Met's big spring slate
The Metropolitan Museum just announced its full Spring 2026 exhibition program — it includes the first comprehensive U.S. presentation of works by Raphael. (webwire.com) The lineup runs through June 2026 and keeps Impressionist masterpieces in active rotation as part of the Met’s core displays. (webwire.com)
"Raphael: Sublime Poetry" is scheduled March 29–June 28, 2026, and was organized by Carmen C. Bambach, Marica F. and Jan T. Vilcek Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Met. (metmuseum.org) The exhibition brings together more than 200 works overall, including over 170 drawings, and the presenting sponsor for the show is Morgan Stanley with major funding from Kenneth C. Griffin and Jessie and Charles Price among others. (metmuseum.org) Key loans named by the museum include The Alba Madonna (The Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape) from the National Gallery of Art and the Portrait of Baldassarre Castiglione from the Louvre. (metmuseum.org) Organizers say the Met will host the show exclusively—reporting indicates the retrospective will not travel to other U.S. venues after its New York run. (artnews.com) Separately, the Met’s spring slate opens a new nearly 12,000‑square‑foot suite of Costume Institute galleries with the Costume Art exhibition, which is set to open May 10, 2026, adjacent to the Great Hall. (metmuseum.org) The season also includes Musical Bodies, opening June 7, 2026, which will assemble roughly 120 objects—musical instruments, paintings, sculptures, and drawings—and other feature shows such as Lillian Bassman: Bazaar & Beyond (through July 26) and Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew (on view through May 31, 2027). (metmuseum.org)
