Permanent display
Permanent collection · Dates unconfirmed
Cycladic Art
from 25 Jan 2024 at Metropolitan Museum of Art
· New York City
Cycladic Art brings together works from one of the ancient world's most distinctive civilizations, flourishing in the Aegean islands during the Early Bronze Age (c. 3200–2000 BC).
The exhibition showcases the elegant, abstract marble figurines, pottery, and everyday objects that define Cycladic culture — forms so strikingly modern in appearance that they influenced 20th-century artists from Picasso to Brancusi.
Visitors are invited to explore the craftsmanship, symbolism, and enduring mystery of a society that left no written records, speaking to us entirely through its extraordinary objects.
The exhibition showcases the elegant, abstract marble figurines, pottery, and everyday objects that define Cycladic culture — forms so strikingly modern in appearance that they influenced 20th-century artists from Picasso to Brancusi.
Visitors are invited to explore the craftsmanship, symbolism, and enduring mystery of a society that left no written records, speaking to us entirely through its extraordinary objects.
About the venue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
· New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the fourth-largest museum in the world and the largest art museum in the Americas. With 5,727,258 visitors in fiscal year 2025, it was the most-visited museum in…
