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Rarely Seen 18th-Century Pastel Portraits on View in New Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum
Thursday, May 12, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
Pastel quite suddenly became popular throughout Europe in the 18th century, so much so that, by 1750, some 2,500 artists and amateurs were working in pastel in Paris alone. Portraits in pastel were commissioned by all ranks of society, but most enthusiastically by the royal families, their courtiers, and the wealthy middle classes. Although pastel is a drawing material, 18th-century pastel portraits are often highly finished, quite large, brightly colored, and elaborately framed, evoking oil paintings, the medium to which they were invariably compared. The powdery pastel crayons are particularly suited to capturing the fleeting expressions that characterize the most life-like portraits.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces 2011-2012 Concert Season
Thursday, May 12, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
58th Season Features Artists Ranging from Jordi Savall, Thomas Hampson,
Tenet, and the Pacifica Quartet to Angelique Kidjo, Patti Smith, and
Kayhan Kalhor
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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