Modern Art's Most Radical Statements at the Met

The Met's holdings of modern art span from the 1880s through the present day, with strengths in late 19th-century sculpture, early 20th-century painting, and the intersection of fine art and design that defines the modern era. The collection includes works that challenged every conventional boundary: between sculpture and photography, between craft and painting, between public monument and private intimacy. These are the objects that shifted the ground of what art was allowed to be — and that still provoke and delight in equal measure.