The Louvre and Met Exhibition: A Comparative Look at Oriental Antiquities

The Louvre and Met Exhibition: A Comparative Look at Oriental Antiquities

By Le Figaro with AFP Published 2 hours ago, Updated now “The exhibition travels from Iran to Mesopotamia and presents the works of the Louvre in a different way, […] that we will better understand thanks to the works at the Met,” Ariane Thomas, French curator of the exhibition, told AFP. Netfalls / stock.adobe.com The … Read more

The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism: African-American Art Exhibition at The Met

The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism: African-American Art Exhibition at The Met

People on the stairs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York on February 20, 2024 ahead of the February 25, 2024 opening of the African American modern art exhibition “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism”. (ANGELA WEISS) African-American paintings, sculptures and literary works: the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) in New … Read more

Exploring the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A Guide to Finding Peace and Discovering Diversity

Exploring the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A Guide to Finding Peace and Discovering Diversity

The Temple of Dendur, which almost sank into Lake Nasser because of the Aswan Dam – had the Americans not worked to save the monuments. As a thank you, Egypt gave this temple to the Met. Image: ddp Where do you find peace from the world? In New York, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. … Read more

The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism: Celebrating African-American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism: Celebrating African-American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted 16 minutes ago The Woman in Blue, a work by William Henry Johnson, is one of the artists exhibited at the Met. HANDOUT / AFP Beginning next February, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will feature 160 works of modern art from historic black universities, art centers and foundations, for … Read more

Met Gala 2023: Celebrities pay tribute to Karl Lagerfeld in stunning designs

Tuesday May 2, 2023 Ehe first Monday of the month of May, surprising designs arrive on the white carpet of the Met Gala, in New York. A tradition of Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1948, then called “The Costume Institute Benefit” his entry cost USD $50 dollars and different personalities participated, some that had to … Read more

New York: after two years of absence due to Covid, the Met gala is back

Published on : 14/09/2021 – 11:38 – – – Four hundred actors, actresses, musicians, models, sportswomen or stars of social networks in ever more extravagant outfits hurried Monday evening to the gala of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), the unmissable ultra-social event of all- New York, after two and a half years of absence … Read more

The market is in good shape again

New York Finally, after a very difficult year: “The market is back in good shape”, announced Sotheby’s Star auctioneer Oliver Barker on Wednesday evening with understandable enthusiasm. He had just sold art for a total of 597 million dollars in an extremely dynamic and animated tour-de-force, again via live stream. Sotheby’s Claude Monet’s late landscape … Read more

To visit the Met in New York, tourists will pay a high price

Twenty-five dollars or nothing. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the price of admission had been left to the free choice of visitors for 50 years. An advantageous pricing policy which has just ended due to the difficult financial situation of the establishment. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) in New York is a mecca … Read more

in New York, two-thirds of art and entertainment professionals cannot find a job

In February 2020, 87,000 people worked in this sector, according to state figures. Against around 30,000 since April. The hecatomb is confirmed. Among New York City’s economic sectors, the arts, entertainment and entertainment industries have borne the brunt of the health crisis. Employment there plummeted 66% in 2020, reports the site Hyperallergic . Hiring in … Read more

Met and MoMA: New York’s museums dare a fresh start | Art | DW

Shortly after the corona-related closure on March 13th, it was still planned that the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) to reopen at the beginning of July, says the director of the famous house, Max Hollein. “Back then, that was seen by many as an incredibly pessimistic forecast. Now we know of course that that would … Read more