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Is Camp Still Camp if the Met Gala Makes It a Theme?
This year's Met Gala is named Notes on Fashion, in tribute to a Susan Sontag essay. But Sontag also wrote that "To talk about Camp is to betray it."
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Investigating Origins and Cultural Heritage at the Metropolitan Museum
As educational institutions, museums should feel an obligation to be forthcoming about provenance issues with items on display.
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Capturing the Unfathomable Cosmos on the Met Museum's Rooftop
Alicja Kwade's rooftop commission at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shrinks the firmament to human scale, questioning the limits of perception in the process.
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How Museums Are Combatting a Shortage of East Asian Art Conservators
While American collections of East Asian art have grown tremendously, the specialized conservation laboratories that maintain these collections have not.
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Daguerreotypes by a French Traveler Who Was Among the First to Photograph the Eastern Mediterranean
Monumental Journey displays Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey's daguerreotypes which include the earliest surviving photographs of many notable cities and monuments in the Eastern Mediterranean.
In Brief
Michael Steinhardt, Major Cultural Philanthropist, Accused of Sexual Harassment By 7 Women
Multiple women have said the 78-year-old philanthropist made sexual requests as they sought his financial support for nonprofits. Two complaints originate from an Upper East gallery.
In Brief
$2.8 Million in Met Museum Admission Revenues Will Go to 175 Cultural Nonprofits
What was once criticized as a money-grab by the Metropolitan Museum of Art is now being celebrated as an ingenious method of buoying NYC's network of smaller cultural institutions with cash.
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Languages as Bridge in the Work of Siah Armajani
Born in Tehran and having made his home in Minneapolis, historical and familial references abound in this artist's body of work that draws in equal measure from the arts and the sciences.
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The Metropolitan Museum Will Return Prized Gilded Coffin After Learning It Was Stolen
How did the Met not realize its prized 2017 acquisition was a looted object? "It was the perfect storm," explains one cultural heritage law expert who consulted on the case.
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The History of Jewelry, from Ancient Mesopotamia to Today
While the pieces on display are beautiful, The Met's Jewelry: The Body Transformed exhibition is lacking in curatorial vision, dividing the objects into blandly-broad thematic sections.
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The Politics Behind the Massacred Canvases of Lucio Fontana
Will audiences ignore the Argentine-Italian's fascist past to celebrate his first US museum survey in more than 40 years?
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A Boot Camp on Disability Equity & Justice in NYC’s Cultural Landscape
Applications are now open for a 5-day boot camp on the fundamentals of disability studies, artistry, and arts policy.