William H. Luers, Diplomat Who Backed Czech Dissident Leader, Dies at 95

William H. Luers, Diplomat Who Backed Czech Dissident Leader, Dies at 95

In 1983, William H. Luers, a new American ambassador to Czechoslovakia, bet on a long shot for its future: Vaclav Havel, the often-imprisoned poet-playwright and enemy of the Communist state. But after leading a peaceful revolution to oust the regime, the long shot cultural leader became the democratically-elected last president …

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‘Superfine’ Brings Radiant Black Style to the Met

‘Superfine’ Brings Radiant Black Style to the Met

It’s probably too much to show up at one of these Costume Institute shows looking for the object that ties the whole thing together. Just because they’re about clothes doesn’t mean they have to do what a smart outfit does. And yet damn if I didn’t find a single object …

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Met Gala 2025 celebrity red carpet looks – live updates on

Met Gala 2025 celebrity red carpet looks – live updates on

  7m ago Shakira Global pop star Shakira arrives for the 2025 Met Gala.  Shakira at the 2025 Met Gala. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue By Mark Prussin https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/live-updates/watch-met-gala-red-carpet-2025/#post-update-a29bcf7e   18m ago Usher and Jennifer Goicoechea Raymond Usher and his wife Jennifer Goicoechea Raymond arrive on the blue …

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This Year’s Met Gala Raises the Most Money in Its History

This Year’s Met Gala Raises the Most Money in Its History

The Met Gala has outdone itself, even before it’s begun. The annual gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — the flashy fashion extravaganza that highlights the city’s social scene every May — raised a record $31 million this year, museum officials announced on Monday, the biggest gross in the …

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What is the 2025 Met Gala theme?

What is the 2025 Met Gala theme?

The Met Gala is back for 2025 in New York City, with a spotlight on Black style and tailoring. Here’s what to know about this year’s theme explained. Much of the buzz around fashion’s biggest night revolves around the so-called theme, which is based on the spring exhibition at the Metropolitan …

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Sargent and ‘Madame X’ Return, Notorious as Ever

Sargent and ‘Madame X’ Return, Notorious as Ever

The preternaturally astute portrait painter John Singer Sargent is often identified as an American, but he belonged to no one country. Born in Florence, Italy, to expat parents who moved the family around Europe with the seasons, Sargent (1856-1925) spent a formative decade in Paris before making London his base …

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How Hauser & Wirth Took Over N.Y.C.’s Museums This Spring

How Hauser & Wirth Took Over N.Y.C.’s Museums This Spring

Earlier this month the Whitney Museum of American Art celebrated the opening of an exhibition by the painter Amy Sherald — Michelle Obama’s official portraitist — with a champagne toast over lush arrangements of daffodils and yellow ranunculus. At the Museum of Modern Art, another recent blowout event honored an …

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New Voices Help Museums Tell New (or Forgotten) Stories

New Voices Help Museums Tell New (or Forgotten) Stories

This article is part of our Museums special section about how artists and institutions are adapting to changing times. When Daniel Merritt became chief curator of an art museum at 32, he did not expect his profession to require him — or the public — to put on skis. But …

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At the Met Roof Reopening, These Sculptures Must Be Heard

At the Met Roof Reopening, These Sculptures Must Be Heard

On a brisk morning a few weeks ago on the roof terrace of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the artist Jennie C. Jones was previewing “Ensemble,” her suite of elegant, angular sculptural works for the museum’s annual Roof Garden commission, which opens on Tuesday. Three sculptures glistened in the sunlight, …

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