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How the Met Museum Justifies Looting
I often disappoint people by telling them that their favorite museum heist scenes, with thieves twisting around the beams of a laser security
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As Omicron Surges, Met Museum Reduces Attendance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City reduced its visitor capacity to 10,000 a day, slashing in half its average daily attendance during
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Deaccessioning at the Met: From Scandal to Plein-Air Bonanza to Collection “Care”
Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875), Waterfall at Terni (cropped at bottom), 1826, oil on paper, laid down on wood, 10 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches, The
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After Years of Activism, Sackler Name Will Be Removed From Met Museum
At noon today, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it would remove the Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces — including the iconic
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After Years of Activism, Sackler Name Will Be Removed From Met Museum
At noon today, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it would remove the Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces — including the iconic
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the 'Sackler' name after the Purdue Pharma family agreed to pay $4.3 billion over opioid harms [Silicon Alley Insider]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 28: People visit the Sackler Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on March 28, 2019 in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the 'Sackler' name after the Purdue Pharma family was ordered to pay $4.3 billion over opioid harms
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 28: People visit the Sackler Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on March 28, 2019 in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the 'Sackler' name after the Purdue Pharma family agreed to pay $4.3 billion over opioid harms
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 28: People visit the Sackler Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on March 28, 2019 in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the 'Sackler' name after the Purdue Pharma family agreed to pay $4.3 billion over opioid harms
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 28: People visit the Sackler Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on March 28, 2019 in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty
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How Odissi Artist Bijayini Satpathy Subtly Transformed Her Movement Language
Bijayini Satpathy was supposed to spend much of last year on her first tour as an independent artist. For 25 years, she had been a dancer and teacher
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How Odissi Artist Bijayini Satpathy Subtly Transformed Her Movement Language
Bijayini Satpathy was supposed to spend much of last year on her first tour as an independent artist. For 25 years, she had been a dancer and
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How Odissi Artist Bijayini Satpathy Subtly Transformed Her Movement Language
Bijayini Satpathy was supposed to spend much of last year on her first tour as an independent artist. For 25 years, she had been a dancer and teacher
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Massive Archive of Work by Photographer James Van Der Zee Lands at Two NYC Museums
James Van Der Zee, “Self-portrait” (1931), gelatin silver print (all images courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art) Yesterday, the Metropolitan
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Michael Steinhardt surrenders stolen antiquities worth $70 million
Michael Steinhardt, after whom the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development is named, was ordered to surrender 180 stolen
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“Inspiring Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts” Hardcover Book Companion to the Met’s Exhibit Available to Order
“Inspiring Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts” is opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on December 10, 2021,