Patrons and Powerhouses: The Women Who Built the Arts

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This 75-minute curated journey through The Met explores the fierce female collectors, political power brokers, and avant-garde tastemakers who used their wealth and intellect to shape art history. From the elite private studios of Renaissance Italy and the royal porcelain factories of Rococo France to the radical Gilded Age collectors and the brilliant mid-century gallerists who built the New York modern art scene, this tour reveals the often unmentioned power engines behind great masterworks and collections.