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An upcoming installation provides fresh perspectives on the endlessly fascinating art and culture of ancient Egyptians, offering new views of their ideas of the afterlife and the daily life that came before it.

Curator Hendrik Folkerts and Igshaan Adams, the multidisciplinary artist from Cape Town, discuss the artist’s expansive and radical approach to weaving as a medium and as a practice. 

With a passion for storytelling and attention to detail, she brings the museum’s print and digital publications to life.

Curator Zoë Ryan invited artists, designers, and architects to use works from the museum’s collection as a means to make vital connections and start timely conversations. Here are six selections.

The department celebrates its centenary with a look at some of the spectacular works and key figures that have shaped the collection.

There will always be a constant battle in my heart and mind.

Trace the roughly 50-year journey of these elaborate vessels as they traveled from China to France and were extravagantly transformed along the way.

An exciting project is underway to imagine a new hand for our remarkable large stone Maitreya, involving robot technology, Carrera marble, and an international roster of scholars.

Dress in Ancient Greece was about expressing social and cultural values as well as about “looking good.”

Weaving silk velvet was a slow and complex process, involving costly raw materials. Did that occasionally inspire the cutting of corners?

For artists María Dávila and Eduardo Portillo, the world of each textile contains multitudes.