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In Controversial Move, Met Museum May Sell Artwork In Order to Make Up COVID Losses
With ongoing pandemic restrictions and a lack of tourism overall, museums across the country are grappling with the costs of COVID. Even major institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art are struggling to stay afloat.
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Met Considers Selling Art to Survive the Pandemic
The iconic institution said it is considering selling some of its items as it faces a massive deficit due to the pandemic, but some are happy with the Met engaging in such a controversial act. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports
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Museum Visitor Finds Painting Missing for Decades in Neighbor's NYC Apartment
A painting by an esteemed New Jersey artist that hadn’t been seen since 1960 has been reunited with other paintings in its collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, all thanks to a museum visitor with keen eyes.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art to Reopen Aug. 29
The Met’s Fifth Avenue building will be open Thursday through Monday with safety protocols including frequent cleaning, visitors limited to 25 percent of the museum’s capacity, and face coverings and social distancing required
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Met Museum of Art Planning to Reopen in August, Met Gala Canceled for Year
When it does reopen, the Met’s hours will likely be reduced, and all talks, tours, concerts or events through the rest of 2020 have been canceled
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Met Gala 2019: Relive Lady Gaga's Incredible, 16-Minute Entrance
We may not have the Met Gala to look forward to this year due to coronavirus, so we’ll just have to make do with reliving Lady Gaga’s 16-minute entrance outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art last year. Never one to stray from a statement entrance, Gaga hit the campiest notes at the 2019 Met Gala in her four outfits, stripping...
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‘In Pursuit of Fashion' at the Met Museum
Legendary collector, author and Hollywood stylist Sandy Schreier discusses the new “In Pursuit of Fashion” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Longtime Met Museum Benefactor Donates More Than 370 Works, $80 Million for New Acquisitions
A longtime benefactor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art has given more than 370 donated works and $80 million for acquisitions
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Stolen Gold Coffin, a Met Centerpiece for Years, Is Back on Display in Egypt
Egypt displayed a gilded ancient coffin from the first century B.C. on Tuesday, which New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art returned last week after U.S. investigators determined it to be a looted antiquity.
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Stolen Coffin Returns to Egypt After Mix-Up at the Met
A relic from Ancient Egypt has been returned to its rightful owners.
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Stolen Gold Coffin at Met Museum Returned to Egypt
The coffin, believed to be crafted between 50 and 150 BC, was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art two years ago — but was fooled by phony documentation. It appears to have been stolen from Egypt during the 2011 uprisings. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.
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2019 Met Gala Fashion: Red Carpet Pictures
Photos from the red carpet of the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year’s theme is ‘camp’ and is co-chaired by Lady Gaga, Serena Williams and Harry Styles, along with Gucci designer Alessandro Michele and Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
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2019 Met Gala Fashion: Red Carpet Pictures
Photos from the red carpet of the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year’s theme is ‘camp’ and is co-chaired by Lady Gaga, Serena Williams and Harry Styles, along with Gucci designer Alessandro Michele and Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
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Showtime: 18th Tribeca Film Festival Opens in Harlem With ‘The Apollo'
The 18th Tribeca Film Festival moved uptown on Wednesday for an opening night that honored an elder New York institution: the Apollo Theater.
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Opening Night of Tribeca Film Festival
It’s opening night for the Tribeca Film Festival — and tonight’s opening film is about the legendary Apollo Theater.
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Exuberant Met Exhibit Explores the Art of Rock ‘n' Roll
Museum exhibits tend to be quiet. Not this one.
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Met Museum Sets Attendance Record With More Than 7.35 Million Visitors in a Year
The Metropolitan Museum of Art broke a personal record by welcoming more visitors this past year than ever before.
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Feast Your Eyes on The Met's Extravagant New ‘Heavenly Bodies' Exhibit
Check out, in pictures, the Heavenly Bodies exhibit at The Met.
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Looks From the Met Gala Red Carpet
Missed Monday’s star-studded Met Gala? Catch up on some of the extreme outfits celebrities wore to the 2018’s dinner, featuring looks modeled after the 2018 spring exhibit, “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.”
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Holy Haute Couture: Divine Designs Grace Carpet at Met Gala
Divine designs floated up the red carpet at Monday’s religion-themed Met Gala in shimmering golds, reds and fuchsia, in crowns and in crosses, and even a pair of giant wings.