This fall, the Metropolitan and three other museums give female designers their due.
Category: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A Poet’s View of the Met From Behind the Information Desk
On and off throughout the 1990s, the poet Robyn Schiff fielded questions — many bathroom-related — as part of her job working the museum’s famous octagonal information desk.
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The Met Walks a Fine Line on Karl Lagerfeld: Judge the Clothes, Not the Man.
“The Line of Beauty” focuses on dualities in the dazzling work of the legendary designer, but it is coy about the controversies.
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Pharaonic Funkatizing at the Met Roof Garden
Lauren Halsey built a personal monument drawing on sources from ancient Egypt to George Clinton to threatened neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles.
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Sulwhasoo, the Korean Beauty Brand, Partners with the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Amorepacific partners with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to expand the reach of Sulwhasoo, their luxury Korean beauty brand.
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Met Museum Commissions Bring Contemporary Art Front and Center
With a new wing years away, the Met will highlight cutting-edge art with Nairy Baghramian on its facade and Jacolby Satterwhite in the Great Hall.
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When a Visit to the Museum Becomes an Ethical Dilemma
The New York Times – Travel:Western museums are major tourist attractions, drawing travelers from around the world. But what responsibility do we bear as spectators for patronizing institutions that display what critics say are stolen works?
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At the Met Museum, Richard Avedon at Large
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:“Richard Avedon: Murals” fills just one gallery of the Met, but “fills” is an understatement. These portraits of prominent political and social figures are a milestone in image-making.
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The Philip Guston Hoard: A Boon or Overkill?
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:The gift of 220 artworks from the artist’s foundation to the august Metropolitan Museum of Art seems at odds with the institution it hopes to become.
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The Philip Guston Hoard: A Boon or Overkill?
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:The gift of 220 artworks from the artist’s foundation to the august Metropolitan Museum of Art seems at odds with the institution it hopes to become.
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Review: Songs That Defy the ‘Quotidian Nature of Evil’
The New York Times – Music:The composer Shawn Okpebholo has created a song cycle that imagines the inner lives of fugitives from American slavery.