On September 26, 2023, AFMO hosted a private tour of the Manet/Degas exhibition at The Met, New York.

The Met exhibition follows up in the footsteps of the spring 2023 eponymous exhibitions at the Musée d’Orsay. It examines one of the most significant artistic dialogues in modern art history: the close and sometimes tumultuous relationship between Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas. Born only two years apart, Manet (1832–1883) and Degas (1834–1917) were friends, rivals, and, at times, antagonists who worked to define modern painting in France. By examining their careers in parallel and presenting their work side by side, this exhibition investigates how their artistic objectives and approaches both overlapped and diverged.