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Romare Bearden (1911–1988): A Centennial Celebration

ManhattanTues, Aug 30, 2011 – Sun, March 4, 2012

Romare Bearden's vibrant mural-size tableau "The Block" (1971) is on view as part of a centennial celebration of the artist's birth.

• Every Day at the Met

  Metropolitan Museum of Art

  ManhattanOngoing

  The Met has 19 curatorial collections on view every day. Choose a part of the globe, medium or time period in the past five millenia and you're likely to find representative art works from it. Gallery tours take place daily and special exhibitions are always on view.

• Highlights from the Modern Design Collection: 1900 to the Present, Part II

  Metropolitan Museum of Art

  ManhattanMon, May 23, 2011 – Sun, March 11, 2012

  This installation of modern and contemporary design objects features new acquisitions and other important works from the past century to the present.

• Romare Bearden (1911–1988): A Centennial Celebration

  Metropolitan Museum of Art

  ManhattanTues, Aug 30, 2011 – Sun, March 4, 2012

  Romare Bearden's vibrant mural-size tableau "The Block" (1971) is on view as part of a centennial celebration of the artist's birth.

• Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine

  Metropolitan Museum of Art

  ManhattanTues, Sept 13, 2011 – Sun, March 4, 2012

  This exhibition explores caricature and satire in its many forms from the Italian Renaissance to the present.

• The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis

  Metropolitan Museum of Art

  ManhattanTues, Nov 15, 2011 – Sun, April 22, 2012

  In 1831, more than 70 chess pieces made of walrus ivory were unearthed on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. Known as the Lewis Chessmen, this collection is arguably the most famous of its kind in the world.