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.
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Met Exhibition Brings Back the Color to Ancient Sculptures
Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color reminds us, once again, that our view of the ancient world is whitewashed.
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Met Museum Raises Admission Fee to $30
The museum’s “pay-what-you-wish” policy will remain in place for New York State residents and tri-state students, but out-of-state adults will pay $5 extra.
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Met President and CEO to Step Down in 2023
Daniel Weiss, who joined the museum in 2015, led the institution through the turmoil of the pandemic and oversaw milestones like the implementation of paid internships.
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The Met Hosts an Exhibition of Employees’ Art, Open to the Public for the First Time
More than 450 workers at the museum contributed works to the beloved exhibition, from security guards and technicians to librarians, registrars, and volunteers.
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NY District Attorney’s Office Seizes Allegedly Looted Antiquities From the Met
The five ancient Egyptian works, worth over $3M, may be tied to an international trafficking ring.
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The Unseen Depths of Winslow Homer’s “The Gulf Stream”
In this moment of racial reckoning, we cannot continue viewing Homer’s masterpiece as an apolitical seascape painting.
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Conservators Aren’t Happy That Kim Kardashian Wore Marilyn’s Dress to the Met Gala
“Wearing historic clothing damages it. Full stop,” said the former head of conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, Sarah Scaturro.