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A priceless vase dating back to the 4th century BC has arrived home after more than three decades abroad and four years touring Italy. The 2,300-year-old drinking vessel was officially handed over to authorities at the site of the Ancient Greek colony...
Tags: Italy, Naples, Red-figure pottery, J. Paul Getty Museum, Antiquities, Paestum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hospitality Recreation, Asteas, Archaic Greek art, J. Paul Getty Trust
NEW YORK -- "As you might have realized by now, we're in a difficult situation," said billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros to a sold-out crowd at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 30, 2009. Though Soros earned over $1 billion last...
Tags: PEN, George Soros, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Financial Crisis
First Lady Michelle Obama took a breather from her listening tour of federal agencies for a culture break in New York, stopping by the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday to help re-open its new American wing. Mrs. Obama said that she and the president...
Tags: Michelle Obama, American Wing, Mrs. Obama, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, lady michelle, stresses art, children better, nice things, president hope
On the same day we learn that the museum has just dropped $1 million on an Old Master , the Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that it's eliminating 74 merchandising jobs — accounting for 27 percent of its full-time and 9 percent of its part-time...
The famous American photographer Walker Evans collected postcards in his time - 9,000 in all. As of January 29, 2009, a portion of the collection is being displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit, titled "Walker Evans and the Picture...
Tags: Walker Evans, postcard exhibit, Metropolitan Museum of Art
When museum director Philippe de Montebello announced his retirement earlier this year, curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art came up with the perfect going-away gift: an exhibit...Around 300 of those objects will show in "The Philippe de Montebello...
he Metropolitan Museum of Art has appointed one of its own curators, Thomas P. Campbell, as its new director and chief executive, to succeed departing director Philippe de Montebello. After a vote by its board of directors Tuesday, the New York museum...
Tags: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas P. Campbell, Philippe de Montebello, Thomas Campbell
Arrivals.The Metropolitan Museum of Art.New York, NY United States.May 5, 2008.Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com..To license this image (15781667), contact WireImage.com WireImage.com Actress Katie Holmes (C) and actor Tom Cruise (R) attend the...
Tags: New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Katie Holmes, contact wireimage, Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage, NY United States, Tom Cruise, art costume, Costume Institute Gala, actors katie
6 The red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's renowned Costume Institute Gala was full of supermodels, superstars, superathletes and host of fashion heroes. Newsflash: A cadre of superheroes has invaded one of Gotham's top cultural institutions,...