Videos

http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/snapshot Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/statue-of-two-men-and-a-boy-that-served-as-a-domestic-icon-egypt-11.150.21 "You start saying, 'Who were they, and what are their personalities?'"...

http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/precaution Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/hippopotamus-egypt-17.190.1720 A lot of us are inclined to only see his cute side, but in fact there is a lot more to him than that...

http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/idolized Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/cult-image-of-the-god-ptah-egypt-2007.24 "This piece spoke to me when I realized, you don't need a single written word, three thousand...

http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/hyperreality Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/relief-panel-assyrian-32.143.4 "That infinite image creates an endless echoing, which is almost dizzying and supernatural."...

http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/bricks Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/two-panels-with-striding-lions-babylonian-31.13.1-.2 "It always had this possibility to come alive in a very real sense." 82nd &...

http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/she Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/figure-of-a-seated-court-lady-china-2010.120 "It also tells us a lot about human nature, about this constant and eternal pursuit of beauty."...

http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/centerpiece Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/restored-by-pacetti-vincenzo-italian-1990.247 "One wonders what will an audience in a hundred years think of it." 82nd & Fifth...

http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/face Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/mask-olmec-1977.187.33 "Being able to recognize a face is one of those fundamental survival skills." 82nd & Fifth invites 100 curators...

This video reconstructs the Nortwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud (near modern Mosul in northern Iraq) as it would have appeared during his reign in the ninth century B.C. The video moves from the outer courtyards of the palace into...

Izhar Patkin on "Shiva as Lord of Dance" "I don't have to believe in the Shiva, but I cannot ignore what this object was meant to be." The Artist Project is a 2015 online series in which we give artists an opportunity to respond to...