Join us for a bus trip to The Met in New York. Our day will include roundtrip motor coach with snacks for the road, a self-guided tour of the Manet/Degas exhibition, lunch on your own – choose from six restaurants on site ranging from the Eatery to the Cantor Roof Garden Bar, and time for exploring the Museum. For questions, please contact Sally Greenberg at 302-521-8572 or sgreenberg@delart.org.
The Manet/Degas exhibition takes a fresh look at the interactions of these two artists in the context of the family relationships, friendships, and intellectual circles that influenced their artistic and professional choices through more than 150 paintings and works on paper. Learn
Left: Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883). Plum Brandy , ca. 1877. Oil on canvas, 29 x 19 ¾ in. (73.6 x 50.2 cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (1971.85.1). Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; right: Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). In a Café (The Absinthe Drinker) , 1875–76. Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 × 26 15/16 in. (92 × 68.5 cm). Musée d’Orsay, Paris. © Musée d’Orsay Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt