New York’s Metropolitan Museum to exhibit Spanish artifacts
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will display two pieces from the Museum of Huelva and one from the Archaeological Museum of Córdoba.
The artworks will be part of a temporary exhibition titled The Wine-Dark Seas: Art and Identity Beyond Ancient Greece, running from December 14, 2026, to April 11, 2027. The exhibition explores the expansion of classical Greek culture and its blending with other Mediterranean cultures between 800 and 500 BCE.
From the Museum of Huelva, the MET will borrow a fragment of a Greek vase and a 6th century BCE terracotta head of Heracles, measuring 7.2cm high. The Heracles head, discovered on the Island of Saltés in the 1930s, relates to ancient accounts of a sanctuary dedicated to the hero near the city of Onuba.
The Archaeological Museum of Córdoba will lend the Iberian sculpture León de Bujalance (Lion of Bujalance), a 5th century BCE limestone sculpture of a lion, measuring 80cm high. Discovered on a farm, researchers cannot definitively determine the sculpture’s original purpose. Patricia del Pozo, Andalusia’s regional advisor for Culture, Heritage, and Sport, stated that collaboration with international museums strengthens understanding of history and cultural exchange. She also emphasized that these initiatives broaden the audience for Andalusian museums.
The exhibition will also feature artifacts from Egypt, Crete, Cyprus, Tunisia, Sicily, France, and other regions, demonstrating cultural interactions throughout the Mediterranean.
