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Met Museum Returns Buddhist Painting Taken During Korean War
It’s the latest in a series of high-profile repatriations for the New York institution.
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Met Museum Workers Push to Unionize
Staffers at the New York City institution have filed a petition for a union vote with the National Labor Relations Board.
Opinion
Will Jeff Bezos Ruin The Met’s Costume Institute?
Sponsored by the billionaire, its upcoming fashion show will “reveal the inherent relationship between clothing and the body.” Groundbreaking!
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Can’t Make It to The Met? Take a VR Tour Instead
The institution’s first foray into virtual reality offers free digital tours of the Temple of Dendur and its new Oceania galleries.
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Met Museum Sued Over Van Gogh Allegedly Looted by Nazis
The heirs of a Jewish collector say the museum and the Goulandris foundation were aware of the work’s provenance.
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Met Museum Reveals Artist for 2026 Facade Commission
Chinese artist Liu Wei, known for installations exploring urbanization and modernity, will create a series of sculptures for the museum's Fifth Avenue niches.
Features
Indigenous Artists Reclaim The Met’s American Wing
An unsanctioned exhibition uses AR to insert works by Native artists, like Cannupa Hanska Luger and Jeremy Dennis, into the museum’s 19th-century landscapes.
Art Review
George Morrison Painted a Different Picture of Abstract Expressionism
The Ojibwe artist was active in New York's midcentury art scene and embraced by fellow Abstract Expressionists, yet he’s rarely in canonical histories today.
Art Review
Lorna Simpson’s Black American Sublime
An exhibition at The Met positions Black history in the Romantic tradition, but the large scale of these paintings can undercut their impact.
Art Review
Man Ray Was So Much More Than a Photographer
From film to painting to sculpture to chess, the Surrealist was an artist-inventor, tinkering away at light and objects and having a good laugh all the while.
Features
Jeffrey Gibson’s Guardian Animals Grace The Met’s Facade
The artist’s bronze sculptures for the museum’s exterior suggest the merging of the natural and the artistic, the real and the mythical.
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Landmark Raphael Retrospective Is Coming to The Met
The High Renaissance master’s first comprehensive international loan exhibition in the United States will feature pieces never before shown together.