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Current Exhibitions


Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures
September 21, 2011–January 29, 2012



Frans Hals in the Metropolitan Museum
July 26, 2011–October 10, 2011



Thinking Outside the Box: European Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from the Permanent Collection (1500–1900)
December 7, 2010–October 30, 2011



Anthony Caro on the Roof
April 26, 2011–October 30, 2011 (weather permitting)



The Andean Tunic, 400 BCE–1800 CE
March 8, 2011–October 16, 2011



Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine
September 13, 2011–March 4, 2012



The Art of Dissent in 17th-Century China: Masterpieces of Ming Loyalist Art from the Chih Lo Lou Collection
September 7, 2011–January 2, 2012



Mother India: The Goddess in Indian Painting
June 29, 2011–November 27, 2011



Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son
May 17, 2011–June 17, 2012



A Sensitivity to the Seasons: Summer and Autumn in Japanese Art
June 24, 2011–October 23, 2011



After the Gold Rush: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection
March 22, 2011–January 2, 2012



Paper Trails: Selected Works from the Collection, 1934–2001
July 19, 2011–November 27, 2011



Arts of Korea/Patchwork Textiles
August 23, 2011–December 11, 2011


Romare Bearden (1911–1988): A Centennial Celebration
August 30, 2011–January 8, 2012

The 9/11 Peace Story Quilt
August 30, 2011–January 22, 2012

Highlights from the Modern Design Collection, 1900 to the Present, Part II
May 23, 2011–March 11, 2012

The André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments
Opened March 2, 2010

Renovation of Late Gothic Hall, The Cloisters
Opened December 8, 2009

The New American Wing
Part 2: The Charles Engelhard Court and the Period Rooms

Opened May 19, 2009

Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries for Byzantine Art and the Medieval Europe Gallery
Opened November 18, 2008

Tibetan Arms and Armor from the Permanent Collection
Through Spring 2012

Galleries for 19th- and Early 20th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture, including the Henry J. Heinz II Galleries
Opened December 4, 2007

Galleries for Oceanic Art
Opened November 14, 2007

Gallery for the Art of Native North America
Opened November 14, 2007

The Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts
Opened October 30, 2007

The South Asia Galleries
Gandhara, Mathura, Andhra and Gupta Sculpture

Opened August 10, 2007

Greek and Roman Galleries
Opened April 20, 2007
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