 (Video)
Join curators Stephan Wolohojian, Adam Eaker, David Pullins, and Anna-Claire Stinebring along with their special guests as they guide you through the newly reopened galleries dedicated to European paintings from 1300 to 1800. The reconfigured galleries highlight new narratives and dialogues among more than 700 works of art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s […]