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From the Feminine to the Infinite: Marisa Merz at Met Breuer
Married to a key member of the Arte Povera movement in Italy, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz’s recognition as an artist in her own right is long overdue, at least in the United States.
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Treasures from the Met Ascend to Its Roof in a Scramble of Art History
Adrián Villar Rojas has transformed the open-air space into a dystopian banquet hall where culture is the main meal, long-ago consumed.
In Brief
Fascinating Figures from the Metropolitan Museum’s Collection Data
An insightful report by FiveThirtyEight crunches the numbers on the Met's permanent collection holdings.
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For the First Time, Metropolitan Museum Will Display Indigenous Art in Its American Wing
With a major promised gift of 91 works of Native American art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will now include indigenous art in its galleries on American art.
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.