Curator Talk: Emily Sargent — Portrait of a Family
Met curator Emily Sargent discusses portrait collections and the artistic traditions surrounding family imagery in painting and visual culture.
Date & Time at 3:00 PM EST
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, US
Organizer Metropolitan Museum of Art
Why we picked this
A chance to hear one of the Met's curators unpack how families have presented themselves through centuries of portraiture — the kind of looking that changes how you see every family photo after.
Emily Sargent leads a curator talk exploring the rich tradition of family portraiture across centuries of Western art. The discussion examines how painters have captured domestic bonds, power dynamics, and intimate relationships through commissioned and personal works.
Held in the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the talk draws directly from the collection, offering close looking and historical context that brings familiar works into sharper focus. Free with museum admission.