Jul 12 - Oct 26, 2025
PastManet/Degas
An exhibition studying the friendship, rivalries, and experiments that shaped Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas in modern Paris.
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Explore current and historical exhibitions at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The timeline below preserves the original exhibition writing from your previous site.
Feb 9 - Jun 23, 2024
PastThe Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
Explored Harlem's flowering arts and its connections to global modernism through painting, sculpture, and print.
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Mar 10 - Jul 16, 2023
PastKarl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty
Celebrated Karl Lagerfeld's evolution across decades, tracing his creative discipline and iconic silhouettes.
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Sep 18, 2022 - Feb 20, 2023
PastLives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art
Showcased rare Maya sculpture and ceramics illustrating gods, ancestors, and creation myths.
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Sep 10, 2021 - Sep 5, 2022
PastIn America: A Lexicon of Fashion
Defined American fashion through emotion and identity, highlighting designers across eras and backgrounds.
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Feb 1 - Aug 2, 2020
PastMaking The Met, 1870-2020
A celebration of The Met's 150th anniversary, showcasing its transformation into one of the world's most influential museums.
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Apr 15 - Oct 27, 2019
PastCamp: Notes on Fashion
Examined the playful, exaggerated aesthetics of camp through historic and contemporary fashion icons.
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Mar 19 - Jul 8, 2018
PastHeavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
The Met's most visited show, juxtaposing haute couture with religious art to explore sacred influence in design.
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Mar 21 - Jul 23, 2017
PastRei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between
Presented Kawakubo's radical designs challenging the boundaries between fashion, sculpture, and concept.
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Mar 7 - Aug 7, 2016
PastManus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
Explored couture and machine fashion, showing how innovation and tradition can coexist in design.
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Mar 4 - Jul 5, 2015
PastThe Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky
Highlighted Indigenous artistry across centuries, merging historic craftsmanship with contemporary cultural voices.
Plan your museum dayFeb 26 - May 11, 2014
PastCharles Marville: Photographer of Paris
Documented Haussmann's transformation of Paris through Marville's haunting, precise nineteenth-century photographs.
Plan your museum dayApr 15 - Sep 2, 2013
PastImpressionism, Fashion, and Modernity
Connected the evolution of Parisian fashion with Impressionist painting, revealing how style defined modern life.
Plan your museum dayFeb 28 - Jun 3, 2012
PastThe Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde
Explored Gertrude Stein's influence and her role in shaping early modernism through her personal art collection.
Plan your museum dayMay 4 - Jul 31, 2011
PastAlexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
A legendary retrospective celebrating McQueen's genius in blending fashion, fantasy, and technical innovation.
Plan your museum dayApr 27 - Aug 15, 2010
PastPicasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Focused look at Picasso works in The Met collection, spanning his career and showing his formal experiments.
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