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Met Gala 2022: When and where to watch fashion's biggest event
Fp Staff •The event will be the second volume in the two-part Costume Institute exhibition series — In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, opened on 18 September and was preceded by the 2021 Met Gala on 13 September
Explained: What is Gilded Glamour and white-tie, the theme for 2022 Met Gala
Fp Explainers •The 2022 Met Gala will once again, as per tradition, be held on the first Monday in May in New York.
The Met's first Indigenous curator Patricia Marroquin Norby brings Native American perspective to museum's exhibit
•Norby lives for physical engagement, for those moments when she can show you how a 19th-century ceramic, textile, carving or painting is made and how it is connected to the contemporary works she has added to the Diker exhibition.
Would the post-COVID world bring back the glorious, more art-friendly museum experience of the past?
•A critic discovers the joy of visiting Covid-restricted art collections, which lets him commune with van Gogh and the gang.
Should museums tell the public about missing art? Transparency about thefts and loss might aid in recovering objects
•Museums have at times withheld information about thefts, fearing that revealing security weaknesses could make other institutions less likely to loan them art or that it could encourage other thefts.
Nita Ambani named first Indian trustee of New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in its almost 150-year history
Fp Staff •Philanthropist Nita Ambani has been named to the board of the United State's largest art museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has been elected as an honorary trustee of the museum, and is first Indian on the Met's board in its almost 150-year history.
Phenomenal Nature: Mrinalini Mukherjee's Met retrospective showcases the artist's wild, free-flowing sculptures
Ankush Arora •Mounted inside New York’s The Met Breuer, Mrinalini Mukherjee's first retrospective in the United States is somewhat reminiscent of the ‘exotic’ tag that her work has often been categorised into.
Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas to attend Met Gala 2019, become part of Benefit Committee
Fp Staff •Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas will be joined by other high-profile names in the committee include the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, Lena Waithe, Katy Perry and Jared Leto.
Jihadis sharing selfies of a man brandishing Islamic State logo on the streets of New York City
Ians •The photos were spotted in pro-Islamic State channels on instant messaging app Telegram, according to terror watchdog group Memri.
Nita Ambani honoured by the Met, New York, for Reliance Foundation's philanthropic initiatives
Fp Staff •The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York recently honoured Reliance Foundation chairperson Nita Ambani for her philanthropic efforts, in New York.