The Renaissance work by Francesco Salviati is the museum’s first painting on marble.
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The Understated Beauty of Decorated Paper
Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s is a feast for the eyes.
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Looted Antiquities Seized by DA Belonged to Met Trustee
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office recovered 23 looted objects from Shelby White’s home over the last year and a half.
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Nearly 100 Maya Masterpieces Are Now on View in New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Lives of the Gods exhibition is the first major US show of Maya art in the last decade.
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Sorry, But This Is Not “Repatriation”
The Met’s deal with the Greek government to “repatriate” billionaire Leonard Stern’s Cycladic art collection is not what it seems.
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Bernd and Hilla Becher’s Misunderstood Oeuvre
Critics who have deemed the photographer couple’s work outmoded and detached are simply wrong.
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Nine NYC Museum Restaurants to Dine at (or Skip)
From the Whitney to the Guggenheim, we bring you the inside scoop on which museum dining options are worth their salt, and which could stand to add a little more.
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Imperialist Violence Undergirds Hew Locke’s Majestic Met Museum Facade Sculptures
The Guyanese-British artist’s commission for the museum was created in a tense dialogue with collection objects that are connected to conquest.
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Cambodia’s Stolen Treasures Must Be Returned to Where They Belong
And no, Cambodia doesn’t need the Metropolitan Museum’s help in preserving its cultural heritage.
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Manhattan DA to Seize Looted Hindu Artifact From Met Museum
This summer, the museum relinquished 21 Ancient Greek and Roman artifacts to the Manhattan DA.
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Met Director Max Hollein Will Also Take on CEO Role
Hollein will enter the position when current Met president and CEO Daniel H. Weiss steps down in July of 2023.
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Met Acquires Works From Indian Art Collection Previously Rejected Over Provenance Concerns
The works had previously been offered to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, but the institution turned them down on the basis that it could not establish “clear and secure” provenance for over half of the collection.