A teen hurled water at two renowned centuries-old paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and ripped tapestries off the wall in a bizarre tantrum, authorities and law-enforcement sources said ...

Installation view of “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350,” on view Oct. 13, 2024–Jan. 26, 2025 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (photo: Eileen Travell, courtesy of The Met). “Beauty ...

On Saturday from noon to 2 pm, over two dozen protestors stood on the front steps of the Met, chanting and waving some of the same signs they held at the MFA Boston, which included “ReNOir” and “God ...

After two years of traveling, “Madame X” — the iconic 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent — has returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it’s the star of a new exhibit ,”Sargent and Paris,” ...

A teenager was arrested after splashing water on two centuries-old paintings and tearing a tapestry off the wall in a bizarre incident at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, police sources said Tuesday.

Few who see Picasso's "The Actor "at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art know its complicated history. Paul Leffmann, a German Jewish businessman, sold it in 1938. "It used to hang in the home of my ...

A recent memoir by Patrick Bringley about his time working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art illustrates the intimate knowledge guards possess of the pieces they protect. Ad Policy A security guard ...

Over the next five years, New York City will welcome two new momentous spaces for the arts, both along Manhattan’s iconic Fifth Avenue, some 40 blocks apart. The first is an airy new $550-million wing ...

U.S. museums are working to accommodate more art and visitors. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the projects come with a $2 billion price tag. By Ted Loos This article is part of the Fine Arts & ...