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When Live Music Brings the Beat Back Into Your Body

by Daniel Larkin August 8, 2021August 6, 2021

A concert at the Cloisters shed the Met’s stuffiness, broadening what performance can be.

Posted inNews

Metropolitan Museum Announces Indefinite Closure to Contain COVID-19

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber March 12, 2020March 12, 2020

Starting tomorrow, March 13, the museum’s three locations will shutter.

Posted inArt

A Dive Into Medieval Knighthood in Art

Avatar photo by Eric Vilas-Boas May 30, 2019May 29, 2019

This gallery talk at the Met Cloisters in New York will focus on knighthood and its hidden secrets in art from medieval times.

Posted inNews

These Digital Stickers Bring New Life to the Renowned Unicorn Tapestries

by Hakim Bishara May 24, 2019May 24, 2019

Sunil Abraham, a quantitative researcher from Brooklyn, made 87 cutouts from the famous hangings.

Posted inArt

The Divergence of Art and Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum

by David Carrier July 14, 2018July 13, 2018

Presenting contemporary garments alongside Byzantine and Medieval artworks underlines the visual differences between the two genres of objects.

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God Loves Versace in Met Museum’s Fashion and Catholicism Exhibit

by Alexander Cavaluzzo July 3, 2018July 3, 2018

The museum yokes the spectacle of fashion and the spectacle of Catholicism in its largest costume exhibition to date.

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Walk Inside a Gothic Prayer Bead in a VR Experience at the Cloisters

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 24, 2017April 5, 2017

The VR experience accompanying Small Wonders at the Cloisters in New York is an immersive tour through the angels and demons of a tiny 16th-century prayer bead.

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Training for a Marathon String Quartet at the Cloisters

by Daniel Fox November 10, 2016November 9, 2016

On Saturday, the Calder Quartet will perform Morton Feldman’s five-hour String Quartet No. 2 in the Fuentidueña Chapel at the Cloisters.

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The Bawdy History of Medieval Playing Cards

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 29, 2016February 29, 2016

Playing cards arrived in Europe from Asia sometime in the 14th century, and by 1367 they had their first citywide ban in Bern, Switzerland.

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The Meaning of the Ring, from Memento Mori to Marriage

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 22, 2015July 23, 2015

Rings are one of the most personal and oldest human adornments, evolving in complexity with metalwork techniques and the gemstone trade.

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Manhattan’s Last Natural Vista Will Be Protected

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 23, 2015June 23, 2015

The unbroken vista of cliffs and trees on the New Jersey Palisades will be preserved after LG Electronics agreed to redesign their headquarters in a settlement with conservation groups.

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Rare Windows Into the Past: Canterbury Stained Glass Arrives at the Cloisters

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 5, 2014March 8, 2014

Six of the medieval stained-glass windows that usually soar some 60 feet up in England’s Canterbury Cathedral are on their first journey outside of their ecclesiastical home, brought down to a more intimate level in an exhibition at the Cloisters in Upper Manhattan.

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