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Metropolitan Museum's renovated wing tells story of America

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Jan 26, 2012
By Dan Bischoff/For The Star-Ledger Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty ImagesEmanuel Gottlieb Leutze's 1851 painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" during a press preview for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new American Wing Galleries for Paintings, ...

History Unfolding on a Hand Scroll

New York Times - Jan 27, 2012
His trajectory is the subject of an intriguing up-and-down survey at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It suggests that Fu, who came from very humble circumstances and was largely self-taught, was sustained by exceptional talent and a steely yet flexible ...

Opening the Book of American Art

Wall Street Journal - Jan 25, 2012
By ERIC GIBSON It's not the Metropolitan Museum of Art's fault that its expanded and renovated galleries of American painting, sculpture and decorative arts are opening after similar efforts on the part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, ...

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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

by: Andrew Bolton

Arguably the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designer of his generation, Alexander McQueen both challenged and expanded fashion conventions to express ideas about race, class, sexuality, religion, and the environment.

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty examines the full breadth of the designer’s career, from the start of his fledgling label to the triumphs of his own world-renowned London house.
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by: E.L. Konigsburg
When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and she invited her brother Jamie to go, mostly because be was a miser and would have money.

Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie bad some ideas, too; so the two took up residence at the museum right on schedule. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to feel different; and she found a statue at the Museum so beautiful she could not go home until she bad discovered its maker, a question that baffled the experts, too.
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Art 2012 Gallery Calendar

Every day, a masterpiece for the art lover. Curated by New York City’s celebrated Metropolitan Museum of Art, this gallery-for-your-desk showcases hundreds of beautifully reproduced pieces from the Met’s collection. Paul Gauguin’s La Orana Maria (Hail Mary). Louis Comfort Tiffany’s striking Magnolia and Irises stained glass. One of Van Gogh’s memorable self-portraits. Edward Hopper’s The Lighthouse at Two Lights. Plus Japanese woodblock prints, dramatic photographs, exquisite furniture, lavish clothing and jewelry, and more.
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The Renaissance Portrait: From Donatello to Bellini

In the words of cultural historian Jacob Burkhardt, fifteenth-century Italy was "the place where the notion of the individual was born." In keeping with that idea, early Renaissance Italy was a key participant in the first great age of portraiture in Europe. As groundbreaking artists strove to evoke the identity or personality of their sitters—from heads of state and church, military commanders, and wealthy patrons to scholars, poets, and artists—they evolved daring new representational strategies that would profoundly influence the course of Western art.
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A World of Art: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is a three dimensional encyclopedia of art history. Produced for Public Television by Great Museums TV.

 

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A Walk Inside The Metropolitan Museum Of Art

A walk inside the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Selected works of art photographed. How many do you recognize?

 

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Art Project - Street View of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Preview the Street View imagery of museums participating in the Art Project, powered by Google. www.googleartproject.com

 

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Installation Footage of Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom

Learn more about the exhibition Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom, on view at the Met April 28 - October 25, 2009 (weather permitting): tinyurl.com The American artist Roxy Paine (b. 1966) has created a 130-foot-long by 45-foot-wide stainless-steel sculpture, Maelstrom (2009), especially for the Museum's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. Watch video footage of the artist and his crew installing the work on the Roof Garden at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Video: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Thomas Ling Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan Gallery