Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jun 12, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027 Upper East Side
The Met’s first exhibition on Orientalism traces 19th-century European ideas of “the East,” from Napoleon’s Egypt campaign to Osman Hamdi Bey, through paintings, Islamic art, books and design.
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