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John Derian’s new collection is inspired by “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” at the Met’s Costume Institute. He sourced the museum’s vast collection for the 100 piece collection of his classic paperweights, trays, …
“Conservation started by looking at how to treat objects that have been damaged… Now we’re thinking about how to set up displays and storage so that kind of damage doesn’t happen in …
The return of the airship, a 30-year time-lapse of NYC's skyline, saying farewell to photographer Peter Lindbergh and more from around the internet
For the first time in its history, NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will fill the vacant niches along the Fifth Avenue facade of its iconic Beaux-Arts building. With their inaugural annual commission, …
Three library card systems divide New York City: the New York Public Library (for Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx, the Queens Library and the Brooklyn Public Library. Membership cards at all …
While there was no missing the coverage surrounding the Met Gala—whether it’s the reportage, live-tweeting, or ensuing memes—sometimes the celebrity fanfare gets more attention than the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s …
Photographing cannabis, ocean-friendly Jenga, self-flying helicopters and more
In 137 years, NYC’s The Metropolitan Opera has played host to many firsts. And yet, only with their new opera production, Thomas Adès’ “The Exterminating Angel,” has the venue heard an A …
With photography by Nicholas Alan Cope and an essay by professor and Dean Emeritus at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation Mark Wigley, this limited edition concertina-fold portfolio offers …
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s public domain policy has changed this week, making 375,000 images in the collection free to be used in any which way you can think up. Additionally, the …