In Brief
The Mess at the Metropolitan Museum Gets Messier
The latest report on dysfunction at the Met reveals "an inappropriate relationship" between outgoing director Thomas P. Campbell and a staff member in the institution's digital department.
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Channeling Lygia Pape’s Radical Relationship to Space
To accompany its retrospective on Lygia Pape, the Met Breuer organized a reenactment of the artist's performance "Divisor," where up to 225 people parade the streets under a giant sheet.
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Paintings of New York at the Dawn of the Modern Age, Festering Sewers and All
In the 1870s, New York tinsmith William Chappel painted nearly 30 views of the city of his childhood, when peddlers hawked their wares, whale oil illuminated the night, and fresh water was a scarcity.
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The Mysterious Experiments of Hercules Segers, a 17th-Century Art Radical
The Mysterious Landscapes of Hercules Segers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the first major retrospective on the radically experimental 17th-century Dutch artist.
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Pompeii Before the Point-and-Shoot: The Earliest Photographs of Italy
The first photographic images seen in Italy were botanical prints by Henry Fox Talbot, beginning three decades of experimentation with photography in 19th-century Italy.
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Artistic Expressions of Math Over Seven Centuries
Picturing Math at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has prints dating back to the 15th century, all expressing the beauty of mathematics.
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Director of the Metropolitan Museum, Thomas P. Campbell, Resigns Suddenly
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's director and chief executive Thomas P. Campbell resigned today after eight years serving the position.
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Walk Inside a Gothic Prayer Bead in a VR Experience at the Cloisters
The VR experience accompanying Small Wonders at the Cloisters in New York is an immersive tour through the angels and demons of a tiny 16th-century prayer bead.
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How the Met's Sale of a Max Beckmann Painting Changed US Museums
Beckmann's "Self-Portrait with Cigarette" belonged to the Metropolitan Museum until 1971, when its deaccession set off a series of disputes that reshaped museum practices.
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Metropolitan Museum Gives Unrestricted Access to 375,000 Images
Under the institution's new Open Access policy, images of hundreds of thousands of works from its collection are available to copy, remix, and distribute freely.
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Maira Kalman's Daily Digressions
In the writer and illustrator Maira Kalman's latest project, she narrates a morning workout at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that exemplifies her digressive spirit and openness to new ideas.
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Captivating Objects from the Met's Sprawling Exhibition on Medieval Jerusalem
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York takes an on-the-ground view of life, war, and devotion in Jerusalem during the medieval era.