The entry of works from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation into the Met’s collection has prompted the museum to rethink the way it presents 20th-century art history.

El Museo Thyssen reúne casi cincuenta óleos de Balthus, entre ellos, La calle o Teresa soñando.

Artnet News selects one work emblematic of each decade of the Metropolitan Museum's history, from the Robber Baron Era to the present.

Planning a trip to NYC? Don't skip a visit to the Met Museum. This is one of the most visited museums in the city (and entire world) & for good reason!

Five must-see spaces in the Metropolitan Museum of Art that many people don't know about. Discover these hidden spaces - what they are and how to find them.

Renegade tours at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History. This is not your grandma's museum tour; we fight museum fatigue.

On this, his 80th birthday, we are honored to feature Lee Bennett Hopkins’s most recent poetry book for young readers. Everyone in the world, make way for this stellar author, poet, ed…

Though the earliest references to the term “Hudson River School” in the 1870s were disparagingly aimed, the label has never been supplanted and fairly characterizes the artistic body, its New York headquarters, its landscape subject matter, and often literally its subject.

Conservator Christine Giuntini speaks with Susan Brown, associate curator of textiles at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, about the materials and techniques Kongo artists used to make luxury woven textiles.

Here’s our shortlist of favorite restaurants near the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including a deal for a free ice cream sandwich!

“Painter of Disquiet” showcases Félix Vallotton's strength as colorist. Yet his great achievement was reviving woodcut printing in Europe.

The Lourve...the Musei Vaticani....El Prado....and our very own Metropolitan Museum of Art in fabulous New York City. Each of those revered museums houses some of the most important art and artifacts in the world, and are also HUGE. Today, I will show you how to explore the permanent exhibits at the MET, and get the most out of your visit!

NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art is fabulous – and huge! If short on time, pieces you must see at the Met include the Van Gogh paintings, Egyptian art and "Madame X."

with host artist Miriam Schulman Come with me to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to explore the exhibit Manet/Degas and uncover the secrets behind the paintings. These painters challenged societal norms and continue to stir debate. We’re gonna explore the complexities of these impressionist artists and their works. “Our journey as artists is going to ... Read more

Artist: Jackson Pollock (American, Cody, Wyoming 1912–1956 East Hampton, New York). Date: 1950. Medium: Enamel on canvas. Dimensions: 68-1/8 x 105 x 1-1/2...

Photography Studio: Southworth and Hawes (American, active 1843–1863). Artist: Albert Sands Southworth (American, West Fairlee, Vermont 1811–1894 Charle...

From Jim Shaw at the New Museum to Zanele Muholi at the Brooklyn Musuem, here are critic Ben Davis's choices for the top museum shows of 2015.

Are you planning a trip to the pearl of Africa? Here are the best tourist attractions in Uganda that you should visit for an incredible African safari.

The "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute explores notions of camp, using a 1964 Susan Sontag essay as lens

On Friday, The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that 'more than 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website for non-commercial use.' Even better, the images can be used at no charge (and without getting permission from the museum). In making this announcement, the Met joined other world-class museums in putting put large troves of digital art online.