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Metropolitan Museum Of Art

  1. art review
    The Met’s Tremendous Harlem Renaissance Show Redefines ModernismJerry Saltz says we’ve gotten everything wrong about the big bang of 20th century art.
    By Jerry Saltz
  2. 2024 preview
    8 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2024Haunting images from the Rust Belt, the glories of the Harlem Renaissance, and more.
    By Jerry Saltz
  3. theater review
    A Decent Docent: Gavin Creel’s Walk on ThroughA tour from a “museum novice” that’s also an autobiography.
    By Jackson McHenry
  4. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to the Met’s Reopening DayWith timed ticketing, temperature-taking at the door, and a 25 percent occupancy limit.
    By Jane Starr Drinkard
  5. art
    The Instagram Account ‘Change the Museum’ Is Doing Just ThatCurator Gary Garrels loses his job at SFMoMA.
    By Trupti Rami
  6. coronavirus
    With Coronavirus at Pandemic Levels, the Met Gala Is OffThe museum now says the Costume Institute’s spring show will be postponed until the fall.
    By Matthew Schneier
  7. fashion du jour
    The Met Gala Will Be Held in Everyone’s Individual Closets, AloneIt’s been “postponed indefinitely” due to the coronavirus.
    By Devon Ivie
  8. male anatomy
    I Went on a Tour of (and With) the Met’s MembersDoes size matter?
    By Brock Colyar
  9. fall preview 2019
    The Canadian Cree Artist Remixing History in the Met’s Great HallIsn’t Kent Monkman’s time-traveling, gender-fluid, indigenous sex goddess exactly what art needs right about now?
    By Jarrett Earnest
  10. fall preview 2019
    The Best and Biggest Art Shows to See to This FallFrom JR, Amy Sherald, Pope.L, and more.
    By Jerry Saltz and Carl Swanson
  11. art
    Ranking New York’s Most Toxic Museum BoardsWho might activists try to take down next?
    By Whitney Mallett and Katy Schneider
  12. night at the museum
    Chanel Will Show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art This DecemberMet Gala part deux.
    By Sarah Spellings
  13. Why Is the Met’s New Show About the Body in Art History So Stultifying and Dull?This is what happens with an excess of hyperrealism.
    By Jerry Saltz
  14. video
    See How the ‘Heavenly Bodies’ Met Show Came TogetherIn this time-lapse video of the installation.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  15. art
    Huma Bhabha’s New Installation at the Met Brings You Into the Realm of GodsThis is among the best Met roof sculpture installations since the program began in 1987.
    By Jerry Saltz
  16. video
    Get to Know Costume Institute Curator Andrew Bolton Before the Met’s New ShowHere’s an exclusive clip from the Art of Style.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  17. art
    People Have So Many Feelings About the Met’s New Entry FeeMany fear it will make the museum less accessible to everyone.
    By Lisa Ryan
  18. art and money
    The Met’s Admission-Fee Hike Points at a Much Bigger ProblemThe newly fortified ticket price is a drag. But what got us here is worse.
    By Jerry Saltz
  19. The Met to Charge $25 Admission Fee for Out-of-Town VisitorsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is eliminating its “suggested donation” policy for nonlocal guests.
    By Boris Kachka
  20. 11,000 People Demanded the Met Remove This Painting. They Aren’t Going To. Good.In many ways it is a sign of art’s complexity that it generate a wide variety of responses.
    By Jerry Saltz
  21. new york beginnings
    The Director and the Pharaoh: How Thomas Hoving Created the Museum BlockbusterWhen King Tut became a celebrity.
    By Boris Kachka
  22. Michelangelo Exploded Art History, Just With His DrawingThe Metropolitan Museum’s new show is a stupendous metaphysical-visual exhalation.
    By Jerry Saltz
  23. gallery
    Inside a Celebrity-Studded Halloween Party at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtJessica Chastain, Joan Smalls, and Nicky Hilton dressed up for the occasion.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  24. ayo technology
    Google Is Trying to Make Fashion More AccessibleWith the help of virtual reality.
    By Véronique Hyland
  25. rebels without a cause
    Museum Donors Are Pissed Celebs Were Smoking in the Met Gala Bathrooms“I would honestly like to see these people fined by the city.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  26. money money money
    The Met Is Reportedly Considering Charging Tourists an Admission FeeAlert your visiting grandparents now!
    By Hunter Harris
  27. art of the in-between
    How Has One Designer Spent Decades Defining the Avant-Garde?Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garçons gets a retrospective at the Met.
    By Véronique Hyland
  28. feature
    With Rumors, Scandal, and a Record Budget Shortfall, What Broke the Met?Just a year ago, the museum was planning an ambitious expansion and touting record attendance. Now its director has been ousted.
    By Boris Kachka
  29. metropolitan museum of art
    Metropolitan Museum Director Thomas Campbell ResignsDaniel Weiss, the Met’s president and COO, will act as its interim chief executive.
    By Jackson McHenry
  30. fitness
    Someone Is Totally Going to Break a Piece of Art During This Met Museum WorkoutA new form of fitness.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  31. museum pieces
    Rei Kawakubo Is Getting Her Own Met Exhibit and GalaShe’s the second living designer to receive the honor.
    By Véronique Hyland
  32. gallery
    An Artist’s Dark, Fatal AttractionPolish artist Piotr Uklański’s new book.
    By Danielle Cohen
  33. classical music
    A 21-Hour Day of Unfinished, Impossible Music: Stockhausen’s KlangA 21-hour performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
    By Justin Davidson
  34. What Happened to ‘James Hunter Black Draftee’? A Mystery at the Met BreuerJames Hunter never showed up for his second sitting with Alice Neel, who left the painting unfinished. What happened to him?
    By Carl Swanson
  35. unfinished business
    Inside the New Met Breuer’s Housewarming ShowThe stories behind 500 years of “unfinished” artworks in one famous Brutalist redoubt.
    By Carl Swanson
  36. classical music
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s New Building Gets New MusicStarting with a sonic walk over to the Met Breuer.
    By Justin Davidson
  37. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s New Logo Is a Typographic Bus CrashSix big red conjoined letters.
    By Justin Davidson
  38. museum pieces
    Inside the Costume Institute’s Tech-Inspired Fashion ExhibitCurator-in-charge Andrew Bolton walked us through a preview of the show.
    By Véronique Hyland
  39. art appreciation
    I Can’t Stop Thinking About This Drawing by a Man With No Hands or FeetJerry Saltz on the infinitely intricate art of Matthias Buchinger.
    By Jerry Saltz
  40. museum pieces
    A Sneak Peek at the Met’s New Jacqueline de Ribes ExhibitThe countess’s wardrobe, an astonishing cache of perfectly preserved couture, is used to being shown off — in Paris and everywhere else.
    By Amy Larocca
  41. revolving door
    Andrew Bolton Is Taking Over at the Costume InstituteHarold Koda is retiring in January.
    By Véronique Hyland
  42. Harold Koda on Talking Back to Diana VreelandThe Costume Institute’s curator-in-charge remembers the legendary editor. 
    By Véronique Hyland
  43. retrospectives
    London’s Alexander McQueen Show Is Bigger and Better Than Ever“Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” opened today in the designer’s hometown.
    By Hattie Crisell
  44. museum pieces
    A Sneak Peek at the Met’s New Exhibit, ‘China: Through the Looking Glass’Artistic-directed by Wong Kar Wai.
    By Véronique Hyland
  45. royals
    The Costume Institute’s Upcoming Exhibit Is All About Jacqueline de RibesExpect Valentino and YSL pieces.
    By Véronique Hyland
  46. from the archives
    Remembering 3 Critical Moments in Contemporary ArtArt-scene controversies from New York Magazine’s archives that are worth revisiting.
    By Samuel Anderson
  47. tv
    Game of Thrones Is Getting the Met TreatmentOn a panel about medieval arms and armor.
    By Nate Jones
  48. none more black
    The Met’s New Exhibit, ‘Death Becomes Her,’ Will Thrill Your Inner GothCome over to the dark side.
    By Véronique Hyland
  49. fashion exhibits
    Fashion on Display: How Clothes Became a Top Draw at MuseumsFashion attracts crowds because it is that magical combination of beautiful objects with social history.
    By Véronique Hyland
  50. blockbusters
    The Charles James Exhibit Was Officially a HitTheir fourth-most-popular fashion exhibit.
    By Véronique Hyland
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