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Tag Archives: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tudor Books
Recently, my favorite museum in North America the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opened an impressive new exhibition, The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. Spanning King Henry VII’s seizure of the throne in 1485 to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Henry VIII, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Tudors
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How Random Is This
New York City’s amazing Metropolitan Museum of Art is probably my favorite museum in the world and I’ve been to hundreds. It’s also one of the most visited museums in the world with nearly 2 million guests annually. The Met … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Asia, Europe, History, Middle East, Museums, USA
Tagged Met, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NYC
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How do you define museum ?
After a vote at their 26th general conference on August 24th, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has refined their official definition of the term “museum,” that they previously established nearly half a century ago. The updated definition—which now incorporates … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, History, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Decolonizing the Metropolitan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is one of my favorite go to places in the city. In fact, I’ve been visiting the Met since before I could walk. The museum’s grand entrance hall never fails to awe. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Canada, History, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged First Nations, Metropolitan Museum of Art, mural arts, New York City
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Hitchcock meets Hopper
I always encourage visitors to New York City’s amazing Metropolitan Museum of Art to save time to see the special exhibitions on the roof. For the past 30 years or so, the museum has commissioned single artist shows for the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Film, movies, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Edward Hopper, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, Psycho
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Painting With Light
For 2,000 years the Temple of Dendur sat on the banks of the River Nile. In 1965, the government of Egypt gifted the Temple ruins to the United States and in 1978 it was rebuilt in the Sackler Wing of … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Architecture, Art, History, Museums, Tech, Tourism, USA
Tagged Egypt, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
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Art POV
After spending an afternoon at New York City’s magnificent Metropolitan Museum of Art this week, I had the odd experience of stumbling across artist/filmmaker Masashi Kawamura’s new blog “What They See”, which invites an encounter with the museum from a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Museums, Restaurants, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, Rembrandt, Vermeer
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Up In The Air (nearly)
I first discovered John Schabel’s melancholy and haunting photos years ago in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. In his series entitled “Passengers”, each evocative image was taken during that uncertain limbo that occurs when passengers have been seated in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Photography, USA
Tagged John Schabel, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
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