Read Statements from Major U.S. Museums About the George Floyd Protests
Since Friday, most major museums in the U.S. have issued statements on the protests.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Major U.S. Museums Criticized for Responses to Ongoing George Floyd Protests
Social media statements by museums and a police presence at one institution generated outrage.
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Metropolitan Museum Names Andrea Bayer Deputy Director for Collections and Administration
She has worked in the museum's department of European paintings since 1990.
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Issues and Commentary: Attraction Pricing
Institutions that open their doors free of charge now seem not premonitions of a democratic world to come but relics of a bygone age.
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Mechanical Glamour
As the Met’s Costume Institute opens an exhibition about the interplay between handmade and mass-produced fashion, Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch for a sequin-making machine evokes a longer historical vie…
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The Met Will Amend Its Admission Policy To Settle Class Action Lawsuit
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that it will be amending its "pay what you wish" admission policy as part of their settlement agreement in the three-year-old class action lawsuit Saska v…
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Nina Diefenbach Named Deputy Director for Advancement at the Barnes Foundation
Thom Collins, the executive director and president of the Barnes Foundation, announced today that Nina McNeely Diefenbach has been named deputy director for advancement. Diefenbach comes to…
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Morning Links: L.A. Is Not A Creative Paradise Edition
In 2017, the Met will open a Lucio Fontana retrospective in the Marcel Breuer building that formally housed the old Whitney. This will only mark Fontana’s second-ever retrospective in the U.S. [The Ar…
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