The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s recently announced deal to merge with cosmetic billionaire Ronald Lauder’s Neue Galerie reflects a quietly growing trend among museums as limited funding…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Michael C. Rockefeller Wing was built over the course of the 1970s to showcase the world-class collections of art from sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania, and the Ancient…
This list presents a handful of notable, historical moments from the institution's 150-plus years of existence. From the museum’s murky accession of its first artwork in 1870 to the ground-…
“In this search for my own identity, I seek the power of the rock, the magic of the water, the religion of the tree, the color of the wind and the enigma of the horizon.”–George Morrison
The cultural heritage and history that art museums hold have traditionally made it harder for them to position themselves as vanguards of modernity and progress. In recent years, many…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s recently opened Dive Egypt exhibition is the latest in a long line of shows centered on ancient Egyptian art to draw massive crowds and fanfare.
Faced with government funding cuts and mounting redevelopment expenses, the British Museum is taking a page out of the American fundraising playbook with an inaugural ball on October 18th.
Influencer marketing has been a mainstay of consumer brands for years, but only recently have museums embraced the trend with the same enthusiasm. With about 300 million people globally…
The Met’s Emily Sargent: Portrait of a Family presents a thoughtfully curated glimpse of the Sargent family, centering primarily on the long overlooked watercolor paintings of Emily,…
Now on view at the Met, Sargent & Paris, as the title eludes, explores artist John Singer Sargent’s time living in Paris from 1874 through 1885…
In the Rotunda of the United States Capitol, a bronze bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was dedicated to the nation by his wife, Coretta Scott King, on January 16, 1986— Dr. King’s 57th…
Looking at art, one cannot ignore how important architecture is to the experience. Recently, the Brooklyn-based architecture firm, Peterson Rich Office, designed a new building centrally located on…
Petrit Halilaj dedicates his new installation, Abetare, to “kids who always know how to bring a brighter future,” as his belief in childlike wonder reigns over New York City’s…
"Join Dita Amory, Robert Lehman Curator in Charge, and Ann Dumas, Consulting Curator of European Art at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to virtually explore Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and…
This story particularly focuses on prehistoric sculptures from across the globe—which are often rather small and tend to depict humans, animals, or some combination of the two. The earliest…
