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The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Connecting Cultures
After a four-year, $80 million renovation, this display of the arts of Africa, Oceania and the ancient Americas seems bigger, ...
One woman set out to visit every museum in New York City. Here's what she's learned so far
Museums throughout New York City were just reopening in the wake of the COVID pandemic when Jane August launched what seemed ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art Responds to Claim that Former Rolling Stones Musician Mick Taylor's Guitar Was Stolen
The Metropolitan Museum of Art responded to claims from former Rolling Stones musician Mick Taylor that the guitar — which he ...
A former Rolling Stone says the Met has his stolen guitar. The museum disputes it
When the Met announced the gift in May, Taylor thought he recognized the guitar, with its distinctive “starburst” finish, as ...
Lorna Simpson at the Metropolitan Museum — haunted missives from the subconscious
On show in New York, the artist’s unsettling paintings mark a radical shift from the photographs that made her name ...
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Got a case of museum fatigue? Here’s how to experience art properly
Art critic Kenneth Clark once admitted that he could enjoy a “pure aesthetic sensation” no longer than he could ...
Former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor claims Met Museum has his stolen guitar
A rock 'n' roll relic is stirring up drama between a guitar legend and one of New York's most iconic museums. View on ...
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Metropolitan Museum Of Art Is Having Its Blackest Moment Ever
The Metropolitan Museum of Art revisits a major movement in American history and art with one of the most celebrated exhibitions the institution has seen. It has been 55 years since the Met showed ...
An Ex-Stone Says the Met Has His Lost Guitar. The Museum Says No Way.
Representatives for Mick Taylor, the Rolling Stones’ former guitarist, said the Les Paul was stolen from him decades ago. The ...
Inside the home of Pauline Karpidas, the art-world ‘grande dame’ who could be the last of her kind
Karpidas’ remarkable trove of Surrealist and postwar art is going up for sale in September. Her rarely seen London home has ...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art to return 16 looted sculptures to Cambodia ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be returning 16 ancient sculptures to Cambodia and Thailand that are tied to looting. Fourteen Khmer sculptures are being returned to Cambodia while two will go ...