Events - June, 3, 2012

Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition

Helen C. Evans, Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator of Byzantine Art, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, MMA The Eastern Mediterranean, from Syria to...

Books

Chaim Grade and Isaac Bashevis Singer: A Literary Tribute

Isaac Bashevis Singer’s fantastical depictions of Jewish life garnered him the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the only Yiddish writer to receive this honor....

Books

The Pleasure of a Well-Designed Book: Richard Russo and Kate Russo Discuss Their Book, Interventions

Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Richard Russo has teamed up with his daughter, artist Kate Russo, to create Interventions, a tribute to the printed book. This...

Art/Photo/Design

Sunday Sketch

Visitors are invited to sketch in the Garden Court. Materials will be provided, and a teaching artist will be available for instruction. This program is...

Art/Photo/Design

World Science Festival—Worlds within Worlds: The New Science of Digital Attribution

Discover how powerful techniques of twenty-first-century science are revealing hidden works beneath the surfaces of existing masterpieces by artists such as Van Gogh and Rembrandt....

Art/Photo/Design

Lecture – The Carpet Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Preservation and Display

"The Carpet Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Preservation and Display" will be the topic of Dr. Florica Zaharia's lecture, presented in conjunction with...

Film