LET'S ALL GO TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART - THE MET

Let's all go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Met, on Saturday May 31st from 1pm - 4pm, to see three very special exhibitions:

Sargent and Paris
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style
European Paintings from 1250 - 1800

HISTORY

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its collection spans 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe. Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum is located in New York City's Central Park along Fifth Avenue (from 80th to 84th Streets). Last year it was visited by 4.7 million people.

TICKET COST
Adult Admission - Ages 13 - 64
$30.00
Student Admission with valid ID
$17.00
Senior Admission - 65 and over
$22.00

Link to purchase tickets: https://engage.metmuseum.org/admission/?promocode=55916

NOTE: PAY WHAT YOU WANT

New York State residents and NY, NJ, and CT students:

• The amount you pay for admission is up to you, but you must pay something.
• To buy pay-what-you-wish tickets online, you must have a New York State billing address.
• New Jersey and Connecticut students can only buy pay-what-you-wish tickets in person with valid student ID.

THE EXHIBITIONS WE ARE GOING TO VISIT:

SARGENT AND PARIS
IN EXHIBITION GALLERY 999 - 2nd Floor

Sargent and Paris explores the early career of American painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), from his arrival in Paris in 1874 as a precocious 18-year-old art student through the mid-1880s, when his infamous portrait Madame X was a scandalous success at the Paris Salon. Over the course of one extraordinary decade, Sargent achieved recognition by creating boldly ambitious portraits and figure paintings that pushed the boundaries of conventionality. Immersed in a cosmopolitan circle of artists, writers, and patrons, Sargent was able to navigate a successful path through the French exhibition system while achieving acclaim and awards. Beyond the portrait studio, he traveled in search of inspiration for his art—finding subjects in Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and North Africa. This exhibition gathers Sargent’s diverse works from this period to illuminate his path to becoming an artist, which was indelibly shaped by his experiences in the French capital. These visually stunning works provide a compelling view of the Paris art world of the late 19th century. The iconic Madame X, a beloved highlight of The Met collection, is the culmination of Sargent’s early years in Paris. The exhibition will take an in-depth look at this captivating portrait and the numerous preparatory sketches, and it will be displayed alongside select portraits of Parisiennes by Sargent’s contemporaries.

SUPERFINE: TAILORING BLACK STYLE
IN EXHIBITION GALLERY 999 - 2nd Floor

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style explores the importance of style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora, particularly in the United States and Europe. Through a presentation of garments and accessories, paintings, photographs, decorative arts, and more, from the 18th century to today, the exhibition interprets the concept of dandyism as both an aesthetic and a strategy that allowed for new social and political possibilities. Superfine is organized into 12 sections, each representing a characteristic that defines the style, such as Champion, Respectability, Heritage, Beauty, and Cosmopolitanism. Together, these characteristics demonstrate how one’s self-presentation is a mode of distinction and resistance—within a society impacted by race, gender, class, and sexuality.

EUROPEAN PAINTINGS, 1250 - 1800
IN EXHIBITION GALLERY 600 - 2nd Floor

The Met's world-famed collection of European paintings encompasses works of art from the 13th through the 19th centuries—from Giotto to Gauguin. Apart from its many individual masterpieces by artists as diverse as Jan van Eyck, Caravaggio, and Seurat, the Museum possesses the most extensive collection of 17th-century Dutch art in the western hemisphere, including outstanding works by Frans Hals, Rembrandt, and Vermeer. Its holdings of El Greco and Goya are the finest outside of Spain, while the survey it offers of French painting between neo-Classicism and post-Impressionism is second only to Paris, with extensive holdings of the work of Corot, Courbet, Manet, Monet, Degas, Cézanne, and Van Gogh.