Videos

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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."...

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...

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...

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...

Deborah Kass on Athenian vases "I think I'm looking at cartoons of another time that I can't decipher anymore." The Artist Project is a 2015 online series in which we give artists an opportunity...