BY VICTORIA ROMEO
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently  at the tail end of  two exhibitions that examine issues of attribution. What makes these shows special is that they focus on a single work by two  of  the greatest artists of all time: Diego Velazquez and Michelangelo Buonarotti. The stakes becomes when previously anonymous works [...]

BY  CAROLINE LAGNADO
American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915, now in its final days at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores the development of this young country’s identity, and the role artists played in defining it. Culled from 45 prestigious collections, the exhibitions  presents some of America’s fundamental themes: family, community, citizenship, race, and the [...]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has always done a great job of putting together large scale exhibitions that appeal to the both the appeal to the masses as well as the  connoisseur.  Their most recent triumph came by of “The Milkmaid”, its recently concluded showcase of Jan Vermeer’s iconic painting along with several other works [...]

Health care reform may be dead in the water, but at least the ripple effect of a new US administration has stirred up some priceless works of art. In a motion symbolizing the “strong ties of friendship that continue to bind both countries,” the French Embassy has made the gracious decision to give one of [...]

The US has gotten its share of Renaissance preeminence, as Michelangelo and Leonardo, and the Venetian trinity have both made rare appearances stateside over the past twelve months.
Following the debut of  rare Leonardo drawings at the Birmingham Museum of Art last winter, the rare and controversial discovery of what many believe to be Michelangelo’s first [...]

A trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection of Old Masters usually feels like an encyclopedic affair, leaving one to saunter through a charming labyrinth of masterpieces throughout the ages. Such visits are typically not slated for seeing one specific work, however this Summer has provided a worthwhile exception to the rule, with the [...]