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Activists Unfurl Massive Quilt for Gaza on Met Museum Steps
They called for an immediate ceasefire while accusing the museum of complicity in Israel's violence against Palestinians.
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Met Museum Hires Sotheby’s Staffer to Lead Provenance Research
After a string of high-profile seizures and controversies, the museum has tapped Lucian Simmons for the new role.
Books
The Tragic, Poetic, and Ironic Ways in Which Artists Die
A new book by former Met Museum archivist Jim Moske assembles a haunting and hilarious revue of artist obituaries from 1906 to 1929.
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Met Museum Staff Urges Leaders to Address Israel’s Attacks on Gaza
Over 150 workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art say the institution must call for a ceasefire and take a stand against the destruction of heritage sites.
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Met Selects Jennie C. Jones and Jeffrey Gibson for 2025 Commissions
Jones will create a multi-work installation for the New York institution’s roof garden, while Gibson plans to adorn its façade with what he calls “ancestral spirit figures.”
Art
The Met Celebrates Women Designers Without Enough Reflection
Women Dressing Women is trying to be a celebration of neglected designers and sewists, but does not offer a critical reflection on how they have been excluded.
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Met Museum to Sell George Washington Portrait for Up to $2.5M
The portrait has spent about 80 years in the museum’s collection.
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Van Gogh’s First Painting of the Outdoors Heads to The Met
It’s part of a trove of 200 artworks gifted to the museum by Law & Order producer Dick Wolf.
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Met Museum to Return 16 Looted Khmer Artifacts
The works, linked with infamous antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford, will be repatriated to Cambodia and Thailand.
Art
The Dance Between Manet and Degas
What’s fascinating about Manet/Degas at The Met is the degree to which the work of each artist seemed to possess whatever the other lacked.
Books
An Entire Life Told in Museum Wall Labels
Christine Coulson’s sophomore novel One Woman Show explores the formal constraints — and narrative possibilities — of the museum wall label.
Books
Confessions of a Met Museum Info Desk Worker
Robyn Schiff’s Information Desk: An Epic answers questions readers never knew they had.