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On Labor and Race in Great Depression America

Avatar photo by Tamar Boyadjian September 27, 2023September 28, 2023

Art for the Millions at the Met Museum foregrounds the perspectives of women and people of color in the 1930s in the wake of industrialized labor.

Posted inArt

What’s Left to Say About Picasso?

Avatar photo by Alice Procter September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

A Cubist Commission in Brooklyn at The Met is a compact, simple display, but the work and research it contains is diminished by being so cut off from its historical and personal contexts.

Posted inNews

Free Children’s Space Opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie September 6, 2023September 6, 2023

The interactive center is intended to serve as a community hub, the museum says.

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The Dark Side of Van Gogh’s Cypress Trees

by Daniel Larkin August 15, 2023August 16, 2023

The challenge at the heart of Van Gogh’s Cypresses is that the trees carried associations in the late 19th century that are lost on us today.

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Met Museum Acquires Rare 19th-Century Portrait of Enslaved Child

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie August 14, 2023August 15, 2023

The painting of 15-year-old Bélizaire with the children of the family that enslaved him was restored to its original composition after his figure was covered up around 1900.

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Do You Have What It Takes to Be the Met Museum’s Head of Provenance?

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie July 7, 2023July 7, 2023

The new hire, who will be paid $140,000–$160,000, will be responsible for investigating the sometimes murky backstories of the museum’s vast holdings.

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Protesters Take to Met Museum to Denounce Charges Against Climate Activists

by Rhea Nayyar June 28, 2023June 29, 2023

The action was staged in solidarity with climate protesters Joanna Smith and Tim Martin, who were indicted for targeting a Degas sculpture.

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Met Museum to Return Donations From Failed FTX Crypto Exchange

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie June 5, 2023June 5, 2023

The Met received two gifts totaling $550K from the now-bankrupt company.

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Manet’s Controversial Nude Is Coming to New York

by Rhea Nayyar May 11, 2023May 15, 2023

“Olympia” (1863) will be shown in the US for the first time as part of a Met exhibition focused on the joint careers of Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas.

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Met Museum Will Hire Team to Investigate Looted Art

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie May 10, 2023May 10, 2023

Following a number of high-profile art seizures by the Manhattan DA, the museum will bring on new staff to conduct provenance research.

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Met Gala Memes for a Meh Gala Theme

by Rhea Nayyar May 2, 2023May 2, 2023

If honoring Karl Lagerfeld wasn’t awful enough, this year’s theme was also painfully boring.

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An Ode to South Central LA, Inspired by Ancient Egypt

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie April 30, 2023April 28, 2023

Lauren Halsey’s monumental installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art casts a new light on a classic New York City view.

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