Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives

Treasures

The Rockefeller Wing reopens

The Met’s newly reopened galleries are breathtaking

Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

Uniting a high-brow exhibit uptown with the convention downtown

William Newton

A reward, a respite, a ritual

Timothy Jacobson

The designer being celebrated at the Met Gala rescued Chanel. Today, the fashion house needs saving again

Ross Anderson

Exhibitions

It is also a glimpse into a mystifying period of Japanese history

Jane Coombs

Exhibitions
August 30, 2022
Chroma chameleon
The Met brings out its bread and butter: stunning galleries devoted to Greek and Roman art
Mario Naves
Exhibitions
May 26, 2022
Deep water Winslow
Winslow Homer has been put out to sea at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mario Naves
Exhibitions
January 3, 2022
How did Walt Disney learn from Ancien Régime decoration?
Inspiring Walt Disney makes the case that Disney’s studio functioned in a similar way to an eighteenth-century decorative art manufactory
Jane Coombs
Exhibitions
November 18, 2021
Prints of Wales and elsewhere
Amid the turbulence of modernism, British artists made art for themselves
James Panero
Exhibitions
November 18, 2021
A dream of a dress
It’s easy to see why Dior still rules the red carpet
Jane Coombs
International
July 20, 2021
Who owns the Benin bronzes?
African artifacts are too hot to handle
Michael Mosbacher
Art
April 12, 2021
Pictures at an exhibition
As he collects nearly two decades of essays and criticism, Marco Grassi recalls a life in the art world
Marco Grassi