WELCOME

WE INVITE YOU TO REDISCOVER THE MET’S GLOBAL ART HISTORY THROUGH A CONTEMPORARY LENS WITH IN-DEPTH GALLERY TALKS FROM OVER 100 CURATORS, CONSERVATORS, DOCENTS, EDUCATORS, AND ARTISTS.

ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL EXAMINE HOW THE OBJECTS OF OUR GALLERIES CONTAIN RELEVANCE AND DRAW COMPARISON TO OUR WORLD TODAY.

BRANDON PATRICK GEORGEBrandon Patrick George is the flutist of the Grammy®-nominated Imani Winds, and has performed with many of the world’s leading ensembles including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). He has appeared at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and is a frequent recital artist at Bargemusic in New York. An avid chamber musician, Brandon has collaborated with members of the New York Philharmonic, the Jasper String Quartet, and has performed live on New York's WQXR with harpist Bridget Kibbey. Brandon is a graduate of Oberlin, and received the Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music.

7:30, 8:30, 9:30 pm 963 Robert Lehman Wing

PERFORMERS

ETHEL & FRIENDSEstablished in New York City in 1998, ETHEL quickly earned a reputation as one of America’s most adventurous string quartets. Described as “indefatigable and eclectic” (The New York Times), and “vital and brilliant” (The New Yorker), the band continues to set the standard for contemporary concert music, ETHEL has released ten feature recordings, performed as guests on 35+ albums, won a GRAMMY® with jazz legend Kurt Elling, performed in 14 countries, 45 states, and 250 cities, and, since 2005, premiered nearly 200 works.

8:30 – 10 pm The Great Hall

IT’S SHOWTIME NYC!Discover the parallels between hip-hop dance culture and the bygone age of chivalry in this series of thrilling battles featuring dances from It's Showtime NYC! of the urban dance organization Dancing in the Streets of the South Bronx.

It's Showtime NYC! is a program of Dancing in the Streets, developed in partnership with the Mark Morris Dance Center, with funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation.

It’s Showtime NYC! is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

7:15, 8:15, 9:15 pm 371 Arms and Armor

Large Print Programs and Assistive listening devices are available by request. Please ask at the Guest Services Desk in the Great Hall.

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CHOOSE YOUR PATH

Plan your evening based on the topics and galleries that interest you.

VOYAGERStart your evening with gallery talks from curators, docents, and educators in the galleries of ➍ MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART. Continue North through the Museum based on the topics and conversations that interest you.

TRAVELERBegin the night with gallery talks from curators, docents, and artists in ➏ THE AMERICAN WING. Continue South through the Museum based on the topics and conversations that interest you.

WANDERERTake a turn off the well-known path and create your own journey through the galleries.

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GALLERY TALKS7 – 9 PMAll of our presenters are denoted with name tags and a corresponding color. Curators, Conservators, Docents, Educators, and Artists. For the best experience at The Grand Tour, we recommend finding and listening to presenters in the galleries using this program and the detailed map provided.

Questions? Wayfinding volunteers and staff members are stationed throughout the Museum to help guide your way.

ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND THE AMERICAS Explore the connection between art, resistance, exchange, and the circulation of trade.

Curators and Conservators350 Hakimah Abdul-Fattah 352 Yaëlle Biro 358 Allison Caplan 357 Christine Giuntini 359 Maia Nuku

Artists350 Rashida Bumbray 354 Peter Hristoff 358 Miguel Luciano

EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS Explore sculpture, embroidered hangings, royalty, and patronage.

Curators and Conservators503 Denise Allen524, 526 Wolf Burchard531 Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide501 Wolfram Koeppe522 Elyse Nelson

MEDIEVAL ART Learn about the political, religious, and practical vandalism of historical monuments and objects in Western Europe, Christian Egypt, and Byzantium.

Curators and Conservators302 Andrea Achi 303 Helen Evans 304 Nancy Wu

Artists305 Barbara Woods

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART Distinctive stories that reflect a global perspective and surprising account of history.

Curators and Conservators915 Ian Alteveer926 Kelly Baum*901 Giovanni Casini917 – 925 Randall Griffey904 – 907 Luise Mahler 908 Lauren Rosati

Educators900 Sandra Jackson-Dumont

ROBERT LEHMAN WING Learn about Renaissance tapestries, Impressionism, aristocratic portraits in France and England, and the history of the Lehman Collection.

Curators and Conservators950 Dita Amory953 Nenagh Hathaway956 Krisztina Ilko952 Alison Nogueira959 Katja Schmitz-von Ledebur950 Wendy Walker

THE AMERICAN WING Explore the threads between historical American art and themes of immigration, revolution, enslavement, westward expansion, and cross-cultural encounters and exchange.

Curators and Conservators726 – 731 Moira Gallagher 762 Katherine Hughes753 Betsy Kornhauser760 Thayer Tolles773 Shannon Vittoria746 Sylvia Yount

Artists746 Martha Redbone

19th- AND EARLY 20th- CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTUREArt and Modern Life

Curators and Conservators825 Kathryn Calley Galitz

Educators800 Ann Meisinger800 Maricelle Robles 830 Marianna Siciliano

7 – 9 PMART OF NATIVE AMERICA: THE CHARLES AND VALERIE DIKER COLLECTION

Curators and Conservators746 Sylvia Yount

Artists746 Martha Redbone

IN PRAISE OF PAINTING: DUTCH MASTERPIECES AT THE MET

Curators and Conservators964 – 965 Sarah Bochicchio

Adam Eaker

PLAY IT LOUD: INSTRUMENTS OF ROCK & ROLL

Curators and Conservators199 Daniel Kershaw

THE ROOF GARDEN COMMISION: ALICJA KWADE, PARAPIVOT*

Curators and Conservators926 Kelly Baum*weather permitting

THE WORLD BETWEEN EMPIRES: ART AND IDENTITY IN THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

Curators and Conservators899 Blair Fowlkes-Childs

Michael Seymour

ALONG THE WAY

DRAW WITH AN ARTIST

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas 7 – 9 pm354 Peter Hristoff

Equal parts theatre, movement performance and drawing-marathon, visual artist Peter Hristoff (artist in residence at

The Met, 2015-16) creates energetic drawing sessions using multiple models and hand-made props to present dramatic tableau-vivants as observational subject matter. Participants are encouraged to draw quickly and fearlessly, with expressive line as the focus of the session.

Medieval Art 7 – 10 pm305 Barbara Woods

Inspired by stained glass windows in the Museum's collection, Artist and Museum Educator Barbara Woods will explore the expressive possibilities of color and light by overlapping shapes to create embellishments for windows at home.

MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES

It’s Showtime NYC! 7:15, 8:15, 9:15 pm 371 Arms and ArmorHip-hop dance; 30 min duration

Brandon Patrick George 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 pm 963 Robert Lehman WingFlutist; 30 min duration

ETHEL & Friends8:30 – 10 pm The Great HallString quartet; songs inspired by Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll

TAKE A PHOTO

7 – 10 pmCapture the memory of tonight with our Grand Tour photobooth!

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LIGHT SNACKS AND BEVERAGES

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