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
Aug 16 Watch To woo millennials, museum tour group taps into the digital age By PBS News Hour Amid declining museum attendance by young people as reported by the National Endowment for the Arts, a New York City group called "Museum Hack" aims to attract millennials by offering unconventional tours. These "sassy" outings tap into the outlook of… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch Lauder's Collection of Cubist Masterpieces Bound for Metropolitan Museum of Art Lauder's Collection of Cubist Masterpieces Bound for Metropolitan Museum of Art… Continue watching