Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tourist Charged Over Bizarre Met Museum Vandalism Rampage

The 19-year-old vandal tore two tapestries and damaged priceless paintings during an inexplicable assault.

Tom Sanders

Women Picking Olives, 1889. Artist Vincent van Gogh.

Heirs Sue the Met for Buying a Van Gogh Looted by Nazis

A Jewish couple, Hedwig and Frederick Stern, bought the painting, Olive Picking, in 1935 before fleeing Germany with their six children the following year.

Amber Brace

A photo illustration of a person stealing a framed pile of money

TAKEN FOR A RIDE

Assistant Swindled Elderly Art Collectors Out of $2M: Suit

Raphael and Jane Bernstein hired the part-time assistant in 2018 to help them handle email and “other computer/technology-related issues,” according to a new lawsuit.

Emily Shugerman

Aaron Douglas' painting Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery through Reconstruction at The Met.

‘WE BUILD OUR TEMPLES’

How Jim Crow Era Fueled the Harlem Renaissance

A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows artists from the Harlem Renaissance taking ownership of Black history.

Brooke Leigh Howard

MEET ME AT THE MET

Bring World-Class Art Into Your Home With Samsung x The Met

The Frame TV owners can now bring world-class art pieces from The Met Museum into their homes.

Mia Maguire

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Juan de Pareja Was Velázquez’ Slave. Then He Became a Star

A Met exhibit of Juan de Pareja's work reveals how a 17th-century Black artist navigated society when the racial climate was beginning to oppress anyone designated as “other.”

Brooke Leigh Howard