INSIDE THE MET’S NEW ERA: SPRING 2026 BRINGS EXPANSIVE GALLERIES AND “COSTUME ART” The Metropolitan Museum of Art is stepping into a new era of fashion-as-fine-art. Beginning May 10, 2026, The Costume Institute will debut Costume Art, an expansive exhibition exploring the relationship between the dressed body and artworks spanning 5,000 years of The Met’s…
MAN RAY AT THE MET: “WHEN OBJECTS DREAM” RECASTS A RADICAL VISION IN LIGHT AND SHADOW The Metropolitan Museum of Art spotlights Man Ray’s most alchemical invention—the rayograph—with a major exhibition that reframes the artist’s cross-disciplinary legacy for a new century. On view September 14, 2025 through February 1, 2026, Man Ray: When Objects Dream…
WITNESSING HUMANITY: THE ART OF JOHN WILSONThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtSeptember 20, 2025 – February 8, 20261000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson marks a long-overdue moment in American art history. Organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,…
Mexican Prints at the Vanguard The Metropolitan Museum of Art September 12–January 5, 2025 Opening on September 12, 2024, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mexican Prints at the Vanguard will showcase Mexico’s vibrant printmaking tradition from the 18th to mid-20th century. The exhibition will feature early works by José Guadalupe Posada, renowned for his…
The Real Thing: Unpackaging Product Photography The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Fifth Avenue, Gallery 852, The Howard Gilman Gallery March 11-August 4, 2024 The Metropolitan Museum of Art is presenting “The Real Thing: Unpackaging Product Photography” an exhibition that explores how commercial camera work contributed to the visual language of modernism. The photographs depict…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Verizon are rolling out Replica, a first-of-its-kind AR app experience. On August 1st, the two organizations announced the platform, which allows visitors at The Met to scan artwork and bring digital elements into the Roblox platform. Downloads for Replica began on August 2nd, with visitor access opening the next…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has opened an exciting new exhibition, The New Woman Behind the Camera, to highlight the emerging identity of women from the 1920s to the 1950s. This era marked a period of change that challenged conventional gender roles and saw an increase in the public presence of women in society. This…
The Costume Institute is returning with its next major exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year, the exhibition is coming in two different parts – In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, from September 18, 2021 to September 5, 2022, and In America: An Anthology of Fashion, from May 5, 2022 to September 5, 2022. The…
As New York City moves into phase four of its reopening plan, Governor Cuomo announced that museums and other large indoor cultural spaces will remain closed indefinitely. While zoos and outdoor gardens have been permitted to open at a lowered capacity, indoor attractions pose a higher risk for the spread of COVID-19. Mr. Cuomo recently…
About Time: Fashion and Duration On view: May 7th – September 7th, 2020 The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Ave. New York, NY The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the theme for their Costume Institute exhibition coming in 2020, called About Time: Fashion and Duration. A century and a half of fashion history will…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently announced the critical components of its upcoming 150th-anniversary celebration in 2020, which include significant gifts of art from around the world. Exhibitions and dynamic programs examine art, history, and culture, engaging The Met’s local and global communities. Highlights of the year include the exhibition “Making The Met,” 1870–2020, the…
Oliver Beer: Vessel Orchestra On View: July 2nd – August 11th, 2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY The Met has commissioned a sound-based exhibition for the first time, complete with live performances from a diverse group of artists. Oliver Beer, a conceptual and installation artist from England, is presenting…
In celebration of Pride Month and “Camp: Notes on Fashion” The Met will host a vogueing competition titled “Battle of The Legends” on June 11th – taking place on the prominent Met steps. Anna Wintour, Twiggy Garcon, and Roth will act as judges with a prize going to the crowd’s favorite. Competitors include Asia Balenciaga,…
“Camp: Notes on Fashion” On view: May 9 – September 8 The Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC On the first Monday of May, every year, the elite are summoned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC by Vogue’s Editor in Chief Anna Wintour for the biggest fashion benefit of the year: The Costume Institute…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is launching a design contest to celebrate the Museum’s upcoming 150th anniversary in 2020. From April 12th, The Met invites the public to submit original designs that draw inspiration from Open Access images of works in the Museum’s collection. Entries will be revealed on June 14, from which six winning…
November 12, 2018–February 24, 2019 The Met Fifth Avenue Floor 2 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY What is jewelry? Why do we wear it? What meanings does it convey? Jewelry: The Body Transformed traverses time and space to explore how jewelry acts upon and activates the body it adorns. Opening November 12 at The Metropolitan Museum…
DELIRIOUS: ART AT THE LIMITS OF REASON 1950-1985 The Met Breuer, NYC September 13, 2017-January 14, 2018 945 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10021 The exhibit “Delirious”, has been derived from the delirium taking place in the art world at the time. Between 1950 and 1980 the world exploded in conflicts, whether it was military, social, or…
November 9th proved to be another lively night for The Met Apollo Circle. Black-tie suited donors rushed to The Temple of Dendur in The Metropolitan Museum of Art for the thirtieth annual Apollo Circle Benefit in support of the The Met Apollo Circle Fund for Art Conservation. The evening was filled with fresh cocktails, treats and dancing to DJ Grandmaster Flash.…
“Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion” The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Fifth Avenue, Anna Wintour Costume Center, NYC November 18, 2016 – February 5, 2017 The Costume Institute’s Fall 2016 exhibition, “Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion,” on view in the Anna Wintour Costume Center from November 18, 2016, through February 5, 2017, will feature…
View coverage from “Cardiac Insomniac” Receptions, June 14th and June 20th at The Untitled Space Gallery. (83 Photos) “Cardiac Insomniac: A Solo Show of Works by ANGE” On Tuesday, June 14th, Indira Cesarine of NYC gallery, The Untitled Space, and Coco Dolle of Milk and Night, presented a new show at The Untitled Space in collaboration with avant-garde design collective,…
