Videos

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 dizzying and supernatural."...

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 real sense." 82nd &...

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 and eternal pursuit of beauty."...

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." 82nd & Fifth...

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 invites 100 curators...

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 moves from the outer courtyards of the palace into...

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 an opportunity to respond to...

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 to respond to our encyclopedic collection...

Sarah Sze on the Tomb of Perneb "I think a lot of people panic, and it's not just the claustrophobia: it is the intensity of that experience." The Artist Project is a 2015 online series in which we give artists an opportunity to respond...

Nalini Malani on "Hanuman Bearing the Mountaintop with Medicinal Herbs" "I'm attracted to the myths because, for me, it's a language to link with people." The Artist Project is a 2015 online series in which we give artists an opportunity...