- 6/10/13 /
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Saltz on the Met's New European Paintings Galleries
The new installation presents us with a much more coherent, legible vision of one of the great achievements of world civilization.
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- 9/17/12 /
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Saltz: The Met’s ‘Regarding Warhol’ Has Nothing to Say
There’s a shallow, pandering fecklessness to this pseudo-extravaganza.
- 2/8/12 /
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New York's Koch-Fueled Binge: Saltz and Davidson on Distasteful Donations
Is David Koch's money good enough for the Met?
- 5/12/11 /
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The Met Plans to Take Over the Whitney Building
When the Whitney leaves its current spot in 2015.
- 3/7/11 /
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Watch Spain’s King Philip IV Sign Autographs by His Portrait at the Met
"Ask him, what does he eat?"
- 12/17/10 /
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Jerry Saltz’s Open Letter to the Republicans of the 111th Congress
There's indecency to be rooted out!
- 5/4/10 /
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Jerry Saltz Takes You Through the Met’s Massive Picasso Show
See a "chapel to eroticism."
- 1/25/10 /
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Lady Trips at the Met, Rips a Picasso
Unless this woman was once pantsed on national TV, this was surely most embarrassing moment of her life.
- 12/11/09 /
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Remembering Thomas Hoving, Visionary (and Wonderfully Vulgar) Met Director
Hoving was a madman, and of a specific type: the utterly fearless, patrician vulgarian.
- 9/25/09 /
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Zeffirelli Puts Bondy on Blast, Again
"He's a very bad director for my money. He should not be allowed to touch these masterpieces."
- 9/23/09 /
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Tosca Beef Heats Up
Luc Bondy: "I'm a third-rate director, and he is a second assistant of Visconti."
- 9/22/09 /
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The Met’s Tosca Booed on Opening Night
“The production made no sense!”
- 6/22/09 /
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The Met Makes Good on Promised Layoffs
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it has completed the round of layoffs announced back in March, with an overall death toll of 357 positions.
- 6/3/09 /
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Met Director: Smaller Art Shows, Fewer Parties, No More Biscuits
"We no longer serve biscuits to the trustees."
- 4/23/09 /
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Preview the Met’s Fab New Show, ‘The Pictures Generation’
It's a look back at the gang of mostly New York artists who first came of age with TV news and pop culture.
- 4/10/09 /
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Met Director Fight!
According to a new book, ex-Met-director Philippe de Montebello didn't always get along with his predecessor — and their clashes were every bit as explosive as you might expect.
- 3/12/09 /
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Layoffs Hit the Met
The museum will eliminate 74 retail positions.
- 3/12/09 /
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The Met Drops a Cool Million for an Old Master
The purchase comes at a time when the Met has publicly expressed some worries about money.
- 11/21/08 /
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Is New York City Opera Headed for Bankruptcy?
A former high-ranking staff member says declaring bankruptcy is 'a real possibility and perhaps a good option.'
- 10/21/08 /
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Outgoing Met Director Philippe de Montebello Forced to Share Plaque at Farewell Party
On his replacement, Thomas P. Campbell: 'We do not see eye to eye on everything.'
- 10/15/08 /
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The Met Goes Viral
The Metropolitan Opera is launching its own video-on-demand service.
- 9/23/08 /
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Renée Fleming Hiccups at Met Opener
How could she play a long scene opposite Thomas Hampson almost as if he weren’t there?
- 9/10/08 /
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New Met Director Plays Down Sarah Palin Comparisons
'I don’t hunt and, to the best of my knowledge, I don’t have a 17-year-old who is pregnant,' he said.
- 9/10/08 /
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Thomas P. Campbell Named Director of the Met — But Is He Snooty Enough?
We consult the Vulture Snootometer!
- 8/15/08 /
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The Hidden ‘Weekend Arts’
As summer-desperate editors have always known, any idea, no matter how goofy, can be stretched into a popular recurring feature.