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With the World on Fire, the Glitterati Prepares for Met Gala 2022
“In America: An Anthology of Fashion” follows last year’s theme “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.” Confused? So are we.
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Art
Was Jacques-Louis David Really That Radical?
Rather than accentuating his radicalism, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition makes Jacques-Louis David a compelling case study in opportunism and survival.
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The Smithsonian Museums Are Dropping Their Mask Mandate This Friday
Other major museums, like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, still require visitors to be masked indoors.
Art
Exhilarating Dreamlands of the Unconscious at the Met Museum
Tensions between resistance to Surrealism as cultural imperialism and the embrace of it as a universalist vision of freedom unfettered run through the show.
Opinion
How the Met Museum Justifies Looting
The African Origins exhibition ignores the fact that approximately 160 objects from Benin are held by the museum under ongoing demands for their repatriation.
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As Omicron Surges, Met Museum Reduces Attendance
"Reducing density is one important step to protect our staff and visitors," said Kenneth Weine, the Met Museum's chief communications officer.
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After Years of Activism, Sackler Name Will Be Removed From Met Museum
Seven exhibition spaces carried the name in the museum, including the iconic Temple of Dendur room.
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Massive Archive of Work by Photographer James Van Der Zee Lands at Two NYC Museums
The archive kicks off an initiative by the Met Museum and the Studio Museum to conserve and digitize his works, and research the context of his photographs, his singular photographic techniques, and his life.
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In Ceremony, Met Museum Officially Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The museum and the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments entered into a shared agreement to collaborate on mutual loans of Benin objects and other “exchanges of expertise and art.”
Opinion
An Archconservative Magazine Discovers Afrofuturism at the Met and Is Not Pleased
Conservative critic Gilbert T. Sewall wants to make the Met great again.
Art
Met Museum Reimagines the Period Room Through the Lens of Afrofuturism
From Njideka Akunyili Crosby to Elizabeth Catlett, Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room integrates works by Black creators from the past to the present.
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Responding to Pressure From Cambodia, Met Museum Reviews Suspected Looted Artifacts
An investigation by the Cambodian government flagged 45 “highly significant” items in the museum's collection as looted.