Met Exhibition to Explore 19th-Century Notions of "the East" in Art of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Worlds
May 14, 2026
May 14, 2026
NEW YORK, May 14 -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art issued the following news release:
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Met Exhibition to Explore 19th-Century Notions of "the East" in Art of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Worlds
Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy will illuminate artistic encounters and exchanges between distant regions and different cultures at a time of accelerated travel, rapid technological change, and shifting geopolitics.
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Met Exhibition to Explore 19th-Century Notions of "the East" in Art of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Worlds
Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy will illuminate artistic encounters and exchanges between distant regions and different cultures at a time of accelerated travel, rapid technological change, and shifting geopolitics.
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