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Displaying all articles tagged:
The Met
opera review
Sept. 29, 2022
The Met’s
Medea
Is the Sondra Radvanovsky Show
The company finally got around to mounting the 1797 opera, one of two blood-soaked Greek myths to open this month.
By
Justin Davidson
opera review
Nov. 24, 2021
The Met Opera’s
Eurydice
Finds Fun in a Hopeless Place
The new production ventures to the underworld and provides an awfully good time.
By
Justin Davidson
huh?
Oct. 20, 2021
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.
By
Claire Lampen
lawsuits
July 21, 2021
Florence’s Uffizi Gallery Is Suing Pornhub
Leave the Venus of Urbino alone!
By
Bethy Squires
gallery
Sept. 3, 2020
The Look Book Goes to the Met’s Reopening Day
With timed ticketing, temperature-taking at the door, and a 25 percent occupancy limit.
By
Jane Starr Drinkard
culture
Aug. 27, 2020
The Met Reopens, Now With Breathing Room
Go see New York’s biggest museum when it’s 75 percent less crowded.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
merch
Aug. 26, 2020
The Met Celebrates Its 150th Birthday With New Merch
Catbird-designed jewelry inspired by works of female artists.
By
Emilia Petrarca
male anatomy
Mar. 6, 2020
I Went on a Tour of (and With) the Met’s Members
Does size matter?
By
Brock Colyar
vulture guides
Nov. 15, 2018
Jerry Saltz’s Guide to the Met for the Crowd-Averse
A nearly hidden entrance, the line-free underground cafeteria, and a jaw-dropping yet somehow always deserted room.
By
Jerry Saltz
heavenly bodies
Oct. 11, 2018
Heavenly Bodies
Is the Most-Visited Exhibit in the Met’s History
Over one million people visited the exhibit, which debuted at the Met Gala.
By
Opheli Garcia Lawler
oh my mcgrath
Oct. 10, 2018
Pat McGrath Made Makeup With the Met Again
Another limited-edition Mothership eye palette has landed.
By
Erica Smith
big tip
Aug. 13, 2018
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.
By
Nikita Richardson
video
May 25, 2018
See How the ‘Heavenly Bodies’ Met Show Came Together
In this time-lapse video of the installation.
By
Emilia Petrarca
james levine
Mar. 15, 2018
James Levine Sues the Met Opera Days After He Was Fired Over Abuse Allegations
The conductor and former music director is suing the Met for breach of contract and defamation.
By
Tolly Wright
the met
Mar. 12, 2018
10 Questions the Met Must Answer About James Levine
The Met Opera has fired its musical director amid allegations of sexual abuse. But they still have lots of explaining to do.
By
Justin Davidson
money money money
Apr. 26, 2017
The Met Is Reportedly Considering Charging Tourists an Admission Fee
Alert your visiting grandparents now!
By
Hunter Harris
teens
June 20, 2016
Cliffanie Forrester Gets Painting in the Met
And you thought getting 11 likes on Instagram was impressive.
By
Gabrielle Noone
fashion flicks
Feb. 22, 2016
Fashion’s Biggest Night Is Getting Its Own Movie
A new film about the Met Gala.
By
Ashley Weatherford
art appreciation
Jan. 28, 2016
I Can’t Stop Thinking About This Drawing by a Man With No Hands or Feet
Jerry Saltz on the infinitely intricate art of Matthias Buchinger.
By
Jerry Saltz
museum pieces
July 22, 2015
Met’s China Exhibit to Break McQueen’s Record
It’s so popular that it’s been extended through Labor Day.
By
Diana Tsui
May 4, 2015
The Cut Is Live-Blogging the Met Gala Red Carpet
Join us.
By
the Cut
look of the day
Dec. 10, 2014
Kate Middleton Wore a Very Familiar Dress to the Met
For the final stop on her New York City adventure.
By
Erica Schwiegershausen
opera
Aug. 20, 2014
From One Crisis to the Next at the Met
Now that the Met’s next few seasons are assured, Peter Gelb can get back to making sure that opera matters.
By
Justin Davidson
on the street
June 25, 2014
Iconic, Euphoric Images of ’60s New York & L.A.
A first look at Garry Winogrand’s new retrospective at the Met.
By
Erica Schwiegershausen
beyond fashion
Apr. 17, 2014
Revisit the World of Charles James’s Opulent Ball Gowns
The inaugural Anna Wintour Costume Center show will celebrate the couturier’s decadent creations.
By
Erica Schwiegershausen
Leftovers
Sept. 6, 2013
The Met’s New Preconcert Cocktails; Weekend Happy Hour at John Dory
Plus: the second annual Viva La Comida, and more, in today’s Leftovers.
best of
May 2, 2013
43 of the Best Non-Punk Mohawks Ever
And its less cool step-brother, the
faux-
hawk.
By
Christina Han
art review
Apr. 28, 2013
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.
By
Jerry Saltz
art review
Apr. 13, 2013
Saltz on the Met’s ‘Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity’
We see a few painters blowing up every convention there was.
By
Jerry Saltz
art review
Jan. 27, 2013
Saltz: The Met’s Matisse Exhibit Is Intoxicating, Possibly Dangerous
What makes this show so ravishing is, improbably, that it’s arranged like an art-history-class slideshow time line.
By
Jerry Saltz
art review
Jan. 27, 2013
Saltz: The Met’s Matisse Exhibit Is Intoxicating, Possibly Dangerous
What makes this show so ravishing is, improbably, that it’s arranged like an art-history-class slideshow time line.
By
Jerry Saltz
art
Jan. 25, 2013
Davidson: DJ Spooky Spins Into Oblivion at the Met
In his first year as the museum’s artist-in-residence, he offers up watery music and weak ideas.
By
Justin Davidson
Cartography
Sept. 12, 2012
Citing ‘Starbucks Effect,’ Met Scraps Food-Kiosk Plans
“This spells Starbucks: a place to hang out all day and have coffee.”
By
Hugh Merwin
Apr. 20, 2012
Guard Wounded at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sounds more exciting than it actually was.
By
Dan Amira
Answered Prayers
Mar. 23, 2012
The Met Prays for an Island Home, Despite a Skeptical Church
Kathy Trustman hopes to bring her Boston empire to the seashore, but a nearby church fears rowdy patrons.
By
Kara Baskin
the whitney
May 12, 2011
The Met Plans to Take Over the Whitney Building
When the Whitney leaves its current spot in 2015.
By
Julie Gerstein