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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

#CulturedPeachy #WhomYouKnow The Met Announces Spring and Summer 2018 Exhibitions

Spring and Summer 2018 Exhibitions

Extensive new information is now posted online about The Metropolitan Museum of Art's upcoming season. The updated Schedule of Exhibitions is now available, as well as press releases for exhibitions opening through July 2018. 
Highlights of the upcoming 2018 exhibition season are:
January 17–July 15, 2018 
January 23–April 15, 2018
January 30–May 13, 2018 
February 6–May 27, 2018
Location: The Met Breuer
February 7–May 20, 2018 
February 14–May 18, 2018
February 27, 2018–January 21, 2019
February 28–May 28, 2018
March 12–July 29, 2018 
March 21–July 22, 2018
Location: The Met Breuer
April 16–July 29, 2018 
April 24–July 22, 2018
May 10–October 8, 2018 
History Refused to Die: Highlights from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Gift
May 22–September 23, 2018
July 3–October 7, 2018
Location: The Met Breuer


William Wegman, Before/On/After (detail), 1972. Gelatin silver prints. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2016. © William Wegman, Courtesy the artist


Joseph Cornell (American, 1903-1972). Homage to Juan Gris, 1953-54. Box construction. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased: John D. McIlhenny Fund. Art © The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Thomas Cole (American, 1801-1848). View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm-The Oxbow (detail), 1836. Oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 76 in. (130.8 x 193 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1908 



Leon Golub (American, 1922-2004). Gigantomachy II (detail), 1966. Acrylic on linen, 9 ft. 11 1/2 in. x 24 ft. 10 1/2 in. (303.5 x 758.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts and Stephen, Philip, and Paul Golub, 2016 (2016.696). © The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Jeong Seon. Mount Geumgang Viewed from Danbal Ridge, leaf from the Album of Mount Geumgang, 1711. Ink and light color on silk. National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Treasure no. 1875



William Eggleston (American, born Memphis, Tennessee, 1939). Untitled, Memphis, 1965. Dye-transfer print, 17 11/16 x 11 15/16 in. (45 x 30.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Promised Gift of Jade Lau. © Eggleston Artistic Trust



Maruyama ÅŒkyo (1733-1795), Two Deer beneath Maple Trees, 1787. Hanging scroll, color on silk. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fishbein-Bender Collection, Promised Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender



Pendant (detail), 1 B.C.-A.D. 700. Tolima, Colombia. Gold, 12 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (32 x 16.2 cm). Museo de Oro, Banco de la República, Bogotá (O06061)



Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). The Parc Monceau (detail), 1878. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson Jr. Purchase Fund, 1959 



Greer Lankton (American, 1958-1996). Rachel (detail), 1986. Papier-mâché, metal plates, wire, acrylic paint, and matte medium. 28 × 21 × 11 in. (71.1 × 53.3 × 27.9 cm). Collection Eric Ceputis and David W. Williams, promised gift to the Art Institute of Chicago.


Charles-Gabriel Sauvage, called Lemire pere (1741-1827). Figure of Louis XVI and Benjamin Franklin, 1780-85. Porcelain, 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 6 in. (32.4 x 24.1 x 15.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883 



Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (Mexican, 1713-1772). Portrait of Doña Tomasa Durán López de Cárdenas (detail), c. 1762. Galería Coloniart, Collection of Felipe Siegel, Anna and Andrés Siegel, Mexico City. Photo © Rafael Doniz



Left: El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, 1540/41-1614). Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541-1609), ca. 1600. Oil on canvas, 67 1/4 x 42 1/2 in. (170.8 x 108 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.5). Right: Cristóbal Balenciaga (Spanish, 1895-1972) for House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937). Evening coat, autumn/winter 1954-55. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Bryon C. Foy, 1957 (C.I.57.29.8). Digital composite scan by Katerina Jebb


Thornton Dial (American, 1928-2016). History Refused to Die (detail), 2004. Okra stalks and roots, clothing, collaged drawings, tin, wire, steel, Masonite, steel chain, enamel, spray paint, 8 ft. 6 in. x 87 in. x 23 in. (259.1 x 221 x 58.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection, 2014 . © Thornton Dial



Egon Schiele (Austrian, 1890-1918). Standing Nude with Orange Drapery (detail), 1914. Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, 18 1/4 x 12 in. (46.4 x 30.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 

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