Many remarkable people have shaped The Met over 150 years. Hear from a dynamic cast of artists, curators, donors, and other key figures in this tour narrated by Steve Martin.

This Audio Guide is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies

Making The Met, 1870–2020

Listen to a podcast from home or in the galleries featuring the celebrated painter Alice Neel speaking about her life, inspiration, and “radical humanism.” Interviews with artists Jordan Casteel and Miguel Luciano, and curator Jasmine Wahi, illuminate how Neel’s art, activism, and fight for social justice resonate today.


This podcast accompanies the landmark exhibition "Alice Neel: People Come First," on view at The Met through August 1, 2021. Learn more about exhibition at metmuseum.org/AliceNeel.




This podcast is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.


Audio Courtesy:

“Alice Neel” © 2007 SeeThink Films. Directed by Andrew Neel.

“Alice Neel: They Are Their Own Gifts,” 1978. Courtesy of Lucille Rhodes and Margaret Murphy.

Television interview with Alice Neel, from the television series “Inside New York’s Art World, 1978,” courtesy of Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Interviewer/Producer. Audio provided by the Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

“Interview with Alice Neel conducted by Yetta and Werner Groshans.” Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives, Werner and Yetta Groshans papers, 1928–1997.

Alice Neel: People Come First

Explore ​​vibrant expressions of Native sovereignty, identity, and connections to community and family in the Art of Native America Audio guide. This tour features contemporary Indigenous artists, curators, and historians, who share their perspectives on the traditions and techniques on display from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American art.

This Audio Guide is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection

Explore the Collection in 10 Languages (Selection)

In this podcast, artists Jordan Casteel and Miguel Luciano, and curator Jasmine Wahi share their perspectives on the celebrated painter Alice Neel’s portraits and legacy.

Miguel Luciano on Spanish Harlem and Alice Neel’s Community

Jasmine Wahi on Alice Neel’s Feminism and Social Justice

Jordan Casteel on Alice Neel’s ”Pictures of People“

Who Was Alice Neel?

Explore ​​vibrant expressions of Native sovereignty, identity, and connections to community and family in the Art of Native America Audio guide. Narrated by Indigenous stage and film actor Tantoo Cardinal from the Metis Nations of Canada—a founding member of the celebrated Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre Company is Saskatchewan, and whose work confronts issues impacting Native communities—this tour features contemporary Indigenous artists, curators, and historians, who share their perspectives on the traditions and techniques on display from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American art.

9817: Amber Dawn Bear Robe On Indigenous Design And Fashion

9816: Joe Baker's Artistic Journey

9815: Dante Blais Billie On Seminole History

9814: Socorro Black-On-White Storage Jar, Ancestral Pueblo

9813: Black-on-Black Jar, Maria Martinez And Julian Martinez

9812: Plains Beadwork

9811: Snow Goggles, Thule

9810: Mask, Yup'ik Artist

9809: Portrait Figure, Haida Artist

9805: Shakhùkwiàn (Man’s Coat), Lenni Lenape/Delaware Artist

9804: Incorporating New Materials

9803: Two Chitimacha Baskets With Lids, Ada Vilcon Thomas

9802: Shirt, Seminole

9801: Introduction

This podcast features artists discussing works from the exhibition and themes that arise in representations of the Black figure in Western art
Hear perspectives of contemporary artists on how Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and other sculptors of his time represented and, in many ways, mischaracterized the idea of freedom in their work. Speakers include painter Elizabeth Colomba, photographer Delphine Diallo, and artist, professor, and activist Fabienne Kanor.

Produced for the exhibition "Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast."

Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/carpeaux-recast

This podcast is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast Podcast

Explore this transitional era of ancient Egypt’s history. Discover expressions of tradition and innovation in kingship, religion, culture, and art.

Head of a Colossal Statue of Amenemhat III Seated

Head of a Statue of the God Sobek Shedeti

Coffin and Mummy of the Estate Manager Khnumhotep

Estate Figure

Standing Hippopotamus

Battle Scene from the Temple of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II

The Tale of Sinuhe

Relief of Queen Neferu Having Her Hair Done

Pectoral of Princess Sithathoryunet

Head of a Statue of a Queen or Princess as a Sphinx

Pyramid Complex of King Senwosret III

Head of a Statue of Amenemhat III Wearing the White Crown

Head of a Colossal Statue of Senwosret III

Head of a Colossal Statue of Senwosret I Shrouded

Statue of the Steward Sehetepibreankh Seated

Lintel of Amenemhat I and Deities

Shrouded Royal Statue, Standing

Stela of the Chief Treasurer and Royal Chamberlain Tjetji

Introduction

Commissioned by MetLiveArts to celebrate the opening of The Met Breuer, Soundwalk 9:09 takes its title from the time it takes to walk between the Met and The Met Breuer: nine minutes and nine seconds. Download to your device and listen to these powerful new works, in two parts, by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams who, in his first New York City composition, has ingeniously turned an eight-block stretch of city grid into a polyphonic, antiphonic, and personal music adventure. 

Soundwalk 9:09 Uptown by John Luther Adams

秦漢文明展覽中的展品講述著怎樣的故事，又呈現了哪些中國古代文化遺產呢？這些非同尋常的展品很多來自於最新的考古發現，有些還是首次在中國境外展出。來聽聽策展人們為您細細講述這些展品的來龍去脈，帶您領略從墓葬習俗到海外貿易的方方面面吧。

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9401 Conch

3420: Mechanical Dog

2251: Overview: State Bedroom in the Style of Louis XIV

1283: Marble statue of a youthful Hercules

1085: Marble column from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis

3190: Entombment of Christ

This Audio Guide is sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Performance credit:
"Qatār Suite," Performed by Ostad Elahi

9368: Tanbūr Panj Simi

"I wanted a persona to really reflect our point of view at the time that colonial policies were beginning."

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