Art
The Importance of Being Delacroix
The last great artist who was not a modernist, Delacroix synthesized very complex visual and verbal traditions in stunning works that open the way to modernism.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Art
Nostalgia and Reality in Picasso, Schiele, and Klimt
The drawings of Klimt and Schiele, in contrast to those of Picasso, are graphic evidence of an artist grappling with what is directly in front of him.
Art
The Racial Politics of Boxing
The history of the United States cannot truly be told without acknowledging the impact of boxing on society.
Art
The Divergence of Art and Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum
Presenting contemporary garments alongside Byzantine and Medieval artworks underlines the visual differences between the two genres of objects.
Art
God Loves Versace in Met Museum’s Fashion and Catholicism Exhibit
The museum yokes the spectacle of fashion and the spectacle of Catholicism in its largest costume exhibition to date.
Art
Art by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso Laid Bare for New Exhibition at Met Breuer
On display at the Met Breuer are the nude drawings, watercolors, and prints by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso. This will be the first time these pieces have been on display together.
Interview
An Artist on How the Met Is Reaching Beyond the Museum with a New Civic Engagement Residency
In June, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it was launching an initiative to support partnerships for artists who have a social practice focus. We reached out to one of the artists, Miguel Luciano, to find out what this initiative means to him and his work.
Film
The Art of the Museum Heist Movie, from How to Steal a Million to Ocean's 8
The new film, which revolves around a plan to rob the Met Gala, is the latest addition to the micro-genre of art and museum heist movies.
Art
You Can Finally Listen to the Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum
Now, for the first time, visitors are able to hear the sounds of the historical instruments on display in The Art of Music.
Art
Outsider Art Comes to the Metropolitan Museum
The entry of works from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation into the Met’s collection has prompted the museum to rethink the way it presents 20th-century art history.
Art
Leon Golub's Visions of Raw, Endless Violence
We cannot escape violence, Golub suggests. We cannot overcome it or circumvent it or negotiate with it.
Opinion
Early Christians Would Have Found the Met Gala Gaudy
A historian of early Christianity with a specialty in religious dress considers how the Metropolitan Museum's recent gala and new Costume Institute exhibition might align with or offend early Christian sensibilities.