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Download a Free Met Podcast Today: Artist Kara Walker Discusses "The Power of Music" / American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915

When

Nov 9, 2009 – Jan 24, 2010

Daily

Where

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)

1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St

212.535.7710

Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.

Price

Free

The Metropolitan Museum of Art says…

Artist Kara Walker offers her interpretation of the painting The Power of Music by William Sidney Mount, on view in the exhibition American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915, on view through January 24, 2010.

To download the podcast, click here.

 

Image: William Sidney Mount, 1807–1868. The Power of Music, 1847. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund. © The Cleveland Museum of Art