SALEM, MA.- Libraries, archives, and museums face similar challenges. Libraries and archives affiliated with art museums have a second layer of concerns to consider in determining how they best relate to their parent institution. The Peabody Essex Muse…
Thomas P. Campbell Announces Curatorial and Conservation Appointments at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced three appointments within the Museum’s curatorial and conservation departments: • Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser as Curator in The American Wing; • Jennifer Perry…
Important Roman Sculpture Joins Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
NEW YORK, NY.- An ancient Roman group statue of great importance and beauty—a depiction of the Three Graces of Greek mythology—has been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by Thomas P. Campbell, the Museum’s Dir…
Contemporary Photography and Video Featured at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Themes of dislocation and displacement in contemporary photography will be explored in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s forthcoming exhibition in the Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography. Drawn almost entirely from the M…
Largest Assembly of Cézanne Works Ever on View in Arizona
PHOENIX, AZ.- French master Paul Cézanne, one of the most recognizable names in art, is celebrated worldwide for his Post-Impressionist masterpieces. However, Cezanne’s greatest legacy may be the transformative effect his work had on 20th centu…
Metropolitan Announces 5.24 Million Annual Attendance, Highest Since 2001
NEW YORK, NY.- Attendance at The Metropolitan Museum of Art reached 5,240,000 visitors during the fiscal year that ends today, June 30, the Museum has announced. This is the first year since 2001 that attendance at the Metropolitan has exceeded five mi…
Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces 5.24 Million Annual Attendance
NEW YORK, NY.- Attendance at The Metropolitan
Museum of Art reached 5,240,000 visitors during the fiscal year that
ends today,
June 30, the Museum has announced. This is the first year since 2001
that
attendance at the Metropolitan has e…
Ringo Starr’s Gold Drum to Go on View at Met Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- On July 7, Ringo Starr’s 70th birthday, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will inaugurate a special display of his gold-plated snare drum that will remain on view to the public through December 2010 in the Museum’s second-floor Musical Inst…
Metropolitan Museum of Art announces A Landmark Picasso Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, MoMA a landmark exhibition of 150 works by Pablo Picasso (Spanish,
1881–1973), will present an unprecedented opportunity to view the Met’s
extensive collection of the artist’s work. Ope…
The Brooklyn Museum Announces A Major Fashion Exhibition
BROOKLYN, NY.- A major exhibition celebrating the Brooklyn Museum
Costume Collection and the unique collection-sharing partnership with the
Metropolitan Museum of Art will be presented at the Brooklyn Museum from May 7
through August 1, 2010. “A…