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Metropolitan Museum and the Whitney Announce Collaborative Agreement for Breuer Building
Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
(New York, May 11, 2011)—The directors of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art announced today that their boards of trustees have agreed in principle to a multiple-year collaboration projected to begin in 2015, when the Whitney opens its new museum facility on Gansevoort Street in downtown Manhattan. The Metropolitan Museum plans to present exhibitions and educational programming at the Whitney's landmark building at 945 Madison Avenue, which was designed by Marcel Breuer, for a period of eight years, with the possibility of extending the agreement for a longer term. The two museums will seek to collaborate on collections sharing, publications, and other educational activities.
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Anna Wintour Becomes an Elective Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
(New York, May 10, 2011)—Anna Wintour has been named an Elective Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, the Museum's Chairman. Ms. Wintour's election took place at the May 10 meeting of the Board.
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Spring and Summer Attractions in the Gardens at The Cloisters
Monday, May 9, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
Garden Days—an annual weekend of programming devoted to the acclaimed and popular plantings at The Cloisters Museum and Gardens—will take place on June 4 and 5. Many of the herbs and flowers in the three enclosed gardens at The Cloisters—the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicated to the art and architecture of medieval Europe—are at their peak in late spring and early summer. Located on a hilltop in Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan, The Cloisters museum and gardens enjoy an unparalleled view of the Hudson River and the New Jersey Palisades from several vantage points.
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Daniel Brodsky Elected to Succeed James R. Houghton as Chairman of the Metropolitan Museum's Board of Trustees
Monday, May 9, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
(New York, May 10, 2011)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the election of business and civic leader Daniel Brodsky, a Trustee of the institution since 2001, as its next Chairman of the Board. Mr. Brodsky will officially assume the chairmanship on September 13, when James R. Houghton retires from the post after 13 years to become a Trustee Emeritus.
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Metropolitan Museum Concerts
June 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
Shen Wei Dance Arts' New Site-Specific Work for the American Wing,
U.S. Premiere of Philip Glass's String Quartet No. 5,
William Bolcom, Joan Morris, Robert White, and Memories of World War II, and
Steve Miller's Encore Evening of Jazz
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Shen Wei Dance Arts to Create a Site-Specific Dance Work in The Charles Engelhard Court in the American Wing of The Metropolitan Museum of Art June 6 & 13, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
The Metropolitan Museum's First Site-Specific Dance Work
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Sam Waterston, Brian Murray, Star June 20 and 27 at the Metropolitan Museum in Staged Readings of Brenson-Duveen Drama, The Old Masters
Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
(New York, May 5, 2011)—Simon Gray's intense drama of friendship, ethics, and doom involving two leading luminaries of the pre-World War II European art world—The Old Masters—will be revived for an exclusive, two-evenings-only staged reading at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on consecutive Mondays, June 20 and June 27, at 7 p.m.
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Patti and Everett B. Birch Foundation Funds Two New Galleries and Education Programs at Metropolitan Museum
Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
Emphasis on Islamic Culture of Morocco, Spain, North Africa, and Western Mediterranean Honors Memory of Longtime Supporter
Patti Cadby Birch
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Met Celebrates Senses of Springtime with Family Festival Highlighting Art and Culture from the Islamic World and the Ancient Near EastSunday, April 28, 2013
Monday, April 25, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
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Metropolitan Museum Lectures in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
May and June 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
For tickets, call the Concerts & Lectures Department at 212-570-3949 or visit
www.metmuseum.org/tickets, where updated schedules and programs (including additional lectures that are free with Museum admission) are available.
Tickets are also available at the Great Hall Box Office, which is open
Tuesday–Saturday 10–5:00, and Sunday noon–5:00.
Student discount tickets are available for some events; call 212-570-3949.
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Limor Tomer Named New Concerts & Lectures General Manager at Metropolitan Museum
Sunday, March 27, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
(New York, March 28, 2011)—Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today the appointment of Limor Tomer as the Museum's General Manager of Concerts & Lectures, effective May 2. She currently holds the dual positions of Executive Producer for Music at radio station Classical 105.9 FM WQXR and Adjunct Curator for Performing Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. At the Metropolitan Museum, Ms. Tomer—whose prolific career in the arts encompasses more than 20 years of experience as producer, programmer, administrator, and musician—will head the renowned Concerts & Lectures series, which is in its 57th season and presents more than 200 events to the public each year.
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Metropolitan Museum Concerts
May 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
Menahem Pressler & the Emerson String Quartet; Simone Dinnerstein in Recital;
Sharon Isbin & the Salomé Chamber Orchestra;
Tiempo Libre Performing from a New CD My Secret Radio;
Dan Zanes & Friends; and Nimet Habachy's Chat with Deborah Voigt
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Metropolitan Museum Adds New "Spring Break" Holiday to Roster of Met Holiday Mondays
Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
Guitar Heroes and Other Special Exhibitions on View Monday, April 25
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Irish Singer-Songwriter Duke Special Debuts Original Songs at Metropolitan Museum Inspired by Photographs in Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand
Sunday, March 6, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
Irish musical sensation Duke Special will debut all-new songs on March 24, 2011, at
7 p.m. in a performance presented by Spectrum at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this concert conceived specifically for the Met, Duke Special has been inspired by the Museum's current exhibition Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand, which features masterpieces of photography from the early 20th century. Duke Special's signature atmospheric sound will take listeners back to a bygone era of steam trains, tycoons, grandes dames, and artists—a world of foggy city streets and tranquil country scenes.
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Metropolitan Museum Concerts
April 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
Chanticleer's Monteverdi, Mahler, and New Works by Mason Bates & Erika Lloyd, Pianists Paul Lewis and Jon Nakamatsu in Recital, Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert, Musicians from Marlboro, Steve Ross's Tribute to Fred Astaire, and John Lithgow's Children's Program
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Metropolitan Museum's 2011 Series of "Met Holiday Mondays" to Continue with Presidents' Day, Feb. 21
Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art continues its popular "Met Holiday Mondays" program by opening the doors of its main building to the public on Presidents' Day, February 21. (The next Met Holiday Monday will be April 25, during spring break week.)
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Paul Ruddock Elected a Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Monday, February 7, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
Paul Ruddock has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, the Museum's Chairman. The election took place at the January 11 meeting of the Board of Trustees.
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大都會藝術博物館於二月五日舉辦春節迎新活動弘揚中國文化藝術
Thursday, January 27, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
活動日期： 2011 年二月五日， 星期六
活動時間： 上午11 時 至 下午 4 時
地點： 曼哈頓 第五大道輿82街，大都會藝術博物館
大都會藝術博物館歡迎不同年齡的訪客在 2011年二月五日來參加慶祝中國文化藝術，迎接農曆新年的全天全館歡慶活動。本博物館迎兔年活動包括一系列互動節目、手工藝製作活動以及豐富多彩的演出。只需憑本館入場券，這些新年節目幾乎全部免費。
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Steve Miller & Friends - Including Jim Hall, Howard Alden, and Bucky Pizzarelli - Perform "Celebrating the Jazz Guitar" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Saturday, February 12, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
Concert is presented in Conjunction with the Exhibition
Guitar Heroes: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York
February 9 – July 4, 2011
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Metropolitan Museum Concerts
March 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
Nelson Freire and Nicholas Angelich on the PianoForte Recital Series, John Pizzarelli, and Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks; Tango Buenos Aires, David Dubal on Paganini, Liszt, and Wagner; and Gilbert Kaplan Asks "Did New York Kill Gustav Mahler?"