Art
Why Museums Can’t Always Fall Back on Endowments
The COVID-19 pandemic may be an opportunity to look transparently at museum endowments and their limitations, and consider the need for alternative sources of support in the months to come.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
News
After 150 Years, Looking Back at the Metropolitan Museum’s 10 Most Visited Exhibitions
The COVID-19 pandemic has stalled the anniversary celebrations of the largest museum in the United States.
News
The Internet Is Restaging Famous Paintings While Museums Are Closed
The Getty, Metropolitan Museum, and Rijksmuseum have challenged their followers to creatively recreate famous works in their collections.
Art
What It’s Like to Visit Virtual Galleries as an Art Critic
Due to the pandemic, museums and galleries are now creating virtual experiences. Here’s what it’s like to visit them.
In Brief
#CongressSaveCulture: Metropolitan Museum Advocates $4B in Funding for Museums
Thousands have signed the museum’s petition asking Congress to dedicate part of its potential $2 trillion stimulus package to museums.
Opinion
Dire Forecast From Metropolitan Museum Suggests Closure Until July
The president of the American Alliance of Museums tells the New York Times, “This situation is by far more dire than anything I have experienced in my 25 years of being an arts finance professional.”
News
Metropolitan Museum Announces Indefinite Closure to Contain COVID-19
Starting tomorrow, March 13, the museum's three locations will shutter.
Art
The Parisian Bourgeoisie According to Félix Vallotton
In an age that celebrated the avant-garde and the so-called vie bohème, Swiss-born painter and printmaker Félix Vallotton deftly demonstrated that everyday, middle-class people were just as worthy of artistic representation.
Art
The Ornate Objects of Early European Technology
At the Metropolitan Museum, Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe makes clear Europe’s obsession with technological and scientific advancement between 1550 and 1750.
Art
Kent Monkman Introduces Candid Indigenous Narratives to the Metropolitan Museum’s Great Hall
In a new major commission for the Met, Monkman renders the past injustices and contemporary challenges endured by Indigenous people in the style of academic history painting.
Books
A Peek Into Some of the Best Art Books of 2019
Paula Rego, John Ruskin, Donald Judd, Lucian Freud, Hokusai, and, yes, Leonardo da Vinci.
Art
A Creative Workshop to Affirm and Empower Black Girls and Women
The Beautiful Project, a North Carolina-based collective, is hosting a creative workshop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to forge community between Black girls and women through photography and writing.