Cultural institutions face tough decisions: Is it safe to drop mask and vaccine requirements, and would doing so be more likely to lure audiences back or keep them away?
Category: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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41 Things That Stuck With Us in 2025
Aunt Gladys. Tyler, the Creator. That sex scene in “The Naked Gun.” These are the things Culture staffers couldn’t stop thinking about this year.
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With New Condé Nast Galleries, the Met Museum Gets Fashion Forward
The Costume Institute is bringing its annual blockbuster show to a permanent home off the Grand Hall, due in part to Anna Wintour’s efforts to get “out of the basement.”
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The Complexities of Portraying the Black Elite, From ‘The Gilded Age’ to Ralph Lauren
Recent portrayals of the Black elite have shown the complexities that can come with representing class.
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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 museum says he never owned it and has not made a claim.
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Fine Jewelry Inspired by Centuries-Old Paintings at the Met
Plus: a new cliff-top hotel on a Greek island, an exhibition of Yayoi Kusama and Atsuko Tanaka’s art in New York and more recommendations from T Magazine.
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Kim Kardashian, Demi Moore and Others Flaunt Dramatic Trains on the Met Gala Carpet
Some gowns required small teams to manage vast amounts of fabric and help their wearers up the Met steps.
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Dramatic Trains Worn by Demi Moore, Kim Kardashian and Others Sweep the Met Gala Carpet
Some gowns required small teams to manage vast amounts of fabric and help their wearers up the Met steps.
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Not Quite Naked Dressing: Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat and Others Go Pants-Less at Met Gala
Stars at the Met Gala, including Sabrina Carpenter, took an opportunity to show some leg. A lot of leg, actually.