Feb 24, 2021 | Art, Museums, New York
The wealth of any museum is almost always hung on its walls. The collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, for instance, is estimated to be worth somewhere between $100 and $400 billion dollars. (A very rough estimate – no museum would ever...
Jan 15, 2021 | Art, Gallery, New York, News & Trending
While the Metropolitan Museum of Art was able to reopen after several months of prudent closure during the spring and summer of 2020, they’ve done so with reduced capacity, limited hours, and reservation requirements that mean that not everyone who wishes to...
Nov 20, 2020 | Art, New York, News & Trending
The business that’s like no other is a much bigger business than you’d probably guess. Broadway itself, the 41 large theatres clustered around Lincoln Center in New York City and the businesses that depend on them, employ nearly 100,000 people full-time,...
Oct 30, 2020 | Art, Exhibitions, New York, News & Trending
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Nicole Fleetwood grew up in a small, poor town in southwest Ohio, and saw friends, neighbors, and family members go to prison, some for large crimes, most for small ones. She kept in touch with her relatives while they were incarcerated, trading back and forth...
Oct 21, 2020 | Art, New York, News & Trending
Sheer chance and an observant art enthusiastic are the heroes of the day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where a long-lost painting has been restored to its collection. The collection, titled Struggle: From the History of the American People, is...
Sep 2, 2020 | Art, Culture, New York
Misty Copeland was already winning awards for ballet at 15, only two years after picking up the art, and her accumulation of accolades never stopped. In 2015 at the age of 32, she became the first black woman to be made principal dancer for the American Ballet...
