Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced a gallery talk at The Met Cloisters with multidisciplinary artist Ana de Orbegoso on Aug. 1, as part of programming tied to the exhibition 'Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas'. The hourlong talk will take place from 2 to 3 pm in Romanesque Hall and is listed as free with museum admission, with advance registration recommended. Space is limited and priority will be given to those who register.
According to The Met’s event listing, de Orbegoso will lead visitors through the fantastical world of 'Creatures of Myth and Imagination' by focusing on depictions of hybrid creatures and supernatural beings in the Americas and medieval Europe. The program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition, and the museum says the artist will reflect on her own work related to symbolism, identity, and spirituality.
The talk sits within a broader summer slate of public programs announced by The Met, which includes film, performance, talks, workshops, access events, and teen programming across its New York locations. The institution notes that events take place at The Met Fifth Avenue or The Met Cloisters unless otherwise noted, and this program is specifically scheduled for The Met Cloisters.
The pairing of de Orbegoso with an exhibition about mythic imagery underscores the museum’s interest in inviting contemporary artists to respond directly to collection-based and exhibition-based themes. The event text positions her as a guide to the visual and symbolic language of the show, rather than as a lecturer detached from it, and frames the conversation around the ways fantastical figures operate across different historical and geographic contexts.
The exhibition title itself signals the scope of the subject matter: a transatlantic look at creatures imagined in both European medieval and American traditions. The museum’s description emphasizes hybridity and the supernatural, suggesting an exhibition that links medieval material and American perspectives through shared visual vocabularies of the extraordinary.
'Artists on Artworks: Ana de Orbegoso on Creatures of Myth and Imagination' is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 1, from 2 to 3 pm in Romanesque Hall at The Met Cloisters, 99 Margaret Corbin Drive in Fort Tryon Park, New York. Admission is free with museum entry, registration is recommended, and priority will go to those who register.
