Metropolitan Museum of Art
Visitors view Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi creation, painted on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, during a preview of the annual Met's Roof Garden commission, in New York on May 13, 2013. Qureshi, who uses the nearly 8,000-square-foot open-air space as his canvas, depicts his emotional response to violence occurring in Pakistan and across the globe, by working areas with blood-like spilled and splattered red acrylic paint into patterns of lush ornamental leaves that evoke the luxuriant walled gardens that are ubiquitous in miniatures of the Mughal court and also echo the foliage of Central Park surrounding the Roof Garden. Qureshi is the first artist to create a work that is be painted directly onto the roof’s surface of the museum, encouraging visitors to walk on it as they view it.
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Punk at Metropolitan Museum of Art
giving an arm gesture usually reserved for drivers on the LIE. The final mannequin flips you the bird. In between, you've got garbage-bag gowns, graffiti'd urinals, flashing lights, raucous music. Wait, are we really at the Metropolitan Museum of Art? Read more »
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Gwyneth Paltrow blasts Met Gala; says she'll never return
actress Gwyneth Paltrow , one of the many celebrity guests at The Metropolitan Museum of Art 's annual Met Gala on Monday night, says she will be skipping the event in the future."I'm never going again," the " Iron Man 3" co-star told USA Today . "It was so Read more »
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Punk finds its place in hallowed halls of Met
-- Punk and high fashion can now share the same stage, and a new Costume Institute exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art , "Punk: Chaos to Culture," celebrates that influence.It's an enduring irony that probably makes punk's rebellious originators cringe Read more »
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'Sid and Nancy' and more punk influences in movies and on TV
The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art opening the exhibition "Punk: Chaos to Couture" May 9, perhaps it's time for someone to curate a retrospective on how punk was portrayed on TV and in the movies . Let's just say Hollywood 's attempts Read more »
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NY's Met acquires 17th c. work at Paris auction
-- The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired a French Old Master painting by Charles Le Brun at auction.The museum confirmed it purchased "The Sacrifice of Polyxena" at Christie's in Paris on Monday. The auction house said the 17th century work sold for Read more »
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Rumor: Beyonce pregnant?
May 6, 2013, photo shows singer Beyonce at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit in New York. Beyonce canceled her Tuesday, May 14, concert in Belgium because of dehydration and exhaustion. In an email to The Associated Press, the singer's 9:45 AM from ABC11-WTVD Raleigh News Read more »
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Qureshi’s Rooftop Spatters at the Met Lead a Series of Evocatively Bloody Works Currently on View
Metropolitan Museum of Art is about to open its newest commission for its rooftop garden, a spattered-red work by Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi that plays on the images of blood, and leads a series of works currently on view across New York that play with from Art Observed Read more »
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Sources confirm Beyonce is pregnant with second child
but what will that mean for her tour? Beyonce arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo License photo Published: May 17, 2013 at 5:38 PM By CAROLINE LEE, from United Press International Read more »
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Miley Cyrus calls relationship gossip 'insane'
Cyrus arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit for the "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo License photo LOS ANGELES, May 17 (UPI) -- U.S. actress and singer from United Press International Read more »
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'Saturday Night Live' season finale: Bill Hader's last show and Kanye West post-SNL rant (video)
West and Kim Kardashian attend the Costume Institute Gala for the "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2013 in New York City. This weekend, Ben Affleck is scheduled to host “Saturday Night Live” for the fifth time. from Southern California Public Radio Read more »
