News: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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   ‘Armenia!’ at The Met, opening 22 September 2018

   September 14, 2018

   Opening 22 September at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and running until 13 January 2019, Armenia! explores the arts and culture of Armenians, from their conversion to Christianity in the early fourth century, through to their leading role in international trade in the 17th century.

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   From HALI 193: ‘Relative Values: The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance’ at The Met

   November 15, 2017

   In the regular Anatomy of an Object feature in HALI 193, curator Elizabeth Cleland explains the concept behind The Met exhibition that uses the currency of cows to illustrate the expense of tapestries at the time of their manufacture.