The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/metropolitan-museum-of-art/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:43:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Metropolitan Museum of Art | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/metropolitan-museum-of-art/ 32 32 Met Museum cancels planned John Galliano exhibit after backlash over antisemitism https://www.timesofisrael.com/met-museum-cancels-planned-john-galliano-exhibit-after-backlash-over-antisemitism/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:03:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3888843 Fashion designer says he decided 'it is best' not to hold event, apologizes for 'hurt I caused to the Jewish and Asian communities'; move welcomed by Jewish leaders

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]]> Met Gala may move date from Yom HaShoah as it honors Galliano, who once praised Hitler https://www.timesofisrael.com/met-gala-may-move-date-from-yom-hashoah-as-it-honors-galliano-who-once-praised-hitler/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:54:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3888421 NYT says some donors are threatening to pull their donations if the museum fetes the designer at 2027 event, after meetings with rabbis and prominent Jewish leaders fail to quell backlash

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]]> Sorry not sorry? John Galliano exhibit at the Met sparks Jewish debate on repentance https://www.timesofisrael.com/sorry-not-sorry-john-galliano-exhibit-at-the-met-sparks-jewish-debate-on-repentance/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:46:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3873459 Former Dior designer claims turnaround after his 2011 antisemitic tirade praising Hitler, and while the ADL accepted his apology, others ask if it's enough - or even truly sincere

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]]> Joining wave of institutions, London museum drops Sackler name from exhibits https://www.timesofisrael.com/joining-wave-of-institutions-london-museum-drops-sackler-name-from-exhibits/ Mon, 03 Oct 2022 07:27:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2847264 Victoria and Albert Museum cuts ties from American family blamed for fueling opioid crisis; advocacy group leader Nan Goldin hails 'big victory'

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]]> Daily Briefing Sept. 1: NY law addresses Holocaust education; an opioid antidote? https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-sept-1-ny-law-addresses-holocaust-education-an-opioid-antidote/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 11:01:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2828574 US reporter Luke Tress looks at Holocaust art education in NY and opioid crisis; Jessica Steinberg discusses Aviv Geffen's abrupt political shift and rebates for film/TV producers

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]]> Amid opioid scandal, Met Museum to cut ties with Sackler family https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-opioid-scandal-met-museum-to-cut-ties-with-sackler-family/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 21:28:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2663963 Removing Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces, New York institution is latest to distance itself from Purdue Pharma owners

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]]> Join a curator on a virtual tour of the Met’s Ashkenazi Jewish treasures https://www.timesofisrael.com/join-a-curator-on-a-virtual-tour-of-the-mets-ashkenazi-jewish-treasures/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:58:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2455811 Starting January 5, NY's Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its collection for an online glimpse at medieval European Jews, showing the tastes of owners and artists at the time

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]]> Global virus cases cross 25 million as India sets grim record https://www.timesofisrael.com/global-virus-cases-cross-25-million-as-india-sets-grim-record/ Sun, 30 Aug 2020 06:56:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2377904 India sees highest daily case rate with 78,761 infections; nearly 843,000 have died from coronavirus worldwide; countries tighten restrictions to stem outbreak

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]]> After Twitter storm, Met museum changes tefillin label from amulet to phylactery https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-twitter-storm-met-museum-changes-tefillin-label-from-amulet-to-phylactery/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:16:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2356807 But archive's updated term for the leather boxes and straps still doesn't mention its use in Jewish prayer

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]]> Met museum ‘mislabeling’ leads to Twitter tempest in a tefillin box https://www.timesofisrael.com/met-museum-mislabeling-leads-to-twitter-tempest-in-a-tefillin-box/ Mon, 27 Jul 2020 10:04:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2355329 Jewish social media users ask for correction in NYC museum’s Islamic Art Department's categorization of item, but academic says term is likely lexically correct

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]]> The mystery of the painting in Gallery 634 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/08/arts/met-art-nazi-loot.html?referringSource=articleShare Sat, 08 Feb 2020 15:35:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2237058 'The rape of Tamar,' a 17th-century work of art on view for years at The Met, was once owned by a Jewish art dealer who fled the Nazis, new evidence reported by NY Times suggests

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]]> Met gives back looted ancient gold coffin to Egypt https://www.timesofisrael.com/met-gives-back-looted-ancient-gold-coffin-to-egypt/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 21:22:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2156080 Museum paid $4 million for Coffin of Nedjemankh in 2017, but investigators say institution given fraudulent documents, casket smuggled out of Middle East

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]]> Stunning finds from the Met’s exhibit on medieval Jewish treasure https://www.timesofisrael.com/stunning-finds-from-the-mets-exhibit-on-medieval-jewish-treasure/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:01:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2118856 Hidden in the walls of a house in Colmar, France, by a Jewish family facing persecution, the jewelry remained stashed there for over 500 years

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]]> Court lets Met keep Picasso masterpiece sold for $12,000 by family fleeing Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/picasso-painting-sold-by-family-escaping-the-nazis-can-remain-at-the-met/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 22:14:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2102189 Appeals court rules that descendants of Jewish businessman who owned 'The Actor' waited too long to demand it be returned by NY museum

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]]> Jewish anti-opioid activists lead protest against Guggenheim Museum in New York https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-anti-opioid-activists-lead-protest-against-guggenheim-museum-in-new-york/ Sun, 10 Feb 2019 15:10:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=2015535&preview=true&preview_id=2015535 Nan Goldin and others drop thousands of fake OxyContin prescriptions at museum, in protest of its affiliation with Sackler family, whose company makes the addictive drug

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