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Start your weekend with art. New podcast, videos, and Museum Mile. [View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News]( [Art in your inbox]( [Immaterial: Stone]( [Immaterial: Stone]( The Met's marquee podcast, [Immaterial](, is back with [season 2](. In this premiere episode, we examine the many ways that stone can break—and how one statue's cracks and cavities tell a more complex story of our humanity. [Listen now →]( [Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800—Venice and Antiquity]( [Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800—Venice and Antiquity]( Join curators Stephan Wolohojian and Denise Allen for a closer look at Venetian painting and sculpture in the newly renovated and reinstalled European Paintings galleries at The Met, [Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800](.[Watch now →]( [The Threads of Architecture with Sheila Hicks and Frida Escobedo]( [The Threads of Architecture with Sheila Hicks and Frida Escobedo]( Fiber arts pioneer Sheila Hicks and architect Frida Escobedo discuss their shared interests in modern and ancient architecture, textile technologies, and their experiences in Mexico as they relate to their practices. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition [Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art](, which closes June 16, 2024.[Watch now →]( [The Birth of a Hero]( [The Birth of a Hero]( Celebrate Father’s Day with Rick Riordan’s reflection on his fateful encounter with an ancient Greek grave marker at The Met. Discover how that sculpture inspired him to write a story for his son—and how that story served as the basis for his bestselling Percy Jackson series. [Read more →]( [Queer Activist Art]( [Queer Activist Art]( Learn how Gran Fury, the “unofficial propaganda ministry” of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, leveraged the visual language of advertising and the affordable technique of offset printing to spread awareness during the AIDS crisis. [Explore now →]( [Exhibition Highlights]( [Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art]( [Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art]( FINAL WEEKEND Through June 16, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Vision and Verse: The Poetry of Chinese Painting]( [Vision and Verse: The Poetry of Chinese Painting]( FINAL WEEKEND Through June 16, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.]( [Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.]( JUST OPENED Through October 20, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Human/Nature: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints]( [Human/Nature: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints]( JUST OPENED Through September 24, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance]( [Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance]( Through July 7, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism]( [The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism]( Through July 28, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion]( [Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion]( Through September 2, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [P. S. Art 2024: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids]( [P. S. Art 2024: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids]( OPENING SOON June 18–October 20, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [What's On]( [Museum Mile Festival]( MetCelebrates [Museum Mile Festival]( Tuesday, June 18, 6–9 pm Museum-wide, The Met Fifth Avenue Kick off your summer at The Met! Create art, catch a performance, and check out our current exhibitions, including the newly opened P.S. Art: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids. For all ages. All activities are free, and no registration is required. [Learn more →]( [Short Films for Short Nights]( Film Series [Short Films for Short Nights]( Friday, June 28, 2024, 7–8:30 pm; Saturday, June 29, 2024, 7–8:30 pm; Sunday, June 30, 2024, 2–3:30 pm The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium The Met Fifth Avenue A program of film screenings with live music exploring how cinema technologies have altered the ways in which we understand art making. Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is recommended. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. [Register now →]( [Plan Your Visit]( See the [Plan Your Visit page]( for more information about buying tickets in advance. Please note our [current opening days and hours for each location](. See our [visitor guidelines]( for the latest health and safety updates. [Buy your tickets now →]( [Become a Member →]( [The Met Fifth Avenue]( 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 [The Met Cloisters]( 99 Margaret Corbin Drive Fort Tryon Park New York, NY 10040 [metmuseum.org]( [Explore]( [Membership]( [Donate]( [Shop]( [Manage Your Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( For more information on the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, visit [Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800](, [Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art](, [Vision and Verse: The Poetry of Chinese Painting](, [Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.](, [Human/Nature: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints](, [Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance](, [The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism](, [Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion](, and [P. S. Art 2024: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids](. Season 2 of Immaterial is made possible by Dasha Zhukova Niarchos. Additional support is provided by the Zodiac Fund. Museum Mile Festival at The Met is made possible, in part, by Council Member Keith Powers. Your support allows the Museum to collect, conserve, and present 5,000 years of world art. [Donate now.]( Comments are welcome at [metmuseum_newsletter@metmuseum.org](mailto:MetMuseum_Newsletter@metmuseum.org). Images: Tullio Lombardo (Italian, ca. 1455–1532). [Adam](, ca. 1490–95. Marble, 75 1/2 in. (191.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1936 (36.163) | [Marble stele (grave marker) of a youth and a little girl](, ca. 530 BCE. Greek, Attic. Archaic. Marble, H. 13 ft. 10 3/4 in. (423.4cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911; Rogers Fund, 1921; and Anonymous Gift, 1951 (11.185a–c, f, g) | Gran Fury (American, active 1988–1995). [AIDS: 1 in 61](, 1988. Offset Lithograph, 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Stanley Posthorn Gift, 2018 (2018.224). Image courtesy of the Avram Finkelstein Archive | Anni Albers. Pasture, 1958. Mercerized cotton. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1969 (69.135). © The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2023. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Peter Zeray. | Hua Guan (active late 18th to early 19th century). Portrait of a gentleman gathering chrysanthemums (detail), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1790. Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. Purchase, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Bequest, 2023 (2023.299). | Pitcher, Tiffany & Co. 1878. Silver, copper, brass, gold-silver alloy, copper-gold alloy. Private Collection, New York | Marquee: Nina Jordan (American, born 1964). Untitled, Flooded Home V, 2021. Color woodcut, 11 1/2 in. × 18 in. (29.2 × 45.7 cm). Gift of Katherine Beinecke Michel, 2023 (2023.176.2) © 2021 Nina Jordan | Left: Lorenzo Lotto. Portrait of a Woman (detail), ca. 1505. Oil on wood panel. Musée des Beaux- Arts, Dijon. Right: Lorenzo Lotto. Portrait Cover with on Allegory (detail), ca. 1505. Oil on wood panel. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Samuel H. Kress Collection (1939.1.147) | William H. Johnson (American, 1901–1970). Woman in Blue, c. 1943. Oil on burlap, 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm). Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Permanent Loan from the National Collection of Fine Art, 1969.013 | Jun Takahashi (Japanese, born 1969) for Undercover (Japanese, founded 1990). Dress, spring/summer 2024. Reinforced 3-D-printed clear resin containing purple silk plain-weave roses, green silk velvet leaves, and yellow and purple silk plain-weave butterflies overlaid with yellow nylon tulle and trimmed with yellow embossed leather. Courtesy Undercover. Photography © Nick Knight, 2024 | Kai Barrett (Grade 11), A Hobby for What (detail), 2024. Acrylic on canvas. Medgar Evers College Preparatory School, Brooklyn. Art teacher: Diane Aytche