At the Met, Protest and Poetry About Water
In a transfixing two-minute video called “River (The Water Serpent)” in the…
The Multi-Layered Movie of American Fashion
When “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s…
Met Gala 2022 Guide: Gilded Glamour Dress Code, Theme and More
First things first: What is the Met Gala?Officially, it’s the Metropolitan Museum…
Lauren Halsey Chosen for Met Roof Installation
Lauren Halsey, 34, an artist from South Central Los Angeles who often…
Met Museum Names a Mexico City Architect to Lead a New Major Project
The Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, who at 38 was the youngest architect…
‘Carpeaux Recast’: A Sculptural Gem With a Knotty Back Story
Traditional museums are literally conservative places. They’re built to freeze objects in…
Review: Beethoven Returns for the Age of Black Lives Matter
Beethoven’s only opera, “Fidelio,” is hardly a fixed text. He wrote several…
In ‘Charles Ray: Figure Ground,’ a Radical Conservative on Display
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has never looked as sharply contemporary, even…
Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit
“When you get to the more volatile social subject matter, I often…
