Met Gala 2026: 'Costume Art' theme REVEALED; meaning, dress code, hosts and all you need to know

Discover the Met Gala 2026 with its captivating 'Costume Art' theme! Explore the new exhibit at the Met, its significance, ...

The Met Announces ‘Costume Art’ Exhibition, New Condé Nast Galleries, and Met Gala Sponsors

Artistry, accessibility and, of course, money are integral to both art and fashion and the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...
DPA International on MSN

If you want to see Moctezuma's headdress, head to Vienna, not Mexico

On their 30th wedding anniversary, the couple from Mexico were determined to fulfill a long-deferred aspiration: a visit to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Watch the Record-Breaking Auction of This Gustav Klimt Portrait, Which Just Became the Second Most Expensive Painting Ever Sold

"Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer," which played a role in protecting the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust, sold ...
The New Yorker

The Man Who Helped Make the American Literary Canon

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the country’s literature was widely considered provincial. Then Malcolm Cowley set ...

After the Death of Two Titans, Where Are the Next Giant Art Patrons?

With the passing of Leonard A. Lauder and Agnes Gund amid financial headwinds, arts organizations worry that the cultural ...

Gustav Klimt portrait that spared its subject from Nazis breaks modern art record with $236M sale

The pieces were up for auction Tuesday evening at Sotheby’s in New York. The painting “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” helped ...

Azzedine Alaïa Was One of the World’s Great Couture Collectors—These Are His Diors

For nearly 40 years, Alaïa quietly assembled what is considered the largest private fashion archive on record: some 20,000 ...

What Really Happened on the Set of 'Breathless'? Here’s the True Story Behind 'Nouvelle Vague'

The fascinating stories behind Richard Linklater’s new film "Nouvelle Vague," about the making of "Breathless," starring Zoey ...

Klimt's 'Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer' goes for $236.4 million, becoming priciest modern artwork ever auctioned

Gustav Klimt's 'Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer,' sold for an astonishing $236.4 million on Tuesday, making it the most ...

After surviving a horrific buffalo attack, these conservationists doubled down on protecting nature

Beverly and Dereck Joubert have documented Southern Africa’s incredible wildlife for over 40 years. In their new book, “Wild Eye: A Life in Photographs,” they share an intimate visual memoir from the ...