News
Pro-Palestine Protesters Arrested Outside the Met Gala
“No Met Gala while bombs drop in Gaza,” hundreds chanted during a march near the museum.
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Art
Every Artwork in the Massive Quilt for Palestine Unveiled at The Met
Each of the 69 squares is being sold as a print to directly support a family trying to flee Gaza.
News
Met Museum Returns Ancient Sumerian Statue to Iraq
The move follows several high-profile seizures of artworks of questionable provenance by the Manhattan DA.
Art
Before Lockets, There Were Hidden Renaissance Portraits
Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance explores the paintings concealed behind mirrors, in folded diptychs, and on the backs of other works.
Art
The Internationalism of the Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a globally networked movement of sprawling self-determination energized by the new modalities of Black subjectivity.
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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.