DANCE HEGINBOTHAM“Twinned” (page 4)

SPRING 2014 SEASON

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GOTHAM CHAMBER OPERAMonteverdi Il combattimento di Tancredi e ClorindaLembit Beecher I Have No Stories to Tell You (World Premiere)This site-specific production by the endlessly inventive Gotham Chamber Opera features Monteverdi’s eerily relevant story of two warriors—one Christian, one Muslim—clashing in battle, staged in the Met’s Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Arms and Armor Court, followed by composer Lembit Beecher and librettist Hannah Moscovitch’s response to the Monteverdi work, performed in the Medieval Sculpture Hall. I Have No Stories to Tell You mines the aftereffects of war through the story of a soldier’s return home from the battlefield.Wednesday, February 26 at 7pm: $175Thursday, February 27 at 7pm: $175 Presented in the Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Arms and Armor Court and in the Medieval Sculpture Hall

Unreserved seatingA Co-Presentation by Gotham Chamber Opera and Met Museum Presents

ALARM WILL SOUNDIn The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler WingI Was Here I Was IA New Music Theater Work in Three ActsKate Soper, ComposerNigel Maister, Director/LibrettistAlan Pierson, Conductor with Alarm Will SoundA 19th-century woman sails down the Nile discovering beauty and brutality in equal measure. Two Nubian brothers drown in the river, setting in motion a chain of events that will see their temple saved from a similar

fate millennia later. A contemporary tourist confronts The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing on Fifth Avenue. I Was Here I Was I is an immersive experience, incorporating spoken text, song, and music.Friday, June 20 at 7pm: $60The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler WingUnreserved seating

Commissioned for the Lila Acheson Wallace Galleries of Egyptian Art and The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing.

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CHAMBER OPERA AT THE META celebration of live theater, imagery, music, movement, and poetry

Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956). War, 1947. Ink and colored pencils on paper; 20 5/8 x 26 in. (52.4 x

66 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Lee Krasner Pollock, in memory of Jackson

Pollock, 1982 (1982.147.25). © 2013 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The Temple of Dendur, ca. 15 B.C. Roman Period. Aeolian Sandstone; L. from gate to rear of temple 24 m, 60 cm (82 ft.). The Metropolitan

Museum of Art, New York. Given to the United States by Egypt in 1965, awarded to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967, and

installed in The Sackler Wing in 1978 (68.154)

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GLORIA—A PIG TALE

Drawing by Doug Fitch

“This isn’t grand opera but a brilliant change from the 

traditionally tried and trusted. If contemporary opera can poke fun at its 

own traditions so successfully, the audience is jolly lucky!”

—Hamburger Abendblatt

A rollicking tale of

social expectations and

aspirations from the brilliant

creative duo Alan Gilbert (New York Philharmonic) and

Doug Fitch (Giants Are

Small), this humorous opera

explores life in excess, all

set in the imaginative world

of the heroine pig, Gloria. A

deliciously wicked production

with the singular musical

dialect of HK Gruber.

Thursday, May 29 at 7pmFriday, May 30 at 7pmSunday, June 1 at 2pmSingle tickets: $60The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

HK Gruber, ComposerAlan Gilbert, Conductor

Doug Fitch, Director/DesignerGiants Are Small, Production

Edouard Getaz, Producer

In collaboration with The Juilliard School

Lauren Snouffer, SopranoBrenda Patterson, Mezzo-Soprano

Carlton Ford, BaritoneAlexander Lewis, Tenor

Kevin Burdette, BassAxiom Ensemble

These performances are part of the NY PHIL BIENNIAL, an 11-day exploration of today’s music. More info at nyphil.org/biennial

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ALARM WILL SOUND

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TwinnedIn this site-specific dance performance created for The Charles Engelhard Court, Alarm Will Sound and Dance Heginbotham pair movement with the music of Tyondai Braxton, Aphex Twin, and Edgard Varèse. The program includes the world premiere of Fly By Wire (2014).Thursday, February 20 at 7pm: $60The Charles Engelhard CourtUnreserved seating

I Was Here I Was IA new music theater work by Kate Soper (music) and Nigel Maister (text and direction), commissioned for the Lila Acheson Wallace Galleries of Egyptian Art and The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing. See page 2 for full description.Friday, June 20 at 7pm: $60The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler WingUnreserved seating

Alarm Will Sound © Eileen Travell, The Photograph Studio, MMA

Dance Heginbotham © Rebecca Greenfield

Hailed by New York Magazine as

“the Seal Team Six of new

music,” Alarm Will Sound

creates unique and thrilling

performance experiences. Just

beyond the cutting edge of

music, dance and theater, this

hugely respected and highly

accomplished group of

performer-composers

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MUSIC & IDEASThe Hilliard Ensemble in The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing

“The astounding melding of the voices…is simply that, astounding, other-worldly. The Hilliard Ensemble are without a doubt one of the finest vocal ensembles in the world.” —The Globe and Mail

FAREWELL APPEARANCEDon’t miss a rare opportunity to experience The Hilliard Ensemble, one of the world’s finest vocal chamber groups, in the magical setting of The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing.Wednesday, January 22 at 7pm: $65The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler WingUnreserved seating

Judy Collins: Coming HomeInternationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Judy Collins returns to the Metropolitan Museum with a night of her favorite Celtic folk songs, stories, and hits that created the backbone of American folk music. It’s a night not to be missed!Thursday, May 8 at 7pm: $75The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Unknown “Lincoln-Douglass” DebateHarold Holzer, historian

Norm Lewis, Tony Award–Nominated Actor and Singer (Porgy and Bess, ABC’s Scandal)

Stephen Lang, Tony Award–Nominated Actor (The Speed of Darkness, Avatar)

Though they met at the White House several times and regularly exchanged views, Lincoln and Douglass never publicly debated. This is the Lincoln-Douglass debate that never happened: using the words from their correspon-dence and commentary, illustrated by period paintings, photographs, and sculptures, historian Harold Holzer brings Lincoln and Douglass face-to-face.Thursday, February 13 at 6pm: $40The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Hilliard Ensemble © Marco Borggreve

Judy Collins © James Vesey

Alexander Gardner (American, 1821–1882). Abraham Lincoln (detail), 1863, printed 1901. Gelatin silver print;

45.7 x 38.1 cm (18 x 15 in.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Warner Communications Inc. Purchase

Fund, 1976 (1976.627.1)

Unknown, American. Frederick Douglass (detail), ca. 1855. Daguerreotype; 8.3 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.).

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Rubel Collection, Gift of William Rubel, 2001 (2001.756)

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Rosanne Cash & FriendsMartin Guitars have a long history with the Cash family. The black D-35, made for Johnny Cash, became not only the musician’s signature guitar, but an iconic image associated with him. Grammy Award–winning musician and writer Rosanne Cash celebrates her family’s history with these iconic guitars through a program featuring music written and performed on the legendary instruments. Saturday, February 22 at 7pm: $60The Grace Rainey Rogers AuditoriumThis program is in conjunction with the exhibition Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C. F. Martin, on view through December 7, 2014.

EXHIBITIONS AMPLIFIED

Rosanne Cash © Sam Rayner

Susan Graham © Benjamin Ealovega

Exhibition-related concerts

Sculpting Sound: The Music of Carpeaux’s Circle with Susan Graham

“The American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham has for the better part of a decade impressed audiences with her creamy singing and chiseled

characterizations...” —New York Times

Seize a rare opportunity to hear the great mezzo-soprano, Susan Graham, perform music of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s friends and collaborators Charles Gounod, George Bizet, and others. The Grammy Award winner is joined in concert by Brian Zeger, director of the Juilliard Vocal Arts Department, along with emerging operatic vocalists.Saturday, April 26 at 7pm: $75 & $65$75/Premium Orchestra$65/Orchestra & Front Mezzanine The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium This program is in conjunction with the exhibition The Passions of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, on view from March 10 to May 26, 2014.

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Arvo Pärt in The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler WingEstonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Tõnu Kaljuste, Director

Kanon Pokajanen (1997) is one of Arvo Pärt’s unqualified masterpieces—and a work of sustained inner unity and immense cumulative force. Performed by the ensemble that generated its definitive recording on ECM in 1998, the piece is staged in the unforgettable setting of The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing.Monday, June 2 at 7pm: $60The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler WingUnreserved seating

A collaboration between The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Arvo Pärt Project at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (arvopartproject.com).

A Valentine from Jane MonheitBeloved Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Jane Monheit performs a special Valentine’s Day program.Saturday, February 15 at 7pm: $60The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Venice Baroque Orchestra featuring Philippe Jaroussky

“There is a beauty in [ Jaroussky’s] phrasing and a delicacy, if not fragility in his soul, that touches the listener profoundly.” —New York Times

The astounding young counter-tenor joins the venerable Venice

Baroque Orchestra for a rare New York performance, which delves deep into the music of the Italian Baroque. Allow this concert to enhance your visit to the newly installed Venetian galleries.Tuesday, February 25 at 7pm: $60The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Philippe Jaroussky © Simon Fowler licensed, Virgin Classics

Jane Monheit © Timothy Saccenti

Arvo Pärt © Universal Edition / Eric Marinitsch

MASTERS AT THE META series celebrating iconic composers, performers, and soloists

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SPARKThis fast-paced, cabaret-style series explores vital contemporary issues

through the lens of the Met’s collections. Each program gathers artists and

thought leaders from theater, film, politics, literature, science, and pop

culture to engage in wide-ranging, fresh conversations and performances.

SPARK is hosted by Julie Burstein, author and Peabody Award–winning

creator of public radio’s Studio 360.

4 evenings at 6pm: $80Single tickets: $30

Young Jean Lee © Blaine Davis

Soyoung Lee © 2013 MMA, photographed by Jackie Neale Chadwick

Great Tomb of Hwangnam, Gyeongju, South Korea © Oh Seyoon

A NEW CONVERSATION SERIES

Korea: From Silla to K-Popwith Denise Leidy, Soyoung Lee, and Young Jean LeeWith hit songs like Gangnam Style and controversial visitors such as Dennis Rodman, the art and politics of the Korean Peninsula have recently been capturing the world’s attention. Korea’s influence, however, began more than a thousand years ago with an ancient kingdom’s political intrigue and talented craftsmen. The Met’s golden treasures from the royal tombs of Silla offer tantalizing glimpses of court life and evidence of the cross-fertilization of cultures between Korea and its neighbors. Two curators from the Met’s Department of Asian Art—Denise Leidy and Soyoung Lee—investigate how ancient national treasures show up in modern TV series such as Queen Seondeok of Silla, currently a huge hit in Asia. Playwright Young Jean Lee explores the life and work of her grandfather, a renowned Korean folklorist who was kidnapped when Young Jean’s mother was a small child, and never seen again.Wednesday, February 12 at 6pm: $30Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture HallThis program is in conjunction with the exhibition Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom, on view through February 23, 2014.

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Spirit in Sound and Space: A Conversation Inspired by Arvo Pärtwith Robert Zatorre, Steven Holl, and Peter BouteneffNew York’s celebration of Arvo Pärt offers an opportunity to explore the spiritual content of the Estonian composer’s music, and to discover how the spaces in which music is performed can amplify its emotional power. In this program, neuroscientist Robert Zatorre explains how music can engage the reward system deep in our brains—the same system that responds to food and sex. Architect Steven Holl describes making spaces for music, and shows how music influences his work. Musician and theologian Peter Bouteneff talks about the thread of spirituality that weaves throughout Pärt’s masterpieces.Wednesday, June 11 at 6pm: $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

A collaboration between The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Arvo Pärt Project at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (arvopartproject.com).

It’s About Timewith Laurie Anderson, Melanie Holcomb, SeungJung Kim, and Rebecca SteadWe think we can measure time only in minutes and seconds, but artists and musicians can also play with, stretch, and compress it. Our awareness of the expanse of human time is shattered by our understanding of geologic time and the age of the stars. In this program, our sense of time is expanded and upended, as Met curator Melanie Holcomb describes how a whole day is compressed into a few square feet in a medieval frieze; astrophysicist and art historian SeungJung Kim explores the double Greek notions of chronos and kairos; writer Rebecca Stead bends time in her novel When You Reach; and performance artist Laurie Anderson meditates on time and space.Wednesday, April 30 at 6pm: $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Rebecca Stead © Joanne Dugan

SeungJung Kim © Peter Domorak

Laurie Anderson © Tim Knox

Silanion (Greek). Plato, ca. 370 B.C. Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy. Photographed by Marie-Lan Nguyen

Plato at the Metwith Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and Stephen PinkerJoin novelist and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and her husband, acclaimed cognitive psychologist Stephen Pinker, as they debate the topic of philosophy, past and present, in relation to her new book Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away. In this latest volume, Goldstein investigates complex concerns in our society today, including sexuality, childrearing, and the reason for existence—by allowing us to imagine Plato in today’s world.Thursday, March 6 at 6pm: $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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“The Canticle of the Birds” of the Poet AttarMichael Barry, Professor, Department of Near 

Eastern Studies, Princeton University

“The Canticle of the Birds,” the Metropolitan’s most beautiful intact Persian manuscript, was illustrated for a king in Herat in present-day Afghanistan in 1487. This talk illuminates some of the prodigiously rich mystical symbolism of the manuscript’s art—the flight and fusion of all the world’s soul-birds into the radiance of the Divine Sun-Bird—in light of some of the most glorious Islamic paintings from the Persian and Indian regions in the Museum’s collections.Tuesday, March 4 at 11am: $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Innocents Abroad: 19th-Century American Painters in EuropeH. Barbara Weinberg, Curator Emerita, 

The American Wing, MMA

Most leading nineteenth-century American painters sought instruction and inspiration in Europe. This series focuses on their studies abroad—in England, Germany, and France—and the effect of these experiences on their art, whether they remained overseas or returned home. March 11 Artists in England (Whistler,

Sargent, and others)March 25 Artists in Germany (Leutze,

Chase, and others)April 8 Artists in France (Eakins, Cassatt,

and others)3 Tuesdays at 11am: $70Single tickets: $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

DAYTIME LECTURES

Painting by Habiballah of Sava (active ca. 1590–1610); author: Farid al-Din `Attar (ca. 1142–1220). “The Concourse of the Birds” (detail), folio from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds), ca. 1600. Isfahan, Iran. Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver, on paper; painting: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm), W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm), page: H. 13 in. (33 cm), W. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm), mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm), W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1963 (63.210.11)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925). Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes, 1897. Oil on canvas; 84 1/4 x 39 3/4 in. (214 x 101 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Edith Minturn Phelps Stokes (Mrs. I. N.), 1938 (38.104)

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Friends and Demons: The Life and Work of CarpeauxJames David Draper, Henry R. Kravis Curator, 

Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, MMA 

Sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux transcended nineteenth-century trends—Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism—to attain new heights of heroism and new depths of personal involvement with his subjects. The son of a stonemason, he gained access to the court of Napoleon III, and his circle included the composer Gounod, the architect Garnier, and the novelist Dumas, fils. Met curator James David Draper examines this multifaceted sculptor’s difficult, tyrannical persona, and his ties to the titans of art who surrounded him.Wednesday, May 14 at 11am: $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

This program is in conjunction with the exhibition The Passions of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, on view from March 10 to May 26, 2014.

Detective Work on Metropolitan TreasuresAnne Higonnet, Author and Professor 

of Art History, Barnard College, Columbia University

A captivating story of great inspiration is behind most works of art, but hidden within some are entirely unexpected narratives that reveal new layers of understanding. How do research, chance, and intuition unlock their secrets? Exploring three great works in the Metropolitan’s collections—Marie-Denise Villers’s Charlotte du Val d’Ognes (died 1868) (1801), Mary Cassatt’s Lady at the Tea Table (1883–85), and Anna Hyatt Huntington’s Reaching Jaguar (1906–7, cast 1926)—author and professor Anne Higonnet uncovers meanings that have been forgotten.3 Wednesdays at 11am: $70Wednesdays, April 2, 9, and 16Single tickets: $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875). Ugolino and His Sons (detail), 1865–67. Saint-Béat marble;

overall (confirmed): H. 77 3/4 x W. 59 x D. 43 1/2 in. (197.5 x 149.9 x 110.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift,

Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, and Fletcher Fund, 1967 (67.250)

Marie-Denise Villers (French, 1774–1821). Charlotte du Val d’Ognes (died 1868), 1801. Oil on canvas; 63 1/2 x 50 5/8 in. (161.3 x 128.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917 (17.120.204)

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The Life and TimesRebecca Rabinow, Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art, Curator in Charge of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, MMA

Each lecture in this ongoing series delves into the unique and fascinating life of one particular masterpiece within the Metropolitan Museum’s collections. Explore the unique personalities who created, contributed to, and cherished these extraordinary works of art. The series begins with a look at Juan Gris’s Violin and Playing Cards on a Table (1913), a colorful Cubist still life painted in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains on the eve of World War I. The focus of the second lecture is Henri Matisse’s The Three O’Clock Sitting (1924), which the artist created on the sunny Riviera while teaching one of his favorite models how to paint.April 24 Juan Gris’s Violin and Playing Cards 

on a Table (1913)May 1 Henri Matisse’s The Three O’Clock 

Sitting (1924)2 Thursdays at 11am: $50Single tickets: $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Journeys to DivinityKurt Behrendt, Assistant Curator, Department of 

Asian Art, MMA

As Tibetan and Indian monks regularly crisscrossed the Himalayas in the twelfth century, a great exchange of ideas, texts, and devotional works of art began to reshape Tibet’s complex religious landscape. In this talk, Met curator Kurt Behrendt explores the art that emerged from the Buddhist communities on the vast flood plains of the Ganges River.Tuesday, May 20 at 11am: $30The Grace Rainey Rodgers Auditorium

This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations, on view from February 8 to June 8, 2014.

Rembrandt, Vermeer, and StyleWalter Liedtke, Curator, 

European Paintings, MMA

The Museum’s newly installed galleries of Dutch paintings place twenty works by Rembrandt and five by Vermeer within the broadest survey of Netherlandish, Dutch, and Flemish art outside of Europe. Rembrandt and Vermeer represent the Age of Observation and, at the same time, anticipate Realist trends of the nineteenth century. Met curator Walter Liedtke explores the curious similarities and interplay between style in these two leading seventeenth-century painters, and inherited or shared schemes of “picture-making” in their work.2 Tuesdays at 11am: $50Tuesdays, April 15 and 22Single tickets: $30 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Above:Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675). Young Woman with a Pitcher, ca.1662.

Oil on canvas; 18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 (89.15.21)

Opposite: Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887–1927). Violin

and Playing Cards on a Table, 1913. Oil on canvas; 39 1/2 × 25 3/4 in. (100.3 × 65.4 cm).

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn,

1995 (1996.403.14)

Green Tara, leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) manuscript, early 12th century. Pala period. India (Bengal) or Bangladesh.

Opaque watercolor on palm leaf; 2 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (7 x 41.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2001 (2001.445b)

MET SALON SERIES

Above:

Photo Mike Bruce. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery, Artwork © Edmund de Waal

Opposite:

Portrait of a Sufi, first quarter 17th century. India, Deccan, probably Bijapur. Ink, opaque

watercolor, and gold on paper; page: 15 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. (38.4 x 24.8 cm), painting: 8 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. (22.6 x 24.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Cora

Timken Burnett, 1956 (57.51.30)

Zhan Wang (Chinese, born 1962). Artificial Rock #10, 2001. Stainless steel; H. 29 1/2 in. (75 cm), W. 17 11/16 in. (45 cm), D. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

New York. Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2006 (2006.244a–c). © Zhan Wang

Alexander Phimister Proctor (American, 1860–1950). Buffalo, 1912, cast 1913 or after. Bronze; 13 1/2 × 19 × 9 3/4 in., 41 lb. (34.3 × 48.3 × 24.8 cm, 18.6 kg). The Metropolitan

Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935 (48.149.29)

Edmund de Waal in ConversationSheena Wagstaff, Leonard A. Lauder Chairman,  

Modern and Contemporary Art, MMAEdmund de Waal, sculptor and author,  

The Hare with Amber Eyes

The relationship between objects and space has always fascinated sculptor and author Edmund de Waal. One of the world’s leading ceramic artists and a renowned historian of the medium, de Waal and Met curator Sheena Wagstaff explore the dialogue between art and architecture, as well as the convergence of aesthetics, science, and politics in how we view art. De Waal was recently awarded the Order of the British Empire, and is the subject of a major new monograph published by Phaidon.Wednesday, May 7 at 6pm: $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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What’s Chinese About Contemporary Chinese Art?Maxwell Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chairman,  

Department of Asian Art, MMA

Met curator Maxwell Hearn examines a distinct subset of art produced by Mainland Chinese artists from the 1980s to the present. In this contemporary “ink aesthetic,” artists reference traditional pictorial and calligraphic concepts in order to consciously engage with and transform inherited Chinese art forms—extending, questioning, or subverting them—as a defining feature of their artistic vision.Wednesday, March 5 at 6pm: $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China, on view through April 6, 2014.

The American Bison: Live and SculptedPatrick Thomas, Vice President & General Curator and  

Associate Director, Bronx Zoo, Wildlife Conservation SocietyThayer Tolles, Marica F. Vilcek Curator of American Paintings 

and Sculpture, The American Wing, MMA

As the North American bison population was hunted from millions to mere hundreds by the early 1880s, the animal captured the popular imagination as a symbol of the Old West. Sculptors produced bronze statuettes representing the bison as a metaphor for a bygone past, basing their work on direct observations from western travels as well as visits to urban zoos. Their eastern destination of choice was the Bronx Zoo, which opened to the public in 1899, and led efforts to display bison in an appropriate habitat setting and to repopulate the breed in its native West. Bronx Zoo general curator and associate director Patrick Thomas and Met curator Thayer Tolles examine the impact and interconnectedness of artistic representations and conservation efforts, past and present, involving this iconic animal.Wednesday, March 19 at 6pm: $30Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for EducationThis program is in conjunction with the exhibition The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925, on view through April 13, 2014.

The Nexus of Islamic Art, Culture, and PoliticsWith Peter Brown, Yasmine El Rashidi, Haleh Esfandiari, and Shaul Bakhash Moderator: Robert SilversMet Museum Presents and The New York Review of Books examine the living traditions of the Islamic world, in the context of modern conflict and variations in Muslim culture. Review editor Robert Silvers brings together contributors Peter Brown, Yasmine El Rashidi, Haleh Esfandiari, and Shaul Bakhash for a panel discussion on the interconnectedness of art and ethos.Tuesday, April 1 at 6pm: $30 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Leadership support for Met Museum Presents provided by:Adrienne ArshtBrodsky Family FoundationIsabel C. Iverson and Walter T. IversonMrs. Joseph H. King FundMuriel Kallis Steinberg Newman FundStavros Niarchos FoundationMrs. Donald Oenslager FundGrace Jarcho Ross and Daniel G. Ross

Concert FundThe Giorgio S. Sacerdote FundEstate of Kathryn Walter SteinXerox FoundationDirk and Natasha Ziff

Additional major supporters:Chester Dale FundAndre DimitriadesMartha FleischmanMartha FlingFriends of Concerts & LecturesThe Arthur Gillender FundThe Horace W. Goldsmith FoundationThe Kaplen FoundationJerome Levy Foundation in honor of

Marvin SchwartzNew York State Council on the ArtsSamuel White Patterson Lecture FundArax SimsarianThe C.F. Roe Slade FoundationAnn G. Tenenbaum and

Thomas H. LeeMr. and Mrs. Ronald J. UlrichClara Lloyd-Smith Weber FundAnonymous (2)

Support for

As of December 12, 2013

Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdomon view through through February 23, 2014

The exhibition is made possible by Samsung.

Additional support is provided by the Korea Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Korea, and Gyeongju National Museum, Korea.

Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C. F. Martinon view through through December 7, 2014

The exhibition is made possible by The Martin Guitar Company.

The Passions of Jean-Baptiste Carpeauxon view March 10 – May 26, 2014

The exhibition is made possible by the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation.

Additional support is provided by the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund and the Diane W. and James E. Burke Fund.

The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Musée d’Orsay.

The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925on view through April 13, 2014

The exhibition is made possible by The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, and the Enterprise Holdings Endowment.

It was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in collaboration with the Denver Art Museum.

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Bring the kids! $1 tickets are available for children (ages 7–16) accompanied by an adult with a full-price ticket on select performances.

Groups of 15 or more, please call 212-570-3750.

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Your ticket includes Museum admission on the day of the event.

There is a $5 handling fee per ticket. Tickets purchased at the Museum on the day of the event are subject to an additional handling fee. Delivery fees apply. All sales are final. Programs, dates, and artists subject to change.

Print at Home tickets are available; if you choose this option, you will receive a separate email and PDF within an hour of your purchase. Print the PDF and it will serve as your entry to the event.

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The Metropolitan Museum is open 7 days a weekThe Met is open Sunday–Thursday, 10am–5:30pm, and Friday and Saturday, 10am–9pm.

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DATE DAY TIME VENUE EVENT PAGE

JANUARY

22 Wed 7pm TD The Hilliard Ensemble 5

FEBRUARY

12 Wed 6pm GRR SPARK: Korea: From Silla to K-Pop 8

13 Thu 6pm GRR The Unknown “Lincoln-Douglass” Debate 5

15 Sat 7pm GRR A Valentine from Jane Monheit 7

20 Thu 7pm CEC Alarm Will Sound/Dance Heginbotham: Twinned 4

22 Sat 7pm GRR Rosanne Cash & Friends 6

25 Tue 7pm GRR Venice Baroque Orchestra with Philippe Jaroussky 7

26 Wed 7pm EGB/MSH Gotham Chamber Opera 2

27 Thu 7pm EGB/MSH Gotham Chamber Opera 2

MARCH

4 Tue 11am GRR “The Canticle of the Birds” of the Poet Attar 10

5 Wed 6pm GRR What’s Chinese About Contemporary Chinese Art? 15

6 Thu 6pm GRR SPARK: Plato at the Met 9

11 Tue 11am GRR Innocents Abroad: 19th-Century American Painters in Europe 10

19 Wed 6pm BJS The American Bison: Live and Sculpted 15

25 Tue 11am GRR Innocents Abroad: 19th-Century American Painters in Europe 10

APRIL

1 Thu 6pm GRR The Nexus of Islamic Art, Culture, and Politics 15

2 Wed 11am GRR Detective Work on Metropolitan Treasures 11

8 Tue 11am GRR Innocents Abroad: 19th-Century American Painters in Europe 10

9 Wed 11am GRR Detective Work on Metropolitan Treasures 11

15 Tue 11am GRR Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Style 13

16 Wed 11am GRR Detective Work on Metropolitan Treasures 11

22 Tue 11am GRR Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Style 13

24 Thu 11am GRR The Life and Times 12

26 Sat 7pm GRR Sculpting Sound with Susan Graham 6

30 Wed 6pm GRR SPARK: It’s About Time 9

MAY

1 Thu 11am GRR The Life and Times 12

7 Wed 6pm GRR Edmund de Waal in Conversation 14

8 Thu 7pm GRR Judy Collins: Coming Home 5

14 Wed 11am GRR Friends and Demons: The Life and Work of Carpeaux 11

20 Tue 11am GRR Journeys to Divinity 13

29 Thu 7pm GRR Gloria—A Pig Tale 3

30 Fri 7pm GRR Gloria—A Pig Tale 3

performance talk bring the kids (see next page)

DATE DAY TIME VENUE EVENT PAGE

JUNE

1 Sun 2pm GRR Gloria—A Pig Tale 3

2 Mon 7pm TD Arvo Pärt in The Temple of Dendur 7

11 Wed 6pm GRR SPARK: Spirit in Sound and Space: Arvo Pärt 9

20 Fri 7pm TD Alarm Will Sound: I Was Here I Was I 2

SPRING 2014 SEASON

performance talk bring the kids (see below)

$1 tickets for kids (ages 7–16) are available when you see this symbol. Children must be accompanied by an adult purchasing a full-price ticket (maximum three children’s tickets per paying adult).

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Photo © Stephanie Berger

BJS Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for EducationCEC The Charles Engelhard CourtEGB The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Arms and Armor CourtGRR The Grace Rainey Rogers AuditoriumMSH The Medieval Sculpture HallTD The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing