Met’s ‘Heavenly Bodies’ Fashion Exhibit Heads for Final Weekend After Record Run
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Heavenly Bodies” is heading for its final weekend....
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Mary Corse Among Highlights as Whitney Museum Switches to Summer Hours
Mary Corse, David Wojnarowicz and Kevin Beasley are among the artists whose works will be featured at the The Whitney Museum of American Art....
Met Unveils Glory of Mexican Art From Flourishing, 18th Century Era (Photos!)
Mexico is too often stereotyped as a dusty backwater, but it had a flourishing culture....
Guggenheim Presents First Hilma af Klint Solo Exhibition in United States
Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) radical abstract paintings will go on display at the the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City....
Tom Cruise Spotted Atop Tate Modern in London Filming ‘Mission Impossible 6’
Tom Cruise has been known to leap from tall buildings with a single bound and that includes museums. ...
Met Stands Fast Against Creeping Fascism Over Balthus Painting (Photo)
The Metropolitan Museum of Arts is standing fast against a coterie of critics, including neo-Fascists, who are demanding the removal of a Balthus painting....
Morgan Library Fetes First Cultural Iconoclast, Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was America’s first cultural iconoclast. Not much is popularly known about him beyond his seminal book “Walden.” But the Morgan Library & Museum’s upcoming exhibit provides a rare window into Thoreau....
MoMA Party in the Garden Fit for a Rockefeller and a Few Friends (Photos!)
MoMA’s Party in the Garden was fit for a Rockefeller, make that two or three Rockefellers....
Pop Art Gets International Perspective at Philadelphia Museum of Art (photos)
Pop art has long been thought a uniquely American movement, but Pop flourished around the globe....
Joaquín Torres-García, Avant-Garde Modernist, Gets MoMa Retrospective
Joaquín Torres-García, a towering figure in modern art, whose influence extended from South America to Europe, will get a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City this month. Drawings, paintings, objects, sculptures, and original artist notebooks will be featured, according to the museum. ...
Art Museums Create Plan to Safe Harbor Art Objects Threatened by War
Art museums under the auspices of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) have created a plan to safeguard rare art and antiquities that are threatened with destruction in war zones. The move was prompted by attacks on ancient, historic sites in the Middle East. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City joined arts organizations around the world in February to universally condemn the destruction of priceless antiquities by Islamic extremists in the Iraq city of Mosul....
Met Museum ‘Strongly Condemns’ Mosul Antiquities Destruction
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City joined arts organizations around the world today (Feb. 26) to universally condemn the destruction of priceless antiquities by Islamic extremists in the Iraq city of Mosul. The extremists from the Islamic State (IS) used sledge hammers, drills and other power tools to smash ancient statues and sculptures....
Katy Perry, Celebrities Burnish LA’s Contemporary Art Museum Gala
Katy Perry and Glee’s Dianna Agron were among celebrities who attended the Museum of Contemporary Art’s 35th Anniversary Gala in Los Angeles, burnishing the troubled museum’s reputation and bottom line. The event, sponsored by fashion brand Louis Vuitton, also honored Philippe Vergne, the museum’s new director. Owen Wilson, singer Pharrell, television host Ryan Seacrest, burlesque star Dita Von Teese and actress Jane Fonda were also spotted in the crowd that came out Saturday (Mar. 30)...
George Clooney’s Monuments Men in Real Life Featured at The Met
James J. Rorimer, one of art experts portrayed in George Clooney’s film “The Monuments Men,” will be featured in a new Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, highlighting his historic role saving priceless artworks during World War II. Rorimer became director of the Museum after the war. The film, starring Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray and John Goodman, is about museum directors, curators and art historians who go to war in search of plundered Nazi loot. ...
C.F. Martin, Father of ‘American’ Guitar, Featured at Met Museum
C. F. Martin, an 18th Century German immigrant has as much to do with rock and roll as Chuck Berry and The Beatles. He invented the guitar as it’s known today and his works, tracing the instrument’s development over more than 200 years, make up a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ...