he Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a long-standing yuletide tradition in New York, is now on view for the holiday season through January 8, 2012.  The brightly lit, 20-foot blue spruce—with a collection of 18th-century Neapolitan angels and cherubs hovering among its boughs and groups of realistic crèche [...]

Article By: Harvey & Alice Diamond…October 2011 he MET is one of the world’s most respected and most visited museums.  Located conveniently at 1000 5th Avenue and 82nd Street in New York, only a stones throw from Central Park, the Guggenhiem,  the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium makes it a must see [...]

Exhibition Date: September 27, 2011–February 5, 2012 Press Preview: Monday, September 26, 10:00 a.m.–noon Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi, 1501-1547), a pupil of Raphael, was a leading innovator of the late Renaissance style known as Mannerism, and one of the most influential Italian artists of the 16th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired [...]

Good Humor at the Met—Caricature and Satire Explored in Infinite Jest at the Metropolitan Museum Beginning September 13 September 13, 2011–March 4, 2012 Press Preview: Monday, September 12, 10 a.m.–noon Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art September 13, 2011, through March 4, 2012, will explore humorous [...]