The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St
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Mezzetin
- When
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Sep 22, 2009 – Nov 29, 2009
Daily
- Where
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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
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Free with museum admission
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See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! This is the first exhibition of Jean-Antoine Watteau’s paintings in the United States in 25 years! The remarkable exhibition shows the impact of music and theater in Watteau’s art, exploring the tension between an imagery of power, associated with the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and a more optimistic and mildly subversive imagery of pleasure, developed in opera-ballet and theater in the first years of the 18th century. In addition to works of art from the Met’s own collection, there are a number of major loans of paintings and drawings by Watteau and his contemporaries from other collections in the United States and Europe.
Image: Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721). Mezzetin. Probably 1718–20. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Munsey Fund, 1934
