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  1. Could the sitters in two different paintings by Spanish master Velázquez be the same man? Take our poll: http://is.gd/5zdmb about 23 hours ago from TweetDeck
  2. Free screening 12/31 of Thomas Eakins: Scenes from Modern Life (2001). Film analyzes the development of Eakins's style http://is.gd/5H22c about 24 hours ago from TweetDeck
  3. Food columnist Mark Bittman & restaurateur Danny Meyer share their thoughts on the iconic painting Chinese Restaurant http://is.gd/5FRj9 12:30 PM Dec 29th from TweetDeck
  4. One of the many benefits of Membership: skip admission lines. Look for Membership desks in the Great Hall & Uris Center http://is.gd/5FNk6 11:29 AM Dec 29th from TweetDeck
  5. Take the first in our series of polls about the masterpiece Portrait of a Man, recently reattributed to Velázquez http://is.gd/5zdmb 3:26 PM Dec 23rd from TweetDeck
  6. "A photographer is a hunter, you know. So you go for a good picture and you want to come home with that."—Robert Frank http://is.gd/5xJEG 1:44 PM Dec 22nd from TweetDeck
  7. Robert Frank discusses The Americans, his masterpiece of street photography, in this podcast episode http://is.gd/5xJEG 1:43 PM Dec 22nd from TweetDeck
  8. We're screening unique, family-friendly films at noon tomorrow and on December 23, 24, 29, 30, and 31 http://is.gd/5wzTV 2:25 PM Dec 21st from TweetDeck
  9. Tree of life, tree of death: the yew has been associated both with protection and with the underworld. Learn more http://is.gd/5wzDD 2:00 PM Dec 21st from TweetDeck
  10. How do artists depict art, asks the author, and why? Even when utterly self-serving, the results can be beautiful http://is.gd/5sMxS 4:01 PM Dec 18th from TweetDeck
  11. See 5,000 years of Japanese art, including Buddhist scrolls, Edo screen paintings, & more, from the Packard Collection http://is.gd/5sMQi 3:22 PM Dec 18th from TweetDeck
  12. Sign up now for children's classes (ages 6–10) about the art and philosophy of the samurai culture http://is.gd/5rHMj 2:56 PM Dec 17th from TweetDeck
  13. Bring your children to the Met for fun, free programs each afternoon that the Museum is open through December 31 http://is.gd/5rHxM 2:55 PM Dec 17th from TweetDeck
  14. @richmintz Please do join us http://bit.ly/8EIC2g 9:13 AM Dec 16th from TweetDeck in reply to richmintz
  15. They told stories of kindness and cruelty, of hope and despair, laced w/ beautiful vignettes and, at times, terrible profanity #metspectrum 9:12 AM Dec 16th from TweetDeck
  16. Congratulations to all of the speakers at last night's Spectrum event with @MothStories #metspectrum 9:09 AM Dec 16th from TweetDeck
  17. Starlee Kine learns about the "radical honesty" movement, and wonders whether radically honest is "chronically inappropriate" #metspectrum 6:26 PM Dec 15th from Tweetie
  18. Aguero tells his sad, sweet, funny Christmas story, "a bizzarro O. Henry novel--one that he never should have written" #metspectrum 5:18 PM Dec 15th from Tweetie
  19. Peter Aguero flashes his New Jersey tattoo, drawn right over his heart, to the audience #metspectrum 5:00 PM Dec 15th from Tweetie
  20. Gathered at The Temple of Dendur, the Spectrum crowd is enjoying their free beer (thank you, @harpoon_brewery !) #metspectrum 3:39 PM Dec 15th from Tweetie