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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Reconfiguring an African Icon: Odes to the Mask by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Three Continents

Currently installed at the MET, Reconfiguring an African Icon brings together in dynamic fashion two segments of the museum’s full collection – modern and Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. The exhibition brings together contemporary masks and works that prove an…

Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú

On April 27, 2010, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will open Doug = Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambu. The twin’s have created a momumental bamboo structure for the museum’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden – measuring…

Tom Cambell | The MET’s New Director

Yesterday’s Telegraph ran a quality profile of Philippe de Montebello’s successor at the MET. Hired from in house, Tom Cambell knows a few things about the institution, but is still in for quite the challenge. Simply put, the job is…

Three Decades of Collecting at the MET

When it comes to the museum world, changes in the top brass generate the most newsworthy excitement. This year, after a rather successful run, Phillipe de Montibello stepped down from his position as Director of the MET. In his honor…

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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Reconfiguring an African Icon: Odes to the Mask by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Three Continents

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

Tom Cambell | The MET’s New Director

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Three Decades of Collecting at the MET