Join us for a virtual studio visit and conversation with the makers and publishers of the portfolio celebrating The Met’s 150th Anniversary.

Participants include Sidney Felsen, co-founder of Gemini G.E.L., and Jill Lerner, master printer at Gemini; portfolio co-publisher Sharon Hurowitz; Max Hollein, The Metropolitan Museum’s Marina Kellen French Director; and Jennifer Farrell, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Prints at The Met.

Also part of the conversation will be with Ranjani Shettar, one of the artists in their portfolio, “The Met 150,” commissioned for the Museum’s 150th anniversary. The portfolio follows in the tradition of the print Robert Rauschenberg created with ULAE for the Museum’s 100th anniversary.

For the new project, the Museum reflects on its position as a global art institution with a diverse group of international artists: Siah Armajani, Vija Celmins, Jasper Johns, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Wangechi Mutu, Gabriel Orozco, Ed Ruscha, Ranjani Shettar, Richard Serra, Sarah Sze, and Xu Bing.

Founded in 1966, Gemini G.E.L were pioneers in multi-process printmaking and their archive was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, where they were the subject of three major exhibitions, most recently “The Serial Impulse at Gemini G.E.L.” (2016).

Sidney Felsen, co-founder of Gemini G.E.L.

Jill Lerner, master printer at Gemini

Ranjani Shettar, artist

Sharon Hurowitz, portfolio co-publisher

Max Hollein, The Metropolitan Museum’s Marina Kellen French Director

Jennifer Farrell, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Prints at The Met