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073 Special Exhibition: Rugs and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism Curator John Guy discusses the ritual arts of Tibet and their role in the path to enlightenment, the subject of the installationRugs andRitual in Tibetan Buddhism. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 072 Special Exhibition: Italy Observed: Views and Souvenirs, 1706–1899 Curator Dita Amory captures the Grand Tour of Italy via the Met’s rich holdings, including paintings of Venetian life, a Neapolitan drawings album documenting the 1794 eruption of Vesuvius, and marketed souvenirs such as teapots, spoons, fans, and pocket watches. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 067 Special Exhibition: A Musical Setting for Bronzino Curator Carmen Bambach talks to composer Bruce Adolphe about how he translated the art and ideas of Agnolo Bronzino—whose drawings are on view in the current exhibition "The Drawings of Bronzino"—into music. The world premiere of Adolphe's new piece, Of Art and Onions: Homage to Bronzino (commissioned by Palazzo Strozzi in Florence), will be performed at the Metropolitan Museum on Saturday, March 6, 2010. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 064 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Cliff Dwellers by George Bellows Joyce Mendelsohn and Annie Polland—two historians of New York’s Lower East Side—discuss Cliff Dwellers, George Bellows's 1913 depiction of the neighborhood, now on view in the exhibition “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915.” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 062 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Chinese Restaurant by John Sloan New York Times columnist Mark Bittman and restaurateur Danny Meyer discuss John Sloan's painting Chinese Restaurant, on view in the exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 055 Special Exhibition: Velázquez Rediscovered The Metropolitan Museum's European paintings chairman, Keith Christiansen, and head of paintings conservation, Michael Gallagher, discuss their recent reattribution of an extraordinary portrait in the collection to the greatest of all Spanish painters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 052 Special Exhibition: The Young Archer Attributed to Michelangelo Curator James David Draper discusses the attribution to the teenage Michelangelo of the marble sculpture now on special loan to the Museum from the French Republic’s Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 051 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: George Caleb Bingham's Take on Election Day Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter shares his insights on Election Day and on George Caleb Bingham’s painting The County Election, on view in the exhibition “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915.” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 047 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915: A New Look at Sargent's Venice Curator Barbara Weinberg introduces artist Eric Fischl, who takes a fresh look at two of the John Singer Sargent paintings that are included in the exhibition “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915.” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 046 Special Exhibition: Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44 Co-curators Jeffrey Munger and Meredith Chilton discuss the details of a delightful dessert table—created in conjunction with the Du Paquier exhibition—with culinary historian Ivan Day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 045 Special Exhibition: Vermeer’s Masterpiece, The Milkmaid Exhibition curator Walter Liedtke discusses the unique patronage of Johannes Vermeer and its influence on the artistic and psychological aesthetic of The Milkmaid and other works by the artist. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 044 TweenCast Episode: Young Woman Peeling Apples This TweenCast episode, written especially for audiences ages ten to twelve, imagines the life of a young maid in seventeenth-century Holland. Nicolaes Maes's Young Woman Peeling Apples is included in the exhibition "Vermeer's Masterpiece The Milkmaid." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 028 The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End Curator Alisa LaGamma talks to artist Sokari Douglas Camp about her work, including the steel sculptureNigerian Woman Shopping, which is featured in the special exhibition "The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 040 Special Exhibition: The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984 Doug Eklund, Associate Curator in the Department of Photographs, speaks with the artist Dan Graham about Jack Goldstein's 1976 series called A Suite of Nine 7-Inch Records with Sound Effects. The records are on display in the exhibition "The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984," and visitors to the Museum can listen to them in the galleries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 038 The New American Wing: The Verplanck Room Metropolitan Museum curators Morrison Heckscher and Amelia Peck discuss the details of an eighteenth-century period room furnished with the belongings of the Verplanck family. Along with eighteen other period rooms, the Verplanck Room will return to public view when the New American Wing reopens on May 19, 2009. More information about the period rooms is available on the Museum's Audio Guide. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 037 It's Time We Met: A Tokyo Teenager Visits the Museum Mimiko, a teenager from Tokyo, visits the Met and tours the new 19th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 036 It's Time We Met: A Tokyo Teenager Visits the Museum [Japanese] Mimiko, a teenager from Tokyo, visits the Met and tours the new 19th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 029 The Philippe de Montebello Years: Duccio di Buoninsegna�s Madonna and Child Philippe de Montebello discusses Duccio di Buoninsegna�s Madonna and Child�one of the masterworks in the Museum's collection�with curator Keith Christiansen. Recorded on the occasion of "The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions", on view from October 24, 2008�February 1, 2009. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 027 Episode for Families: Aesop's Fables Enjoy the fundamental wisdom of Aesop's Fables in this episode, produced especially for younger audiences. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 026 The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions Curator Helen Evans previews the exhibition "The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions," which opens October 24, 2008. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 024 Episode for Families: Peach Blossom Spring Discover the peaceful tranquility of Peach Blossom Spring in this story originally told seventeen hundred years ago by the poet Tao Qian. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 021 Episode for Families: Ananse the Spider This episode, produced for younger audiences ages 7�12, features an African folk tale and is inspired by a linguist staff (oykeame) in the Museum's collection. Narrated by actor Ronnie Washington. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 020 High School Intern Episode: "One of A Kind: The Studio Craft Movement" This episode, written and performed by the Museum's summer 2007 high school interns, brings the Studio Craft movement to life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 019 Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840�1860 Guest curator Roger Taylor traces the history and impact of the paper negative, or calotype, which was invented by Henry Talbot in 1841. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 009 Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art of the Papuan Gulf Excerpts from the unpublished manuscript of the pioneering photographer Kathleen Haddon chronicle indigenous ceremonies and traditions of the Papuan Gulf in the early 20th century. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 008 Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture Museum Director Philippe de Montebello provides the historical context behind these medieval sculpted heads, recalling their importance as icons and symbols of power. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 007 Sean Scully: Wall of Light The artist Sean Scully explores the emotional and narrative themes of his abstract, bricklike forms. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 006 New Orleans after the Flood: Photographs by Robert Polidori The photographer Robert Polidori describes his experience depicting the loss and pathos of a civilization in chaos in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 005 AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion Experience a new dimension of AngloMania through the commentary of punk legend John Rotten as he relates fashion of necessity to social structures and the bravado of the individual. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 005 AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion Punk legend John Rotten provides commentary on the evolution of British fashion, relating fashion of necessity to social structures and the bravado of the individual. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 004 Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh Listen to actor Sam Waterston narrate the story of Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt's most important and historically significant female ruler. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 004 Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh Actor Sam Waterston narrates the story of the famous Egyptian queen Hatshepsut. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 003 Kara Walker at the Met: After the Deluge Explore the antebellum world of Kara Walker whose silhouette images comment on the system of slavery and its continuing legacy in the American consciousness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 003 Kara Walker at the Met: After the Deluge The artist Kara Walker lends new insight into the antebellum world depicted in her work. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 002 Samuel Palmer (1805-1881): Vision and Landscape Delve into the Romantic Era of Samuel Palmer with Museum Director Phillippe de Montebello and selected poetry by Milton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 002 Samuel Palmer (1805-1881): Vision and Landscape Explore the Romantic era of Samuel Palmer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 001 Vincent van Gogh--The Letters Hear actor Kevin Bacon read excerpts from letters by Van Gogh in a special audio feature. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 001 Vincent van Gogh--The Letters Actor Kevin Bacon reads excerpts from the letters of Vincent van Gogh. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 071 Special Exhibition: Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered Wolfram Koeppe—curator of the exhibitionVienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered—tells the story of the spectacular Sachsen-Teschen silver service and describes the splendor of royal dining during the ancien régime. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 076 Special Exhibition: Thinking Outside the Box: European Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from the Permanent Collection (1500–1900) Unusual boxes of varying sizes, shapes, textures, colors, and purposes—all from the Museum’s European decorative arts collection—are presented by curator Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 074 Special Exhibition: The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel Curator Christopher Lightfoot brings to life the colorful animals of air, land, and sea that populate a large floor mosaic from the ancient Roman Empire that was discovered accidentally in 1996 during road construction in Israel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 035 Special Exhibition: Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution Curators Ian Wardropper and James David Draper describe The French Parnassus, an extraordinary bronze sculpture featured in the special exhibition "Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution," on view at the Met February 24 through May 24, 2009. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 039 The New American Wing: American Art Pottery Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, the Metropolitan Museum’s Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts, talks with Robert Ellison about his collection of American ceramics from 1876 to 1956, a promised gift to the Museum. The works will be displayed on the mezzanine balcony of the Charles Engelhard Court in the New American Wing, which reopens to the public on May 19, 2009. More information about the American Decorative Arts collection is available on the Museum's Audio Gui ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 069 Special Exhibition: Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú Curator Anne Strauss talks to Doug and Mike Starn about their new work, Big Bambú: You Can't, You Don't, and You Won't Stop, on view on The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden at the Metropolitan Museum through October 31, 2010. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 070 Special Exhibition: Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950–1980 In excerpts from a 1988 archival recording, photographer Leon Levinstein talks about his work and the experience of photographing in the streets of New York. The excerpts are introduced by Curator Jeff Rosenheim and filmmaker-photographer Jem Cohen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 075 Special Exhibition: Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures: Jan Gossart’s Renaissance Curator Maryan Ainsworth relates the story of Jan Gossart’s travels to Rome in 1508–9 and how the ancient and Renaissance works he saw there influenced both his own art and the history of Netherlandish painting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website