Winter Shows at the Met Museum in New York City

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October is when the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City, opens its winter exhibits. With shows large and small, the museum always offers a great selection of art on display. Here are four of the Met’s exhibits this winter.

Man Ray: When Objects Dream (through Feb 1, 2026)



 

Photographer Man Ray (1890-1976, b. Emmanuel Radnitzky) is well known for work that edges into the surrealistic. What I found fascinating about this exhibit, which focuses on his work from the 1920’s and 30’s, is that it delves into his efforts to bring other art forms into photography. By the 1920’s Man Ray had moved to Paris, and he had become friends with many artists there, including Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Picasso and Braque were at the forefront of the movement developing the genre of cubism, and Man Ray started working to bring that movement into photography. He adapted a process of creating photograms, the placing of objects directly onto photosensitive paper, and exposing them to light. He called this adaptation rayographie, putting his name at the front of the word.

Dance by Man Ray
 

Rayographs by Man Ray 







    


Over his life, Man Ray often worked on ways to bring diverse artistic styles into his photographic work.

Noire et Blanche

Marine



The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York (through May 31, 2026)



 

George Morrison (1919-2000) was a painter who was a member of the Chippewa people. He created work in the abstract expressionist and abstract genres. He lived in New York City from the 1940’s through the 1960’s, and this exhibit’s 20 pieces come from this part of his life.

Fishermen with Nets

Structural Landscape

Construction in Fantasy


Emily Sargent: Portrait of a Family (through March 9, 2026)


 


Emily Sargent (1857-1936) was the sister of artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). They both spent most of their lives in Europe, and had a very close relationship, often traveling together. Emily painted mainly in water colors, and the siblings would go to a site and paint together, creating different views of the same subject. This exhibit offers about 25 of her pieces,10 of which are paired with her brother’s representations of the same site.

 

Salute by Emily Sargent

Green Door at Santa Maria della Salute by john Singer Sargetn




Courtyard Scene by Emily Sargent

Market Place by John Singer Sargent


Lake Garda by Emily Sargent

Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson (through Feb 8, 2026)

Maquette for Eternal Presence


John Wilson (1922-2015) was born in Roxbury MA. His parents had emigrated from British Guiana (now Guyana). As an artist of African descent, Wilson’s work illustrates the issues of race and racism in the United States. It also reflects the tenderness and humanity in the lives of its subjects. This exhibit, curated with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, is the largest retrospective of Wilson’s work ever put together, with over 110 pieces. A show this extensive offers the opportunity to see paintings, lithographs, and drawings, in many genres.



The Met always offers wonderful art for the visitor, and these shows are worth the trip when you are in town, or even a reason to come to New York.

Strike

Deliver Us From Evil

Studey for mural - The Incident

The Trial

Le Métro



Trabajador

Bronx Landscape

Oracle

Martin Luther King Jr.

Nuts and Bolts


  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Ave, New York, NY.
  • The Met is open Thursday - Tuesday at 10:00 AM. It is open until 9:00 PM on Friday and Saturday, and until 5:00 on other days.
  • Entrance fees are: New York residents and NY, NJ and CT students - Pay what you wish. All others: Adults $30/ Seniors and visitors with a disability $22/ Students $17/ Children under 12 free
  • Entrance hack: The museum’s main entrance is at the top of the grand stairway at Fifth Ave and 82nd street. However, this is where the longest lines are, and you have to walk up the staircase. One block south (downtown) is the group and handicap entrance, which is open for anyone. It is on ground level and the lines are usually a lot shorter.
Location: 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA

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