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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Frick building, brutalist grey building with layers sticking out

Sotheby’s Is Buying the Iconic Breuer Building from the Whitney

The iconic Brutalist building has been home to the Whitney, Met and Frick over the decades.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
A striking man in sunglasses and a fashionably eclectic suit stands next to a gray stone in front of a seated audience.

William Middleton Recalls the Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld

"He knew how to keep people excited, and he honed that public personality."
By Cat Woods
Penélope Cruz attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

The Most Fashionable Looks from the 2023 Met Gala Red Carpet

This year's event pays homage to Karl Lagerfeld.
By Morgan Halberg
Elderly man wearing glasses sits at desk in art studio.

Ellsworth Kelly Foundation Gifts $16 Million in Artwork to 50 Museums

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
blonde woman in sparkling blue and pink dress on red carpet stairs

A Complete History of the Met Gala

By Marissa DeSantis
Entrance of the Met museum

Met Museum Accused of Holding More Than 1,000 Antiquities Linked to Traffickers

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Two paintings hang on the wall, while a passerby looks at one of them

Major U.S. Museums Are Fighting to Prevent the Return of an Allegedly Stolen Van Gogh

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Small terracotta sculpture depicting a a grimacing man.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Owns 77 Works Linked to Trafficker Subhash Kapoor

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
AOC stands on stairs at the Met Gala in white dress with red letters spelling out "tax the rich."

AOC Is the Latest Politician Entangled By the Lure of the Met Gala

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Shot of interior of the Met, stone walls with two levels displaying artifacts and art.

A New York Law Requires Museums to Label Nazi-Looted Art. But Are They Following It?

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Museum curator looks at mummy encased in glass box at museum

Museums Rebrand ‘Mummy’ as ‘Mummified Persons’ to Humanize Egyptian Remains

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Shelby White walking on a mosaic

Looted Antiquities Worth $24 Million Seized from Met Trustee Shelby White

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Maloney poses on the carpet for the Met Gala

US Rep. Carolyn Maloney Faces Ethics Investigation for Allegedly Soliciting a Ticket to the Met Gala

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

The 2023 Met Gala Will Honor Karl Lagerfeld—Here’s What to Know

By Morgan Halberg
facade of the Met

Whitney Museum Curator David Breslin Set to Lead the Met’s Modern and Contemporary Art Expansion

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Fall Arts Preview 2022: Museum Shows You Won’t Want to Miss

By Emma Burleigh
The exterior of the Met

The Met Will Repatriate More Than 100 Greek Antiquities, But It Will Take Decades to Give Them All Back

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Grey sculpture depicting a woman.

Another Antiquity Suspected of Being Looted Will Be Seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
The Ktisis mosaic, depicting a woman.

New York’s Antiquity Trafficking Unit is Looking to Arrest a Former Source Turned Suspect

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Max Hollein speaking on stage

Met Director Max Hollein Will Also Become the Museum’s Chief Executive Officer in 2023

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
A work from Hodgkin's collection depicting two men riding an elephant

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Acquired a Collection of Indian Works Previously Rejected Over Questionable Provenance

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Exterior of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is Now One of the Most Expensive Museums in the World

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Observer’s Slambook: Artist Qualeasha Wood on Ethically Colonizing Mars

By Erin Taylor

All the Best Looks from the 2022 Met Gala Red Carpet

By Morgan Halberg
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