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, dated A.H. 1119/A.D. 1707, Syria, Damascus; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York'))
Reception Room (Qa’a), dated A.H. 1119/A.D. 1707, Syria, Damascus; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nov. 1, 2011
The grand reopening of 15 redone galleries -- 19,000-square-feet in all -- traces the course of Islamic civilization over a span of 13 centuries, exhibiting a rotating selection of 1,200 works in textile, tapestry, calligraphy, metalwork, textile, books and more, and including the ornate Damascus Room, built in A.H.1119/ 1707 A.D., one of the finest examples of Syrian Ottoman reception rooms
Also on view: “Art in Renaissance Venice, 1400-1515: Paintings and Drawings from the Museum’s Collections,” Nov. 8, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012; “The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis,” Nov. 15, 2011-Apr. 22, 2012; “Lisbon’s Hebrew Bible: Medieval Jewish Art in Context,” Nov. 22, 2011-Jan. 16, 2012; “Storytelling in Japanese Art,” Nov. 19, 2011-May 6, 2012
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Hun Soo Kim, Breik, 2008, Museum of Arts and Design)
Fernand Léger, Nude on a Red Background, 1927, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden)
Mitch Epstein, BP Carson Refinery, California, 2007, Corcoran Gallery)
Maurizio Cattelan, Mini Me, 1999, photo by Attilio Maranzano)
Jerome Liebling, Butterfly Boy, New York, 1949, Jewish Museum, New York)
Francesca Woodman, Polka Dots, 1976, courtesy George and Betty Woodman)
Oil bottle, Korea, Gangjin or Buan kilns Goryeo period, mid-13th century stoneware; gift of Charles Lang Freer, from Thebes, © The Trustees of the British Museum'))
Mummy of Nesperennub, 22nd Dynasty (about 800 BC), from Thebes, © The Trustees of the British Museum)
Our Lady of Cocharchas under the Bladachin (Nuestra Senora de Cocharchas bajo el baldaquino) Peru, 18th century, photo by D. Giannoni</em> Peru, 18th century, photo by D. Giannoni'))
Our Lady of Cocharchas under the Bladachin (Nuestra Senora de Cocharchas bajo el baldaquino) Peru, 18th century, photo by D. Giannoni</em>, 1991, Simon Lee Gallery, London'))
Sherrie Levine, Fountain (Madonna), 1991, Simon Lee Gallery, London, July 24, 2011, at MoMA PS1, On Stellar Rays, New York'))
Clifford Owens, Score by Nsenga Knight (performance still), July 24, 2011, at MoMA PS1, On Stellar Rays, New York)
Diego Rivera)
Minor White, Tom Murphy, 1948, The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum![](javascript:view_large('new-this-month-in-us-museums-11-1-11-16.jpg', 'New This Month in U.S. Museums', 'Mel Bochner, <em>8" Measurement</em>, 1969, Irving Stenn Jr. Drawings Collection'))
Mel Bochner, 8" Measurement, 1969, Irving Stenn Jr. Drawings Collection)
Jenny Saville