Tag Archives: Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York Times 11:21 pm on January 6, 2023
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Fun Things to Do in NYC in January 2023

Looking for something to do in New York? Get some social guidance from Colin Quinn, or catch Holiday Lights at the Bronx Zoo before it wraps up for the season.

#a-strange-loop-play, #art, #classical-music, #comedy-and-humor, #culture-arts, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #movies, #museums, #music, #new-york-city, #plaza-suite-play, #pop-and-rock-music, #the-music-man-play, #theater, #water-memories-exhibit

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 13, 2022
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For US Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over

Prodded by law enforcement, and pushed by foreign governments, American museums are increasingly returning artifacts to countries of origin, but critics wonder at what cost.

#arts-and-antiquities-looting, #bogdanos-matthew, #british-museum, #customs-and-border-protection-us, #elgin-marbles, #homeland-security-department, #hoving-thomas, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #smithsonian-institution, #united-nations-educational-scientific-and-cultural-organization

The New York Times 12:08 am on November 22, 2022
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How Carolyn Maloney’s Ticket to the Met Gala Led to an Ethics Inquiry

When the Manhattan congresswoman found out she had been dropped from the guest list in 2016, she was “unhappy to say the least,” according to a congressional ethics report.

#ethics-and-official-misconduct, #maloney-carolyn-b, #met-gala, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #new-york-city, #office-of-congressional-ethics, #parties-social, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 8:06 pm on November 18, 2022
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The Case for a Less-Effective Altruism

How we think about philanthropy.

#altruism, #bankman-fried-sam, #internal-sub-only-nl, #lewis-c-s, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #philanthropy, #swift-taylor, #twitter

The New York Times 2:25 am on November 12, 2022
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Made You Look: The Cubist Art of Deception

Picasso, Braque and Gris learned new tricks from old masters of optical illusion. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new show, they shatter modern art to pieces.

#art, #braque-georges, #gris-juan, #lauder-leonard-a, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #picasso-pablo

The New York Times 9:00 am on November 5, 2022
Tags: Ace Hotel New York (Manhattan, NY), Alesch, Stephen, , , , La Mercerie (Manhattan, NY, Restaurant), Metropolitan Museum of Art, , , , Roman&Williams, Standard Hotel (Manhattan, NY), Standefer, Robin   

20 Years of Roman and Williams Design: Hotels, Restaurants, Guild

Ask the founders of Roman and Williams, who for two decades have designed homes, hotels, restaurants, clubs, galleries, stores, furniture — even birdhouses — bathed in a luxe patina.

#ace-hotel-new-york-manhattan-ny, #alesch-stephen, #content-type-personal-profile, #hotels-and-travel-lodgings, #interior-design-and-furnishings, #la-mercerie-manhattan-ny-restaurant, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #restaurants, #romanwilliams, #standard-hotel-manhattan-ny, #standefer-robin

The New York Times 8:10 pm on September 22, 2022
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The Magnificent Poem Jars of David Drake, Center Stage at the Met

Before the Civil War, an enslaved artisan from South Carolina created storage vessels that transcend ceramic traditions.

#art, #black-people, #ceramics-and-pottery, #content-type-personal-profile, #drake-david-dave-the-potter, #hear-me-now-the-black-potters-of-old-edgefield-south-carolina-exhibit, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #slavery-historical

The New York Times 8:29 pm on September 17, 2022
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Three Ancient Sculptures Will Be Returned to Italy

Three statues were returned to Italy after the J. Paul Getty Museum discovered they had been looted. They will be displayed temporarily in Rome before heading to Taranto, Italy, their permanent home.

#art, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #getty-j-paul-museum, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #national-roman-museum, #rome-italy, #sculpture, #taranto-italy

The New York Times 5:08 pm on September 15, 2022
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The Eyes Have It in Hew Locke’s Power-Challenging Show

Over the entrance to the Met are medallion portraits of white, male art heroes. Enter Hew Locke with a timely and pointed message about “Gilt” (or “Guilt”).

#art, #locke-hew, #manhattan-nyc, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #sculpture

The New York Times 12:40 pm on September 15, 2022
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F.D.R. and Andy Warhol Came for the Art. Now the Movers Have Arrived.

How do you relocate more than 100 years’ worth of (haphazardly organized) fine art, maps and prints? The family that’s owned the Old Print Shop is finding out right now.

#abbott-berenice, #antiques, #art, #audubon-john-james, #benton-thomas-hart-1889-1975, #cassatt-mary, #harry-newman, #hopper-edward, #kennedy-john-fitzgerald, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #midtown-area-manhattan-ny, #old-print-shop, #robert-newman, #roosevelt-franklin-delano, #shopping-and-retail, #warhol-andy

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 15, 2022
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F.D.R. and Andy Warhol All Came for Art. Now the Movers Have Arrived.

How do you relocate more than 100 years of (haphazardly organized) fine art, maps and prints? The family that’s owned the Old Print Shop is finding out right now.

#abbott-berenice, #antiques, #art, #audubon-john-james, #benton-thomas-hart-1889-1975, #cassatt-mary, #harry-newman, #hopper-edward, #kennedy-john-fitzgerald, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #midtown-area-manhattan-ny, #old-print-shop, #robert-newman, #roosevelt-franklin-delano, #shopping-and-retail, #warhol-andy

The New York Times 3:36 am on September 11, 2022
Tags: , Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition (Exhibit), , , , , Metropolitan Museum of Art, , , , Pasolini, Pier Paolo,   

Museums in the U.S. and Europe Are in Blockbuster Mode

From Los Angeles to Antwerp, Jason Farago, our critic at large, picks a fall season laden with offerings on Cubism, modern Korean art and paintings of the Spanish Baroque.

#art, #cubism-and-the-trompe-loeil-tradition-exhibit, #europe, #kentridge-william, #kimbell-art-museum, #los-angeles-county-museum-of-art, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #murillo-bartolome-esteban-1617-82, #musee-dorsay, #museums, #pasolini-pier-paolo, #united-states

The New York Times 9:47 pm on September 2, 2022
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Fall Exhibitions That Widen the Beaten Path

Roberta Smith, co-chief art critic, on fall exhibitions that capture a period during which art and art history have been in flux, including the New Museum’s survey of the polymathic Theaster Gates.

#a-24-decade-history-of-popular-music-play, #american-folk-art-museum, #art, #bronx-nyc, #bronx-museum-of-the-arts, #chicago-ill, #costumes, #deville-abigail, #drake-david-dave-the-potter, #gates-theaster, #houston-tex, #machine-dazzle-costume-designer, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museum-of-arts-and-design, #museum-of-modern-art, #museums, #national-museum-of-asian-art, #queens-museum, #sculpture, #simmons-xaviera-1974, #south-carolina, #udaipur-india

The New York Times 7:54 pm on September 2, 2022
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Investigators Seize 27 Antiquities From the Met, Citing Looting

The museum said it is cooperating with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which has executed several search warrants at the museum since February.

#arts-and-antiquities-looting, #becchina-gianfranco, #district-attorneys, #greek-civilization, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #roman-civilization, #south-texas-college, #symes-robin

The New York Times 5:18 pm on August 19, 2022
Tags: , Brinkmann, Vinzenz, Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color (Exhibit), , , , Koch-Brinkmann, Ulrike, Metropolitan Museum of Art, , , ,   

That Painted Greek Maiden at the Met: Just Whose Vision Is She?

Two German archaeologists use science to recreate the lost colors of antiquity. Historians debate just how authentic their version of the past really is.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #brinkmann-vinzenz, #chroma-ancient-sculpture-in-color-exhibit, #color, #greek-civilization, #hollein-max, #koch-brinkmann-ulrike, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #models-and-replicas, #museums, #paint, #sculpture

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 18, 2022
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Cambodia Says It’s Found Its Lost Artifacts: in Gallery 249 at the Met

Cambodia suspects many items were looted and has concerns about a former curator’s business relationship with a Met donor later accused of antiquities trafficking. The museum is seeking evidence of the claims.

#art, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #hoving-thomas, #justice-department, #latchford-douglas-a-j, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #toek-tik

The New York Times 5:38 pm on August 8, 2022
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Investigators Say Collector Had Suspect Art and Lots of Chutzpah

The investigators say Georges Lotfi invited them to his storage space because he did not think they would suspect that the antiquities he kept there were stolen, an accusation he denies.

#art, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #bogdanos-matthew, #homeland-security-department, #lebanon, #lotfi-georges, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #smuggling, #suits-and-litigation-civil

The New York Times 3:05 pm on June 28, 2022
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Daniel Weiss, Met Museum’s Chief Executive, to Step Down

Daniel H. Weiss was a stabilizing force, but his departure raises questions about whether the museum’s two-pronged management structure still works and will continue.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #art, #budgets-and-budgeting, #campbell-thomas-p, #fine-arts-museums-of-san-francisco, #haverford-college, #hollein-max, #manhattan, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #weiss-daniel-h

The New York Times 5:50 pm on May 1, 2022
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Met Gala 2022 Guide: Theme, How to Stream and More

What is the dress code? Who gets to go? How much does it cost?

#coppola-sofia, #costume-institute, #dresses, #fashion-and-apparel, #ford-tom, #in-america-an-anthology-of-fashion-exhibit, #king-regina-1971, #lively-blake, #met-gala, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #miranda-lin-manuel, #mosseri-adam, #museums, #parties-social, #reynolds-ryan, #wintour-anna, #your-feed-fashion

The New York Times 9:02 am on April 27, 2022
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A Long Way Home for ‘Looted’ Art Is Getting Shorter

Curators at major museums are increasingly grappling with a thorny topic: restitution.

#art, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #denver-art-museum, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museum-of-fine-arts-boston, #museum-of-fine-arts-houston, #museums, #reparations, #tinterow-gary

The New York Times 6:36 pm on April 7, 2022
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Winslow Homer: Radical Impressionist

A show of masterworks at the Met snaps into sharp focus the great American artist’s contemporary relevance.

#art, #bahama-islands, #black-people, #caribbean-area, #content-type-personal-profile, #homer-winslow, #maine, #metropolitan-museum-of-art

The New York Times 9:41 pm on March 31, 2022
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Bust From the Met Museum, Said to Be Looted, Is Returned to Libya

Investigators said the sculpture, a depiction of a veiled woman, had been stolen decades ago from a temple at Cyrene, which was once part of ancient Greece.

#art, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #greek-civilization, #libya, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #sculpture, #world-heritage-sites

The New York Times 9:00 am on March 25, 2022
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The Wallpaper That Is Also a ‘Reminder That My Ancestors Had My Back’

Sheila Bridges’s Harlem Toile de Jouy wallpaper and designs are getting even more attention. For this writer, it fills in the visual gaps of Black tradition.

#black-people, #bloomingdales, #france, #gibbs-chris, #harlem-manhattan-ny, #harlem-toile-de-jouy, #interior-design-and-furnishings, #jones-martha-s, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #philadelphia-pa, #race-and-ethnicity, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #sheila-bridges, #slavery-historical, #toile-de-jouy, #united-states, #wallpaper

The New York Times 9:07 pm on March 14, 2022
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Lauren Halsey Chosen for Met Roof Installation

The commission, on view from May 17 through Oct. 23, will invite visitors to explore connections to ancient Egyptian symbolism, 1960s utopian architecture and more.

#architecture, #art, #awards-decorations-and-honors, #black-people, #content-type-personal-profile, #halsey-lauren-artist, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums

The New York Times 5:44 pm on March 13, 2022
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Met Museum Names a Mexico City Architect to Lead a New Major Project

Frida Escobedo, and not David Chipperfield, will design the Modern and contemporary wing.

#architecture, #content-type-personal-profile, #escobedo-frida, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #mexico-city-mexico, #museums

The New York Times 4:13 am on March 12, 2022
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Woodblock Prints and Hindu Gods at Asia Week New York

The annual trade fair and cultural festival returns with dozens of exhibitions and a new digital focus.

#art, #asia-week, #conventions-fairs-and-trade-shows, #japan-society, #korea-society, #manhattan-nyc, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #scholten-japanese-art

The New York Times 8:03 pm on March 10, 2022
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‘Carpeaux Recast’: A Sculptural Gem With a Knotty Back Story

A show at the Metropolitan Museum, organized around a single marble sculpture, re-examines works of art representing slavery and abolition.

#art, #black-people, #carpeaux-jean-baptiste, #fictions-of-emancipation-carpeaux-recast-exhibition, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #race-and-ethnicity, #sculpture, #slavery-historical

The New York Times 5:24 pm on March 9, 2022
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Cities and States Are Easing Covid Rules. Should the Arts Follow?

Cultural institutions face tough decisions: Is it safe to drop mask and vaccine requirements, and would doing so be more likely to lure audiences back or keep them away?

#art, #blue-note-jazz-club-manhattan-ny, #center-theater-group, #classical-music, #coronavirus-reopenings, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #culture-arts, #los-angeles-calif, #masks, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #metropolitan-opera, #museums, #nelson-atkins-museum-of-art, #opera, #theater, #vaccination-proof-and-immunization-records

The New York Times 8:09 pm on March 4, 2022
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Dan Graham, Mind-Bending Conceptual Artist, Dies at 79

Best known for his large mirrored installations, he played with ideas about spectacle and perception in a vast array of genres.

#art, #conceptual-art, #deaths-obituaries, #dia-art-foundation, #graham-dan, #manhattan-nyc, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #sculpture

The New York Times 10:43 pm on February 17, 2022
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The Dangerous Beauty of Jacques-Louis David

A landmark exhibition of drawings at the Met brings us into the studio of the French Revolution’s chief propagandist, and stages the ultimate showdown of culture and politics.

#art, #content-type-personal-profile, #david-jacques-louis, #france, #french-revolution, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #politics-and-government

The New York Times 5:41 pm on February 14, 2022
Tags: , , Heard, Ethan, Heartbeat Opera, Metropolitan Museum of Art, , Schlosberg, Daniel, Scott, Marcus (Playwright)   

Review: Beethoven Returns for the Age of Black Lives Matter

Heartbeat Opera’s powerful take on “Fidelio,” as an indictment of mass incarceration, has been revived and revised for a post-2020 world.

#beethoven-ludwig-van, #fidelio-opera, #heard-ethan, #heartbeat-opera, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #opera, #schlosberg-daniel, #scott-marcus-playwright

The New York Times 5:31 pm on February 10, 2022
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In ‘Charles Ray: Figure Ground,’ a Radical Conservative on Display

Familiarity breeds surprises at the Met’s survey of the American sculptor, whose work suggests that the past is never dead — in a good way.

#metropolitan-museum-of-art, #ray-charles-1953, #sculpture

The New York Times 3:17 pm on February 9, 2022
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Met Museum to Renovate Its Ancient Near East and Cypriot Galleries

Construction for the $40 million project is expected to start next year and finish in 2025.

#art, #cyprus, #hollein-max, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #new-york-city, #restoration-and-renovation

The New York Times 4:15 pm on January 26, 2022
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Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit

With four surveys, the challenging Los Angeles artist has redefined his art form in a flat-screen world.

#art, #bourse-de-commerce-paris-france, #caro-anthony, #charles-ray-figure-ground-exhibit, #charlie-hebdo, #content-type-personal-profile, #glenstone-potomac-md, #koons-jeff, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #new-york, #race-and-ethnicity, #santa-monica-calif, #sculpture

The New York Times 5:06 pm on January 8, 2022
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Seneca Village and the Search for the Black Utopia

Seneca Village has more stories to tell about Black lives in New York City.

#art, #beachler-hannah, #black-people, #brown-john-1800-59, #central-park-manhattan-ny, #douglass-frederick, #gloucester-elizabeth-a-1817-83, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #parks-and-other-recreation-areas, #politics-and-government, #seneca-village-manhattan-ny, #slavery-historical

The New York Times 8:43 pm on January 6, 2022
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In ‘African Origin’ Show at Met, New Points of Light Across Cultures

Holdings from Ancient Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa come together in a masterpiece show. Now the Met should make clear how the wondrous works got here.

#africa, #art, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #benin, #colonization, #congo-democratic-republic-of-congo-kinshasa, #egypt, #mali, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #nigeria, #rockefeller-michael-c, #sculpture, #the-african-origin-of-civilization-exhibit

The New York Times 4:31 pm on December 27, 2021
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Is Disney the Met’s Fairy Godmother?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art hopes to entice visitors with a show of 150 Disney artifacts and its own objets d’art. Does getting cozy with a behemoth serve the public?

#animated-films, #art, #beauty-and-the-beast-movie, #cinderella-book, #inspiring-walt-disney-the-animation-of-french-decorative-arts-exhibit, #interior-design-and-furnishings, #manhattan-nyc, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #sleeping-beauty-movie, #snow-white-movie, #walt-disney-company

The New York Times 5:43 pm on December 21, 2021
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Limits Attendance Amid Virus Surge

The museum is reducing capacity during a holiday season that usually brings in tourism dollars. And the Baltimore Museum of Art has announced a closure.

#baltimore-md, #baltimore-museum-of-art, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #disease-rates, #lott-laura-l, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #shutdowns-institutional, #weiss-daniel-h

The New York Times 5:21 pm on December 9, 2021
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Met Museum Removes Sackler Name From Wing Over Opioid Ties

The museum and the Sackler family announced that the name would be removed from seven exhibition spaces, including the wing that houses the Temple of Dendur.

#art, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #oxycontin-drug, #sackler-mortimer-1916-2010, #sackler-raymond-1920-2017

The New York Times 4:53 am on December 9, 2021
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Best Art Exhibitions of 2021

Ambitious museum shows in Tulsa, Richmond, and Louisville left an imprint. Jasper Johns, Maya Lin and Latino artists shone. And the high quality of gallery shows of women was dizzying and gratifying.

#aguilar-laura-1959-2018, #art, #arts-year-in-review-2021, #bhabha-huma, #black-lives-matter-movement, #chu-anne, #dancy-mira-artist, #dodd-lois, #estamos-bien-la-trienal-20-21-exhibit, #gardner-isabella-stewart-museum, #ghost-forest-exhibit, #glenn-copeland-beverly, #greenwood-rising-black-wall-street-history-center-tulsa-okla, #hammer-barbara-1939, #johns-jasper, #kielar-anya, #lassnig-maria, #lin-maya, #mehretu-julie, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #neel-alice, #nonfungible-tokens-nfts, #ogrady-lorraine-1934, #philadelphia-museum-of-art, #promise-witness-remembrance-exhibit, #rosenstein-erna-1913-2004, #smith-jaune-quick-to-see, #speed-art-museum, #taylor-breonna-1993-2020, #the-dirty-south-contemporary-art-material-culture-and-the-sonic-impulse-exhibit, #titian-1490-1576, #tsang-wu-1982, #two-thousand-twenty-one, #whitney-museum-of-american-art

The New York Times 9:00 pm on December 5, 2021
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Cambodian Effort to Find Artifacts Won’t End With Informant’s Death

Officials plan to use evidence from the former looter known as Lion as they seek the return of stolen objects from museums and private collections.

#art, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #cambodia, #collectors-and-collections, #khmer-rouge, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #toek-tik

The New York Times 5:18 pm on November 30, 2021
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Met Museum Jump-Starts New Modern Wing With $125 Million Gift

The donation from a trustee, Oscar L. Tang, and his wife, Agnes Hsu‐Tang, reinvigorates the long-delayed project and is the largest capital gift in the Met’s history.

#agnes-hsutang, #art, #hollein-max, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #oscar-l-tang, #philanthropy, #weiss-daniel-h

The New York Times 8:48 pm on November 21, 2021
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He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back.

A Cambodian temple looter, who says more than 100 artifacts he stole are in museums around the world, is working to help reclaim them.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #cambodia, #content-type-personal-profile, #khmer-rouge, #latchford-douglas-a-j, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #prasat-thom, #sleeping-giant, #thailand, #toek-tik

The New York Times 11:14 pm on November 17, 2021
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Afrofuturist Room at the Met Redresses a Racial Trauma

“Before Yesterday We Could Fly,” a novel approach to the period room, threads together past, present and future. It focuses on Seneca Village, a Black community whose erasure still reverberates.

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The New York Times 5:00 pm on November 12, 2021
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‘Be Nice to Tourists’: New York’s Arts Scene Needs International Visitors

The United States now allows vaccinated international travelers into the country. It’s welcome news for arts institutions that lost revenue and cut jobs during the pandemic.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 24, 2021
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Cambodia Says the Met Museum Has Dozens of Its Looted Antiquities

The country’s culture minister cites new evidence, including the account of a reformed looter, to assert that numerous artifacts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art were stolen from ancient sites.

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The New York Times 2:51 pm on October 22, 2021
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His First Art Was Graffiti. Now His Pottery Is in the Met.

With his ceramics, Roberto Lugo tries to reach out to people who often feel ignored by museums.

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The New York Times 8:12 pm on October 14, 2021
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Getting a Grip on Unreality at the Met’s ‘Surrealism Beyond Borders’

These 10 standout artists — from Colombia to Egypt to Japan — redrew the map of Surrealism, the 20th century’s most provocative art movement. They and dozens more are reunited at the Metropolitan Museum.

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The New York Times 1:31 am on October 8, 2021
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Looking Close at the Fragile Beauty of Chinese Painting

Some 60 celebrated landscapes are part of a rehang at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Don’t pass them by: They are demanding to the eye and mind alike.

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The New York Times 11:34 pm on September 26, 2021
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In Rashid Johnson’s Mosaics, Broken Lives Pieced Together

In new exhibitions at the Metropolitan Opera and David Kordansky Gallery, the artist offers a story of recovery — personal and collective — after a “blunt force trauma.”

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