NewsMuseums & Heritage
Metropolitan Museum of Art invites artists to make new sculptures for Fifth Avenue facade
The New York museum heads into the second half of 2019 with contemporary art takeovers and a balanced budget
NewsSackler family
The Met says it will stop accepting gifts from Sacklers associated with Purdue Pharma
The museum cites recent lawsuits tied to the US opioid crisis in its decision to decline future donations from the family
BlogDiary
Camping out for Camp
We caught up with the crowds waiting to spot celebs—particularly Harry Styles—on the red carpet of tonight’s annual Met Gala
PreviewCostume Institute
Bold, ironic and camp: Met show explores exuberant expression in fashion
Costume Institute's new exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion examines camp from the 17th century onwards
BlogThe Gossip Girls
New York diary: Brooke Shields and KAWS, elves at the Morgan, plus more art world gossip
CommentLeaders
Gilded coffin gives Met a golden opportunity
To prevent similar high-profile losses in the future, the Met should hire a permanent, full-time provenance curator
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Alicja Kwade's rooftop solar system to Joe Minter's commanding sculptures
FeatureObituaries
Remembering Jayne Wrightsman
A reminiscence of the New York socialite, arts patron and philanthropist by Keith Christiansen, the chairman of the Met's European Paintings Department
Podcast
Art Basel in Hong Kong, Richard Lin and the Met’s World Between Empires
We talk to Marc Spiegler, global director of Art Basel; discuss the forgotten artist Richard Lin; and speak to the curators of a New York exhibition on the ancient Middle East. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsArt's Most Popular 2019
Heavenly figures: how two Met shows topped The Art Newspaper’s attendance survey
The New York museum's Heavenly Bodies exhibition came first even though curator “never set out to create a hit”
AnalysisArt's Most Popular 2019
Art's Most Popular: here are 2018's most visited shows and museums
Fashion continues upward trend in the US, shooting to the top of The Art Newspaper's chart, while the British Museum slips from the top spot in the UK
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the "computer cowgirl" Gretchen Bender to Girault de Prangey's haunting snapshots of the past
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From a meditation on power to female sexual awakening
FeatureExhibitions
How museums are stepping up exhibition design
A wave of innovative exhibition design has graced our museums in recent years. What are the keys to holding the viewer’s gaze?
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From a view of the West from China, to Carol Rama's weird works made with dolls eyes
AnalysisMuseums in the changing world order
Museums in the changing world order: a question of ethics
In the first part of a new series, Adrian Ellis looks at the increased public scrutiny of museum boards in the social media age
NewsMuseums
Met receives donation of ten ‘exceptional’ colonial Latin American works out of the blue
The São Paulo collector James Kung Wei Li, whose father was a Chinese ambassador in South America, says the donation is his family’s repayment for American educational largesse
NewsRestitution
Met hands over an Egyptian coffin that it says was looted
Describing itself as a victim of fraud, museum says it cooperated with district attorney's investigation
NewsControversies
Nan Goldin’s anti-opioid activist group storms New York museums
Pain held demonstrations at the Guggenheim and the Met over the weekend
BlogIn the frame
Mamma Mia—Cher’s gorgeous garments are set for The Met
NewsMuseums
Met unveils its AI experiment with Microsoft and MIT
Teams produce five digital prototypes for acquainting people with images of museum objects online
PreviewExhibitions
Lucio Fontana survey shows how sculpture sowed seeds for artist's slashing series
Exhibition at the Met Breuer argues that the Italian-Argentinian's early sculptures and decorative pieces inspired his works to come
NewsMuseums
The Met is re-evaluating its gift acceptance policy in wake of Sackler lawsuits
Their family’s support “began decades before the opioid crisis” says president and CEO Daniel Weiss
CommentAntiquities & Archaeology
The Met’s antiquated views of antiquities need updating
The new Greek and Roman curator at New York’s Metropolitan Museum should rejuvenate its displays with honest, better stories
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From cross-cultural pollination in Armenia's Christian art to a pagan awakening
NewsMuseums & Heritage
The Met looks back at Max Hollein’s first 100 days as director—and forward to its 150th birthday
The museum will mark its anniversary in 2020 by launching a renovation of the Rockefeller Wing and celebrating its permanent collection
NewsMuseums & Heritage
In a Met protest, an artist posts her own labels next to a Picasso and Gauguin
She calls on museum to incorporate misogyny into the art historical narrative
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Native American group denounces Met’s exhibition of indigenous objects
The Association on American Indian Affairs says the "first mistake was to call these objects art" and that tribal representatives should have been consulted
NewsAppointments
Director swap: former Met chief Thomas Campbell succeeds Max Hollein at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Hollein took Campbell's old job as director of the Met
NewsContemporary art
What's next for the Met after its 2020 Breuer exit?
Sheena Wagstaff says the move is part of a “positive, forward-thinking” new regime under Max Hollein’s directorship
NewsConservation
Alaskan dancer helps the Met solve riddle of the Yup’ik mask
Conservator calls in master storyteller to decipher shamanic object
NewsAppointments
The Met's Luke Syson to head Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
Curator returns to the UK where he organised the blockbuster 2011 Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery in London
BlogIn the frame
Camp moves from the margins to the Met in the next Costume Institute show
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
Be dazzled by Mary Corse's light at the Whitney or catch the Met's Heavenly Bodies before it closes
PreviewExhibitions
Metropolitan Museum of Art reclassifies status of Native American art for new exhibition
Donor of artefacts asked New York museum to present them as "American art rather than tribal art"
NewsPodcast
'Tragic with great rays of sunshine': New York's Metropolitan Museum brings Armenia to the fore
In this week's podcast, curator Helen C. Evans tells a story of cross-pollination across 14 centuries
NewsMuseums
Met plans to leave Breuer building, making way for the Frick
The Brutalist structure will house Frick’s historic collection during expansion of its 70th Street home
Podcast
Courtauld’s Impressionists. Plus, Armenian treasures at the Met
How Samuel Courtauld’s collection ignited Britain’s passion for Impressionists. Plus, New York’s Metropolitan Museum looks at Armenia, the first country to convert to Christianity. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
CommentLeaders
Is contemporary art the kale of the art world?
The rise in popularity of the green vegetable mirrors that of contemporary art
BlogDiary
Why the Met’s Delacroix show seems both glorious—and irrelevant
NewsLaw
Legal battle over Met's famous Picasso reignited by estate
The museum stands by its ownership of The Actor, which it says was never in the hands of Nazis
NewsMuseums
More people are visiting New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art than ever before
The museum's Michelangelo show drew more half a million visitors alone
BlogDiary of an art historian
Do not allow art to cleanse crimes
The art world has yet to tackle issues around works like Picasso’s $115m child-prostitute portrait
AnalysisMuseums
Museums too: what should institutions do when artists are accused of abuse?
As the #MeToo movement grows, US museums find themselves embroiled in ethical dilemmas
ReviewExhibitions
The Met unpacks its Souls Grown Deep gift
An excellent show add new strands to our understanding of what makes American art uniquely American
PreviewExhibitions
Jackson Pollock and Thornton Dial given equal billing in Met exhibition
Highlights from Souls Grown Deep Foundation acquisition go on show among New York museum's collection
BlogLinda on the loose
The Met’s Heavenly Bodies is an exhibition desperate for a halo
CommentExhibitions
‘How can we judge a work of art that was inspired by a person’s faith?’
The Reverend James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author, on what Catholics can take away from the Met’s Heavenly Bodies exhibition
CommentExhibitions
Is nothing sacred? The Metropolitan Museum should apologise to the Vatican for Heavenly Bodies show
Curator Andrew Bolton’s Costume Institute blockbuster is pointlessly offensive to believers
FeatureFrieze New York
Holy inspiration: the Met's Costume Institute finds a divine connection between religion and fashion
The museum's annual gala show examines how the Catholic Church’s aesthetics have influenced designers
NewsMuseums
Road to the Met: how Max Hollein rose to become its next director
A gifted manager and fundraiser, he inherits a museum dogged by financial troubles and discontent
PreviewFrieze New York
The best shows in town during Frieze New York
From Adrian Piper at MoMA to Radican Women in Brooklyn
PreviewExhibitions
Cross-border collaboration brings Mexican miracles to the Met
Works in new show range from altarpieces to holy effigies believed to perform miracles
NewsMuseums
Met hosts group of international directors for the Global Museum Leaders Colloquium
The event, launched in 2014, is a unique experience freed from “stage-managed dialogue”, moderator says
NewsExhibitions
Huma Bhabha’s alien visitors land on the Met’s roof
The Pakistani-born, New York-based artist point toward a dream of peaceful communication
NewsMuseums
Max Hollein is the next director of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
The current director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has both the experience needed to lead the encyclopaedic museum and “real integrity”, says the Met’s president Dan Weiss
NewsConservation
The Met resurrects Italian Old Master’s Entombment
Museum’s restoration lifts “grey veil” from final commission by the Renaissance artist Moretto da Brescia
CommentMuseums
Two steps forward, one step back for Holocaust restitution
In a recent decision regarding Picasso’s Actor, the courts need to catch up with US government policy on Nazi-looted art
BlogIn the frame
Make some noise! Met reopens musical instrument galleries
NewsArt market
Tough new scrutiny by district attorney rattles New York antiquities trade
Will New York district attorney’s new unit clean up the antiquities market—or shut it down?
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
Celebrate Women’s History Month through art, from feminism solving an ancient riddle in Brooklyn to Zoe Leonard's retrospective at the Whitney
NewsArt market
Private View: our pick of March gallery shows
New shows at commercial galleries, from emerging names to rediscovered talents
NewsMuseums
The Met's new admissions fee goes into effect
Many visitors responded to the change with a shrug, although some were more critical of the mandatory charge
PreviewExhibitions
A golden age in the Americas when even artists were 'spoils of war'
Indigenous peoples valued luxury objects more as tools of statecraft and for communicating with the divine than for their precious metals
ReviewExhibitions
Half a million visitors can’t be wrong: the Met’s Michelangelo show is the cultural event of the year
The major loan show is a doubly whammy in the quality of the works presented and its popularity
CommentMuseums
New Met charges are an unfair tax on tourists
The museum’s $25 admission fee discriminates against the non-New Yorkers who subsidise its huge tax privileges
NewsMuseums
New York’s Metropolitan Museum to charge out-of-town visitors
City residents and students from New Jersey and Connecticut will still be able to pay what they wish
NewsObituaries
Pioneering US artist Betty Woodman dies aged 87
She was the first living woman to have a retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
NewsConservation
Met’s science labs shed light on other museums’ collections
New York institutions are accessing equipment and expertise thanks to $2m, six-year grant
AnalysisMuseums
The top ten museum acquisitions of 2017
We look back at some of most important purchases and donations that entered public collections this year
NewsMuseums
The Met decides not to pull 'sexually suggestive' Balthus painting after petition signed by thousands
Controversy provides "opportunity for conversation", museum says
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
From a divine Renaissance man to Indian Modernists
CommentObituaries
What Jayne Wrightsman did when you criticised her style
Anna Somers Cocks recalls a telling episode in her relations with the Met’s benefactor, who died on 20 April
Anna Somers Cocks