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author Patrick Bringley and the cover of his book

'All the Beauty in the World': Patrick Bringley reflects on a decade of observations as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

2:37pm May 01, 2025

This Saturday, the WFDD Book Club will discuss All the Beauty in the World. Meetings are at Scuppernong Books and Book Ferret at 11:00 a.m. WFDD Editorial Director Bethany Chafin recently spoke with author Patrick Bringley about his memoir that documents 10 years as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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Singer and composer H. Sinno is bringing a site-specific opera to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Temple of Dendur.

An ancient Egyptian temple in New York inspires a Lebanese American musician

5:01am January 27, 2024

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

H. Sinno, former lead singer of the pioneering Lebanese rock band Mashrou' Leila, pairs their own history with that of the Metropolitan Museum's Temple of Dendur in their new opera.

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Met museum is returning looted ancient art to Cambodia and Thailand

4:20pm December 15, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

The Metropolitan Museum of Art had been displaying artwork from the Khmer era that was associated with a man indicted in 2019 for the illegal trafficking of antiquities.

A provocative exhibit at NYC's Met Museum takes a new point of view

6:27pm July 04, 2022

by Jennifer Vanasco

The exhibit explores how Native Americans have used water. But it also points out how political water is.

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See All The Best Looks From The Met Gala 2022

9:49pm May 02, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

It's the annual high-stakes fashion soiree is a major money-maker for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute and an opportunity for mega-wattage stars and influencers to turn out in style.

Calling all horse girls: Kim Petras wears a Collina Strada dress with a 3D horse bustier and dramatic skirt.

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Here Are The Best Looks From The Met Gala

9:47pm September 13, 2021

by Natalie Escobar

After the pandemic shut down fashion's biggest night in 2020, the Met Gala came back on the 75th anniversary of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has been closed since mid-March, but will be open to visitors five days a week starting in August.

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New York's Metropolitan Museum Of Art Will Open Its Doors Again In Late August

9:08pm July 15, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

The country's largest art museum will be open to the public five days a week starting at the end of August. It had been closed since March as New York City grappled with the coronavirus pandemic.

The Metropolitan Museum on Mar. 13, the first day it was closed due to the coronavirus.

N.Y.'s Met Museum Projects $150 Million Shortfall, Lays Off 81 Employees

5:08pm April 23, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

One of New York City's biggest tourist attractions and the U.S.' largest art museum says that it has revised its budget shortfall projection — some $50 million greater than just a month ago.

Crock Of Ages: New Exhibit Reveals Ancient Pottery's Millennia-Long Songs

5:57am August 06, 2019

by Neda Ulaby

Sculpture seems like an inherently visual art, but Oliver Beer has made it auditory. He dropped microphones into a mishmash of objects from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to craft an orchestra.

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