Arts May 29 The Met opens reimagined Arts of Oceania galleries showcasing works from the Pacific By Jeffrey Brown, Maea Lenei Buhre
Arts May 05 PHOTOS: Met Gala pays tribute to Black style and menswear A rainy Met Gala got underway Monday with a tuxedoed choir and a lot of pinstripes. By Leanne Italie, Associated Press
Arts May 03 Watch 6:41 Art historian brings attention to overlooked women in ‘The Story of Art Without Men’ How many women artists can you name? That was a question Katy Hessel, then a 21-year-old art history major, asked herself. The results were disappointing. And so she set about learning and teaching herself and then others. That resulted in… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet
Arts Mar 12 Watch 3:39 Unraveling the mystery of a pioneering American painter’s missing work Imagine discovering that a painting on your wall is a long, lost masterpiece. In two recent cases, the story centers on Jacob Lawrence, a pioneering American modernist painter. Lydia Gordon, of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, is our… By Mike Melia, Tommy Walters, Lynsey Jeffery
Arts Jul 15 New York’s Met Museum to open 5 days a week Museum officials said Wednesday that the building will be open Thursday through Monday with safety protocols including frequent cleaning and visitors limited to 25% of the museum's capacity. By Karen Matthews, Marina Villeneuve, Associated Press
Oct 12 Watch 3:58 Securing some of the most valuable art in the world By Megan Thompson For nearly 40 years, John Barelli helped secure one of the most precious collections in the world at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He recently spoke to NewsHour Weekend’s Megan Thompson about his extraordinary career and new… Continue watching
Sep 28 What’s it like to be in charge of security at the Met Museum? By Megan Thompson The retired head of security at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art talks about his new book based on his extraordinary 40-year career. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 6:37 How the Met is handling dilemma of donor accountability Pressure is increasingly being applied to institutions benefiting from philanthropy to be accountable for their funding sources. Lately, the opioid epidemic has highlighted that dilemma: New York's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art is the latest museum to turn down money… Continue watching
May 07 At the Met Gala, ‘extra’ feathers, bling and Susan Sontag By Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press The sartorial theme of this year's gala was "camp"— not summer camp, but the aesthetic of camp and its influence on fashion. It wasn't an easy theme to grasp; the instructions for guests were to dress with "studied triviality."… Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch Lose your job? It may pay to announce it By PBS News Hour When Sree Sreenivasan found himself out of a job, he did what he knows how to do best: broadcast the news on social media. The former Chief Digital Officer at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art filled his schedule with… Continue watching