Metropolitan Museum of Art

Follow Museums Like Others Follow Sports Teams

Nick Kolakowski | Posted 05.30.2012

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Nick Kolakowski

Like sports teams, many of the major museums live and die by their seasonal lineup. A series of good shows attracts paying visitors, and generates the buzz that draws headlines, sponsorships, and donors.

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1,600 Museums Offer Free Tickets To Military Families

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- More than 1,600 museums across the country will offer free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer in...

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Studs, Pigs and Dogs: Renaissance Portraits at the Met

Daniel Maidman | Posted 05.15.2012

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Daniel Maidman

2012-05-15-201205091.jpgAll commissioned portraits testify to the wealth of their subjects. But Niccolò's portrait speaks more clearly than most. Straining my ear, I thought I heard him whispering across the centuries.

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The Artist's Perspective -- Frieze Art Fair New York

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 05.14.2012

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Barbara Ernst Prey

Although I was born in New York, grew up in New York and now live in New York, it was my first visit to Randall's Island in Manhattan -- just to see the inaugural Frieze Art Fair.

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Teen Finds Mistake In NYC's Met Museum Map

AP | Posted 05.04.2012

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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut seventh-grader says workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City didn't believe him when he p...

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Rare Cezanne Painting Fetches Over $19 Million At Auction

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.02.2012

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NEW YORK — A rare watercolor study by Paul Cezanne believed lost for nearly 60 years fetched over $19 million at a New York City auction on Tues...

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Suppressing Ugly Truth for Beautiful Art

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.01.2012

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Alan Dershowitz

The Metropolitan Museum in New York, in its current exhibit on the collection of Gertrude Stein and her family, has made a decision to suppress the ugly truth about her collaboration with Nazism during the German occupation of France.

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Guard At The Met Accidentally Shoots Himself

Posted 04.20.2012

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A Metropolitan Museum of Art security guard accidentally shot himself in the leg Friday afternoon, DNAinfo reports. Officials say the guard was cl...

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The Faithful Shopper: April Antiques

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 04.16.2012

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Faith Hope Consolo

The Spring Show, (May 3 to 6 at the Park Avenue Armory, sponsored by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America) led me to make a list of some of New York City's great shops for furniture, jewelry and objets d'art.

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'Nipples At The Met' Is Exactly What You Think It Is (PHOTOS)

Posted 03.27.2012

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It's not often that you get an unadulterated close-up of a nipple, unless you work in the entertainment industry or spend time at the Landing Strip. M...

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Brave New World: Who Muzzled All the Artists?

Richard Dare | Posted 05.27.2012

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Richard Dare

Art has always tended to speak truth to power, to enlighten us, to challenge us, to stretch our understanding of ourselves and our place in the universe. It wasn't always so self-referential, so blasé, so up for grabs.

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Tiny Paintings By Big Artists

Posted 03.14.2012

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Oftentimes exhibitions are organized around artist, movement, location or theme. But rarely have we seen one organized around size. (Excluding Shaq's ...

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Cindy Sherman Retrospective To Hella Bitter Party: What To Do In New York This Weekend

Posted 03.02.2012

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The Steins Collection Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue; (212) 535-7710 When: Till June 3 Price: $25 suggested donation The Metro...

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The Steins' Avant-Garde Collection Shows At The Met

Posted 02.29.2012

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Anyone who has seen "Midnight In Paris" knows that the Stein house was the place to be if you were an aspiring artist, writer, musician or socialite. ...

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The Line Is Drawn Between Rembrandt And Degas At The Met

Posted 02.27.2012

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Soaking in the work of the French Impressionist Edgar Degas is one breathtaking experience to behold, but to examine the artist alongside the great Du...

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$60 Million Met Museum Public Plaza Rejected As Too 'Starbucks'

Posted 02.16.2012

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UPPER EAST SIDE -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art's $60 million plan for a huge public plaza was compared to a common Starbucks at an Upper East Side ...

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Lana Del Rey Is Going To The Met Gala!

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 02.13.2012

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Sorry, Lana del Rey Haters: the indie singer isn't going anywhere. Despite her absence at Sunday night's Grammys and at New York Fashion Week, del ...

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A Peek Inside The Metropolitan Museum's Islamic Gallery

Posted 01.24.2012

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Navina Najat Haidar has been working on the Islamic galleries of The Metropolitan Museum for the past eight years, although the official name over the...

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Mallika Rao

The Met's Redheaded Stepchild Gets A Makeover

HuffingtonPost.com | Mallika Rao | Posted 01.20.2012

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It was quietly dismantled at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art by staff who didn't like it, shuttled around the country for years, and held hostag...

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Why Miuccia Prada Dissed Her Own Met Exhibit

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.17.2012

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After the blockbuster hit that was "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty," the Metropolitan Museum of Art decided to focus on another popular modern desig...

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The New American Wing

AP | By ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 03.17.2012

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NEW YORK -- Get ready to fall in love all over again – with John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Frederic Edwin Church, Frederic Remington and ot...

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Julee Wilson

Film On Iconic Black Models In The Works

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.03.2012

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It's been almost 40 years since the legendary Versailles models of 1973 shocked the world with their style and beauty--and put American fashion on the...

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Kia Makarechi

PHOTOS: You've Never Seen Jewelry Like This

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.05.2012

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In art museums across the world, Central Asia and the Persian Empire are primarily represented by carpets and miniature paintings. While these exhibit...

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Manhattan on My Mind

Edward Goldman | Posted 02.14.2012

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Edward Goldman

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Moving? Take Care When Transporting Works of Art

Daniel Grant | Posted 01.25.2012

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Daniel Grant

Works of art and antiques are frequently a casualty of do-it-yourselfers or those who hire movers who don't have specific expertise in transporting art.

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