Sheena Wagstaff would often visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1980s when she was an arts student, seeking refuge among the Buddhas and bodhisattvas of the Asian art department. Her appointment in 2012 as the museum’s top curator of modern and contemporary art brought the most overshadowed department […]
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The Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, who at 38 was the youngest architect to design the Serpentine Pavilion in 2018, has been selected to design the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new $500 million Modern and contemporary art wing, the museum announced on Sunday. “It’s a very important commission,” said the museum’s […]
The following story contains spoilers from the first episode of “How I Met Your Father.” The first episode of “How I Met Your Father” ends with the newly minted friend group sharing a nightcap in a living room. “Wow, I love your place,” says Sophie, played by Hilary Duff. “Thanks,” […]
Seven years after announcing ambitious plans to rebuild its wing for Modern and contemporary art — which then had to be put on hold because of financial problems — the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday announced that it had finally secured a lead donation of $125 million, the largest […]