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Tue May
22

11 a.m. till 5 p.m.

Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel

Presented by Jewish Museum, The

The exhibition features 14 large-scale paintings from the contemporary American painter Kehinde Wiley's newest series, 'The World Stage: Israel.' The vibrant portraits of Israeli youths from diverse ethnic and religious affiliations are each embedded in a unique background influenced by Jewish ceremonial art. Also included are 11 works - papercuts and large textiles - chosen by the artist from The Jewish Museum's collection. All of the 14 paintings on view are being displayed in New York for the first time
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Tue May
22

11 a.m. till 5:45 p.m.

Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940

Presented by Jewish Museum, The

The art of Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940) - a painter who began his career as a member of the Nabi group of avant-garde artists in Paris in the 1890s - will be celebrated at The Jewish Museum in the first major one-person, New York exhibition of the French artist's work in over twenty years. 'Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940,' will include more than 50 paintings as well as a selection of prints, photographs and documents exploring the crucial role played by the patrons, dealers and muses who comprised Vuillard's circle.
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Tue May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

The Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gillieron & Son

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibition features a selection of early twentieth-century reproductions of now-famous artworks from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece. Emile Gilliéron and, later, his son were the senior draftsmen responsible for reconstructing the fresco paintings in the palace at Knossos. The Gilliérons formed a thriving business selling original watercolors after the frescoes and other reproductions of three-dimensional artworks, which they made directly from the originals. Their work influenced the study of Aegean art and was integral to its widespread introduction throughout Europe and America. The installation draws from the Metropolitan Museum's own collection of Gilliéron reproductions, which is the largest in existence.
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Tue May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

American Paintings and Sculpture

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

The final phase of the American Wing project, scheduled to be completed in 2011, includes the renovation and expansion of the galleries that house the Museum's superb collection of American paintings and sculpture. This exhibit features portraits, landscapes, history paintings, still lifes, folk art and sculpture from colonial times through the early 20th century.
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Tue May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

Asian Art

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibit features paintings, calligraphy, prints, sculpture, ceramics, bronzes, jades, lacquer, textiles and screens from ancient to modern China, Japan, Korea, and South and Southeast Asia
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Tue May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

European Paintings

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of Old Master and nineteenth-century European paintings--one of the greatest such collections in existence--numbers approximately 2,200 works, dozens of which are instantly recognizable worldwide. In addition to the glories of its permanent galleries, the Department of European Paintings organizes or co-organizes several special exhibitions per year.
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Tue May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

Modern Art

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibit features American and European paintings, works on paper, sculpture, design and architecture representing the major artistic movements since 1900.
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Tue May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

New American Wing Galleries

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

When The Charles Engelhard Court--the grand, light-filled pavilion that has long served as the formal entrance to The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing reopens in March 2009 after two years of construction and renovation, the Museum's unparalleled collections of American ceramics, sculpture, stained glass, architectural elements, silver, pewter, glass and jewelry will finally be seen in all their glory. So, too, will its early American rooms - 12 of the Met's historic interiors, mostly from the colonial period, located on three floors of the wing's historic core - that have been reordered, renovated, and reinterpreted. The popular American Wing Café will also reopen in its previous location on the park side of the court. The opening of the galleries marks the completion of the second part (begun in May 2007) of a project to reconfigure, renovate, or upgrade nearly every section of The American Wing by 2011.
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Tue May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

New Galleries for 19th- and Early 20th-Century European Paintings & Sculpture

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New Galleries for 19th- and Early 20th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture reopened with renovated rooms and 8,000 square feet of additional gallery space--the Henry J. Heinz II Galleries--to showcase works from 1800 through the early 20th century. The renovated galleries feature all of the Museum's most loved nineteenth-century paintings, which have been on permanent display in the past, as well as works by Bonnard, Vuillard, Soutine, Matisse, Picasso, and other early modern artists. Among the many additions are a full-room assembly of "The Wisteria Dining Room," a French art nouveau interior designed by Lucien Dhurmer shortly before World War I that is the only complete example of its kind in the United States; Henry Lerolle's enormous 'The Organ Rehearsal' (a church interior of 1885); a group of newly accessioned 19th-century landscape oil sketches; and a selection of rarely exhibited paintings by an international group of artists.
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Tue May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

The Robert Lehman Collection

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Robert Lehman Collection - one of the most extraordinary private art collections ever assembled in the United States - was presented to the Metropolitan Museum by the Robert Lehman Foundation in 1969, following Mr. Lehman's death. The collection of nearly three thousand works of art, which had been assembled by Mr. Lehman, a longtime Museum trustee, and by his father, Philip, is housed today in The Robert Lehman Wing. The galleries, which opened to the public in 1975, were designed to evoke the ambience of Lehman's own house on West 54th Street in New York City, with wall fabrics, draperies, furniture, and rugs that set the objects in an intimate, personal context.
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