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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Luxury of Time at the Met
Art, Design, Interior design

The Luxury of Time at the Met

The luxury of time is a valuable asset when visiting the vast collections, exhibits and shops at the Metropolitan Museum. The phrase… Read More

Weekend Wandering at the Met
Art, Fashion, Food and drink

Weekend Wandering at the Met

Tag along for a visit to the Met for a peek at the not-to-be-missed Madame Cézanne show and a couple smaller exhibitions.

Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry at the Met
Art, Design, Interior design

Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry at the Met

If last year’s blockbuster exhibit, Interwoven Globe, proved the power of textiles as a force in the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural exchange… Read More

JAR books
Art, Fashion, Jewelry

JAR at the Met

Not only is the JAR exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum the first US retrospective of jewelry designer Joel A. Rosenthal’s… Read More

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Art

Thinking Outside the Box

I love how the Met is using items from their collection to create smaller accessible shows that, like their new… Read More

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