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The Met

  1. opera review
    The Met’s Medea Is the Sondra Radvanovsky ShowThe company finally got around to mounting the 1797 opera, one of two blood-soaked Greek myths to open this month.
  2. opera review
    The Met Opera’s Eurydice Finds Fun in a Hopeless PlaceThe new production ventures to the underworld and provides an awfully good time.
  3. huh?
    Kim Kardashian West Helped Get a Stolen Coffin Back to Egypt?Famous for nothing? How about famous for inadvertently blowing the lid off an antiquities-trafficking ring.
  4. lawsuits
    Florence’s Uffizi Gallery Is Suing PornhubLeave the Venus of Urbino alone!
  5. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to the Met’s Reopening DayWith timed ticketing, temperature-taking at the door, and a 25 percent occupancy limit.
  6. culture
    The Met Reopens, Now With Breathing RoomGo see New York’s biggest museum when it’s 75 percent less crowded.
  7. merch
    The Met Celebrates Its 150th Birthday With New MerchCatbird-designed jewelry inspired by works of female artists.
  8. male anatomy
    I Went on a Tour of (and With) the Met’s MembersDoes size matter?
  9. vulture guides
    Jerry Saltz’s Guide to the Met for the Crowd-AverseA nearly hidden entrance, the line-free underground cafeteria, and a jaw-dropping yet somehow always deserted room.
  10. heavenly bodies
    Heavenly Bodies Is the Most-Visited Exhibit in the Met’s HistoryOver one million people visited the exhibit, which debuted at the Met Gala.
  11. oh my mcgrath
    Pat McGrath Made Makeup With the Met AgainAnother limited-edition Mothership eye palette has landed.
  12. big tip
    Big Tip: Where Should I Eat Around Museum Mile?JiaJia Fei, digital director of the Jewish Museum on the Upper East Side, shares her favorite places to grab a bite.
  13. video
    See How the ‘Heavenly Bodies’ Met Show Came TogetherIn this time-lapse video of the installation.
  14. james levine
    James Levine Sues the Met Opera Days After He Was Fired Over Abuse AllegationsThe conductor and former music director is suing the Met for breach of contract and defamation.
  15. the met
    10 Questions the Met Must Answer About James LevineThe Met Opera has fired its musical director amid allegations of sexual abuse. But they still have lots of explaining to do.
  16. money money money
    The Met Is Reportedly Considering Charging Tourists an Admission FeeAlert your visiting grandparents now!
  17. teens
    Cliffanie Forrester Gets Painting in the MetAnd you thought getting 11 likes on Instagram was impressive.
  18. fashion flicks
    Fashion’s Biggest Night Is Getting Its Own MovieA new film about the Met Gala. 
  19. 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.
  20. museum pieces
    Met’s China Exhibit to Break McQueen’s RecordIt’s so popular that it’s been extended through Labor Day.
  21. The Cut Is Live-Blogging the Met Gala Red CarpetJoin us. 
  22. look of the day
    Kate Middleton Wore a Very Familiar Dress to the MetFor the final stop on her New York City adventure.
  23. opera
    From One Crisis to the Next at the MetNow that the Met’s next few seasons are assured, Peter Gelb can get back to making sure that opera matters.
  24. on the street
    Iconic, Euphoric Images of ’60s New York & L.A.A first look at Garry Winogrand’s new retrospective at the Met.
  25. beyond fashion
    Revisit the World of Charles James’s Opulent Ball GownsThe inaugural Anna Wintour Costume Center show will celebrate the couturier’s decadent creations.
  26. Leftovers
    The Met’s New Preconcert Cocktails; Weekend Happy Hour at John DoryPlus: the second annual Viva La Comida, and more, in today’s Leftovers.
  27. best of
    43 of the Best Non-Punk Mohawks EverAnd its less cool step-brother, the faux-hawk.
  28. art review
    Saltz on the Met’s Photography and the American Civil War A bracing look at the first war that was conducted in front of the camera’s cold eye.
  29. art review
    Saltz on the Met’s ‘Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity’We see a few painters blowing up every convention there was.
  30. art review
    Saltz: The Met’s Matisse Exhibit Is Intoxicating, Possibly DangerousWhat makes this show so ravishing is, improbably, that it’s arranged like an art-history-class slideshow time line.
  31. art review
    Saltz: The Met’s Matisse Exhibit Is Intoxicating, Possibly DangerousWhat makes this show so ravishing is, improbably, that it’s arranged like an art-history-class slideshow time line.
  32. art
    Davidson: DJ Spooky Spins Into Oblivion at the MetIn his first year as the museum’s artist-in-residence, he offers up watery music and weak ideas.
  33. Cartography
    Citing ‘Starbucks Effect,’ Met Scraps Food-Kiosk Plans“This spells Starbucks: a place to hang out all day and have coffee.”
  34. Guard Wounded at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtSounds more exciting than it actually was.
  35. Answered Prayers
    The Met Prays for an Island Home, Despite a Skeptical ChurchKathy Trustman hopes to bring her Boston empire to the seashore, but a nearby church fears rowdy patrons.
  36. the whitney
    The Met Plans to Take Over the Whitney BuildingWhen the Whitney leaves its current spot in 2015.