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  1. opera review
    The Met’s Medea Is the Sondra Radvanovsky ShowThe company finally got around to mounting the 1797 opera, one of two blood-soaked Greek myths to open this month.
    By Justin Davidson
  2. opera review
    The Met Opera’s Eurydice Finds Fun in a Hopeless PlaceThe new production ventures to the underworld and provides an awfully good time.
    By Justin Davidson
  3. lawsuits
    Florence’s Uffizi Gallery Is Suing PornhubLeave the Venus of Urbino alone!
    By Bethy Squires
  4. vulture guides
    Jerry Saltz’s Guide to the Met for the Crowd-AverseA nearly hidden entrance, the line-free underground cafeteria, and a jaw-dropping yet somehow always deserted room.
    By Jerry Saltz
  5. james levine
    James Levine Sues the Met Opera Days After He Was Fired Over Abuse AllegationsThe conductor and former music director is suing the Met for breach of contract and defamation.
    By Tolly Wright
  6. the met
    10 Questions the Met Must Answer About James LevineThe Met Opera has fired its musical director amid allegations of sexual abuse. But they still have lots of explaining to do.
    By Justin Davidson
  7. money money money
    The Met Is Reportedly Considering Charging Tourists an Admission FeeAlert your visiting grandparents now!
    By Hunter Harris
  8. art appreciation
    I Can’t Stop Thinking About This Drawing by a Man With No Hands or FeetJerry Saltz on the infinitely intricate art of Matthias Buchinger.
    By Jerry Saltz
  9. opera
    From One Crisis to the Next at the MetNow that the Met’s next few seasons are assured, Peter Gelb can get back to making sure that opera matters.
    By Justin Davidson
  10. art review
    Saltz on the Met’s Photography and the American Civil War A bracing look at the first war that was conducted in front of the camera’s cold eye.
    By Jerry Saltz
  11. art review
    Saltz on the Met’s ‘Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity’We see a few painters blowing up every convention there was.
    By Jerry Saltz
  12. art review
    Saltz: The Met’s Matisse Exhibit Is Intoxicating, Possibly DangerousWhat makes this show so ravishing is, improbably, that it’s arranged like an art-history-class slideshow time line.
    By Jerry Saltz
  13. art
    Davidson: DJ Spooky Spins Into Oblivion at the MetIn his first year as the museum’s artist-in-residence, he offers up watery music and weak ideas.
    By Justin Davidson
  14. the whitney
    The Met Plans to Take Over the Whitney BuildingWhen the Whitney leaves its current spot in 2015.
    By Julie Gerstein