Was That Painting Stolen by Nazis? New York Museums Are Now Required to …

In New York, a new law aims to confront the painful legacy of the Holocaust: The state’s museums are now required to acknowledge if a work of art was stolen by the Nazi regime.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nazi-looted-paintings-new-york-museums-180980587/

Stained Glass in Medieval Europe – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York: Harvey Miller Publishers and Metropolitan Museum of Art for American Corpus Vitrearum, Inc., 2003. Raguin, Virginia Chieffo. Stained Glass: From Its Origins to the Present. New York: Abrams, 2003. Additional Essays by Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters. Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters.

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/glas/hd_glas.htm

Sumerian | Early Dynastic I-II – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 16, 1972–January 21, 1973. “The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Selections from the Collection of the Ancient Near East Department,” MOA Museum of Art, Atami, Japan, The Aiche Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1983.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/323735

Photographs | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In 2001, the department acquired The Met’s first work of video art—Ann Hamilton’s a,b,c (1994/99)—and has since gone on to represent significant developments in film, video, and new media by artists including Darren Almond, Omer Fast, David Hammons, Jonathan Horowitz, and Sharon Lockhart.. In 2007 The Met announced the gift and promised gift of the complete archive of Diane Arbus …

https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/collection-areas/photographs

Mihrab (Prayer Niche) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012. pp. 132–33, ill. p. 132 (color). API Access. The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can now connect to the most up-to-date data and images for more than 470,000 artworks in The Met collection.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/449537

Workshop of Robert Campin – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005. no. 32, pp. 126–29. Falkenburg, Reindert L. “Hans Memling’s Van Nieuwenhove Diptych: The Place of Prayer in Early Netherlandish Devotional Painting.” In Essays in Context: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych , edited by John Oliver Hand, and Ron Spronk.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/470304

William Klein | Gun 1, New York | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Faces from the Collection,” January 1, 1987–May 1, 1987. Bronx Museum of the Arts. “Street Art, Street Life,” September 14, 2008–January 25, 2009. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Crime Stories: Photography and Foul Play,” March 7, 2016–July 31, 2016.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/265062

12 Best Bookstores in New York City (Families will Love)

Here’s a roundup of 12 of the best bookstores New York has to offer! Psst..check out the Best Children’s Museums in New York City (that kids will love) Books are Magic 225 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231. Books are Magic is located in Cobble Hill and is a great getaway for booklovers of any level.

https://www.newyorkfamily.com/12-best-bookstores-in-new-york-city/

Qatar Has Given the Metropolitan Museum of Art a ‘Generous’ Gift to …

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Gallery 451, sooned to be renamed the Qatar Gallery. Courtesy of the museum. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has received a “generous gift” from Qatar Museums …

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-qatar-gift-2180431

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Making The Met, 1870–2020,” August 29, 2020–January 3, 2021. API Access. The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can now connect to the most up-to-date data and images for more than 470,000 artworks in The Met collection.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/196439