Art
With 'Ink' Show, Met Dives Into Contemporary Chinese Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's first full-on foray into the world of contemporary Chinese art, Ink Art: Past As Present In Contemporary China surveys 70 works by 35 artists.
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Opinion
Nuclear Wintour at the Metropolitan Museum
It’s clear that money is the ticket to fame and success in the world of culture, even — OK, maybe especially — if you’re not an artist. Cue the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s renaming of the newly renovated, soon-to-be-opened Costume Institute as the Anna Wintour Costume Center.
Interview
The Art of 3D Printing
CHICAGO — For artist Tom Burtonwood, the transition into 3D scanning and printing was as natural as popping food into a microwave rather than settling for cold leftovers.
Art
The Eccentric Fish Enthusiast Who Brought Armor to the Met
The museums of New York City sprung out of wealth and curiosity, but few of the turn-of-the-century boosters were quite so eccentric or prolific as Bashford Dean. The expert in both fish and armor — and armored fish — was the major proponent and collector behind the Arms and Armor Department at the
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How an Ancient Egyptian Obelisk Ended Up in NYC
When Cleopatra's Needle was commissioned by Pharaoh Thutmose III around 1450 BCE for the Heliopolis sun temple, the island that would be Manhattan was mostly woodlands.
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Today Is #MuseumMascot Day!
Today is International Museum Mascot Day, and the animals, mummies, random curios, and other collection creatures that represent their respective museums are celebrating on on Twitter with the #MuseumMascot hashtag.
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Judge Rules in Favor of Met Admissions Policy
Judge Shirley Werner Kornreich of the commercial division of the New York State Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in parts of two different lawsuits today, deeming the institution's pay-what-you-wish policy acceptable and fair.
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Relax, the Metropolitan Museum Isn't Instituting Mandatory Admission Fee
Last week the Metropolitan Museum of Art sent out a press release about a new lease amendment signed by the museum and the City of New York. The amendment concerns the museum's admission policy, which is currently pay what you wish, and once it was announced, all hell broke loose.
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Met Museum Offers $18 Groupon for Free Admission
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has offered an $18 admission voucher on the social deals site Groupon, a seeming continuation of their longstanding tendency to mislead New Yorkers about the official "price" of admission.
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Museum Websites From the Past Millennium
Browsing the early websites of major art museums makes for an entertaining exercise.
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Ken Price’s Time
I was very happy to see the exhibition, but I was not surprised that Ken Price (1935–2012) had to wait until he was safe in heaven dead to have his first museum show in New York, Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Whatever Happened to the Met's Jade Room?
The jade collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was once showcased in an opulent room in the style of Louis XV, with fifteen delicate glass cases presided over by a chandelier. But it's vanished as if it were never there.