* A landmark display on the Great Hall Balcony—the first complete reinstallation there in more than two decades—features more than 300 pieces from the Met’s extensive collection of Chinese ceramics, focusing on the technological and historical development of Chinese ceramics from the sixth through the 18th century. The works, including new acquisitions and many pieces being shown for the first time, are interspersed with 100 comparative works from Korea and Japan, Southeast Asia, the Islamic world, Europe, and the Americas, illustrating the seminal role played by Chinese pottery in global ceramic history.
NEW EXHIBITIONS
Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years
September 18—December 31, 2012
For decades critics have observed that Andy Warhol exerted an enormous impact on contemporary art, but no exhibition has yet explored the full nature or extent of that influence. Through approximately 45 works by Warhol alongside 100 works by some 60 other artists, this innovative presentation juxtaposes prime examples of Warhol’s paintings, sculpture, and films with those by other artists who in key ways reinterpret, respond, or react to his groundbreaking work. What emerges is a fascinating dialogue between works of art and artists across generations.
The exhibition is made possible by Morgan Stanley.
Additional support is provided by the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund and The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Foundation.
The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Accompanied by a catalogue.
Bashford Dean and the Creation of the Arms and Armor Department
October 2, 2012—September 29, 2013
To mark the centennial of the Arms and Armor Department, this exhibition will survey the career of Dr. Bashford Dean (1867-1928), the department's founding curator. A zoologist by training, Dean was for a time simultaneously a full professor at Columbia University, first Curator of
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