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CNN
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
The Met's Rockefeller Wing reopens after $70M revamp
Once labeled 'primitive," the Met's collection of art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas now has pride of place in the museum's newly renovated Rockefeller Wing.
CNN
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
The Met's Rockefeller Wing reopens after $70M revamp
Once labeled 'primitive," the Met's collection of art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas now has pride of place in the museum's newly renovated Rockefeller Wing.
New York Times
3 days ago
- General
- New York Times
A Global Community Joins ‘the Conversation' at the Met's Rockefeller Wing
Round tables covered in white cloths surrounded the Temple of Dendur. Women wore fascinators, Nigerian geles and Hawaiian lei po'o, while men wore Yoruba agbadas, Hawaiian kāʻei and the occasional tuxedo, all in sartorial attempts to honor the lineage that brought them to the event. Curators, artists and archaeologists gathered for dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate the culmination of four years of work — and the legacy of a historied American family — on Friday night. They were toasting the reopening of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing and its collection of work from Africa, the ancient Americas and Oceania. Over lobster, foie gras, wine and champagne, friends of the Met and members of the Rockefeller family mingled among the 1,726 objects in the new gallery, which cost $70 million to complete and has 40,000 square feet dedicated to the arts of those regions. 'It is a coming together of a very global community,' said Max Hollein, the chief executive and director of the Met. 'And in this time, it's so much about respecting cultural heritage in many different ways but also making sure that there's a deep understanding, a deeper appreciation.' Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
