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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Metropolitan museum of art - The Untold Story

Why are so many statues naked? An art historian explains this tradition’s ancient roots

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Dress to impress! 2026 Met Gala appoints style council for 'fashion is art' theme

The annual Met Gala has set 'Fashion is art' as its theme for this year's extravagant event with Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams co-chairing the star-studded fundraiser in May for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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How Kendall Jenner Went from a Flower Crown–Wearing Coachella Teen Bopper to Master of Quiet Luxury Minimalism

From Coachella flower crowns and body gems to head-to-toe The Row

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Signatures meant more in Mesopotamia than they do now − what cylinder seals say about ancient and modern life

The earliest form of the signature came from ancient Iraq in the form of cylinder seals.

The Conversation

If Trump’s East Wing demolition shocks you, check out what he did to priceless works meant for the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A young Trump took on development of a historic Art Deco building on Fifth Avenue in the late 1970s

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Rihanna’s Style Evolution: From Island Girl to Fashion Vanguard

All of her best looks from over the years

Marie Claire

This Year's Met Gala Beauty Looks Delivered Elevated Extravagance and Too Many Hair Transformations to Count

Everything I've been waiting for.

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Archaeologists discover surprising origins of ancient Egypt’s favourite board game

Findings suggest Caspian coast was culturally connected to wider region via this game than previously thought

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From the Hudson River School to the 1980s East Village – how Samsung’s The Frame TV turns your living room into an art gallery

The latest generation of The Frame TVs is more advanced than ever, and the Samsung Art Store has some great new additions to display on them.

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2024 Met Gala Red Carpet: Looks we love

Monday is the Met Gala, known as fashion's grandest event, where celebrities from various realms come together at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate fashion and each other.

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Met Gala: Annual Fundraiser For Costume Institute At The Met

Explore the history and evolution of the prestigious Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a unique blend of art, fashion, and philanthropy.

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US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia

New York district attorney accuses two prominent art dealers of the illegal trafficking of antiquities worth $3m.

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NY Met to let French make 3D copies of two 16th-century sculptures

Two 16th-century sculptures, jewels of French Renaissance art, have been on display since 1908 at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. But thanks to modern technology and an unusual agreement, precise 3D copies will be made and installed in the French castle where the originals long resided.

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NY Met to let French make 3D copies of 16th-century sculptures

NEW YORK: Two 16th-century sculptures, jewels of French Renaissance art, have been on display since 1908 at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Oakland woman claims New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art secretly sold her grandma’s Nazi-stolen van Gogh

SAN JOSE, Calif. — An Oakland woman last week sued the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, claiming it bought then secretly sold a Vincent van Gogh painting the Nazis stole from her grandmother.

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Ethics office raps Rep. Carolyn Maloney over alleged Met Gala solicitation

New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney may have violated House ethics rules by seeking a ticket to the Met Gala, an ethics office report says.

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Elon Musk Reassures Twitter Advertisers In A Virtual Town Hall In A New Vision

Twitter CEO Elon Musk spoke to the more than 2,900 advertising partners of the social media platform on Wednesday

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Renaming California's Hastings law school sparks $1.7 billion legal fight that shows how hard it is to ditch donors' names

Six descendants of Serranus Clinton Hastings, California’s first chief justice, and a group that says it represents alumni are suing the state of California over its decision to rename a nearly 150-year-old law school. The University of California, Hastings College of the Law, will become UC College of the Law,…

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The Independent UK

Karl Lagerfeld to be honoured for 2023 Met Gala theme

The late German designer’s creations will be put on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute

The Guardian - UK

Winslow Homer: Force of Nature; MK Čiurlionis: Between Worlds – review

Life hangs in the balance in the work of the great sea dog of American art, Winslow Homer. Elsewhere, the imaginary landscapes of a Lithuanian visionary

The Independent UK

New York museums to disclose artwork looted by Nazis

Museums in New York that exhibit artworks looted by Nazis during the Holocaust are now required to let the public know about that dark history through signs or placards put on display with the stolen objects

WEKU

A kidnapped goddess returns home, after prosecutors expose art thieves

The antiquities hailed from Italy and Egypt, and were returned after the Manhattan District Attorney enacted search warrants.

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Hope North Tyneside coastal heritage building could be saved by link to revered artist

The Watch House in Cullercoats recently hosted Sylvia Yount, co-curator of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, who was exploring the village's connection to American artist Winslow Homer

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US Returns Antiquities to Egypt

Authorities in New York announced Wednesday the return of 16 antiquities to Egypt, including five works that were seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of a probe into international art trafficking. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the 16 works were worth more than $16 million.

The Guardian - UK

Do the circling sharks now stand for Trump? Winslow Homer: Force of Nature – review

His paintings could be strangely clunky yet his vision was staggering – which is why this passionate artist, who captured an America in perpetual peril, still speaks to us today

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