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Lorna Simpson

LORNA SIMPSON

Source Notes Metropolitan Museum of Art 19 May–2 November 2025 New York
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In May 2025, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will open a major presentation of work by New York–based artist Lorna Simpson, the first exhibition to consider the entirety of her painting practice to date. Simpson came to prominence in the 1980s with her pioneering approach to conceptual photography.

Since then, she has produced works in multiple media that continue to probe the nature of images and how they construct meaning. Lorna Simpson: Source Notes focuses on a significant new development in her work of the last 10 years: paintings that advance her incisive explorations of gender, race, identity, representation, and history. Through more than 30 works, this focused exhibition presents a selection of Simpson’s major paintings, including examples from her acclaimed Venice Biennale debut in 2015 and her celebrated series Special Characters, along with recent sculptures and related collages.

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Lorna Simpson Brings Summer Blues to The Met Spotlight / Photolog Lorna Simpson Brings Summer Blues to The Met Ocula tours Source Notes at The Metropolitan Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, the first exhibition to span the entirety of Lorna Simpson’s painting practice. Read the story
About the Artist

Lorna Simpson is a leading American artist whose conceptual photography, collage, and painting have redefined contemporary art’s approach to identity, race, gender, and history, culminating in major exhibitions, including Lorna Simpson: Source Notes, a 2025 exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicated to her practice.

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About the Gallery

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) is one of the world’s most well-loved landmark museums located on Fifth Avenue along Central Park’s Museum Mile in Manhattan, New York. Renowned for its monumental Beaux-Arts architecture and encyclopedic collection, it also presents an exceptional showing of contemporary art.

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