{"id":566023,"date":"2026-03-28T06:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T06:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/566023\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T06:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T06:48:11","slug":"the-mets-first-major-raphael-exhibition-opens-in-nyc-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/566023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Met\u2019s First Major Raphael Exhibition Opens in NYC: What to Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting this Sunday, March 29,\u00a0The Met<\/a> is going all in Raphael, in what will be the first comprehensive exhibition of the great master in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u201cRaphael: Sublime Poetry<\/a>\u201d will be on view through June 28, pulling more than 170 of the Renaissance star\u2019s works from museums and collections around the world. The show follows the artist\u2019s entire career, from early days in Urbino (where he was born in 1483 to a painter-poet father) to his rise in Florence, where his peers were Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and finally to his years in Rome as the go-to artist for the papal court.<\/p>\n

There are heavyweights\u2014like \u201cThe Alba Madonna,\u201d which is on loan from the National Gallery of Art, and the Louvre\u2019s \u201cPortrait of Baldassarre Castiglione,\u201d considered one of the finest portraits of the High Renaissance\u2014but the exhibition also sheds light on Raphael\u2019s processes. Finished works are shown alongside preparatory drawings, sketches and studies, giving a glimpse into his obsessive dedication to composition, anatomy and emotion.<\/p>\n

That behind-the-scenes angle runs throughout the show, which unfolds chronologically, weaving in themes like his approach to storytelling, his experiments across media (from chalk to tapestry) and his evolving depiction of women, including both idealized Madonnas and more complex figures.<\/p>\n

There are also a few noteworthy reunions: the Colonna Altarpiece, for example, is being shown as a complete ensemble for the first time in centuries after its pieces were scattered in the 17th century. Elsewhere, drawings tied to Raphael\u2019s Vatican frescoes (including studies for \u201cThe School of Athens\u201d) show how he planned some of the most famous walls in Western art.<\/p>\n

Raphael died at just 37, but his influence stuck around for centuries, ultimately shaping everything from court portraiture to architectural design. \u201cThe seven-year journey of putting together this exhibition has been an extraordinary chance to reframe my understanding of this monumental artist,\u201d said Carmen Bambach, the Marica F. and Jan T. Vilcek Curator in the Met\u2019s Department of Drawings and Prints, in a release<\/a>. \u201cIt is a thrilling opportunity to engage with his unique artistic personality through the visual power, intellectual depth, and tenderness of his imagery.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other words: if you\u2019re going to do Raphael, this is how you do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starting this Sunday, March 29,\u00a0The Met is going all in Raphael, in what will be the first comprehensive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[9930,76,354,355,49,48,11451,356,75,11452],"class_list":{"0":"post-566023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-art","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-ca","13":"tag-canada","14":"tag-categories-art","15":"tag-design","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-news-art"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}