https://www.scmp.com/rss/523865/feed The latest news and top stories on the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A New York City-based encyclopedic art museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is dedicated to collecting, studying, conserving and presenting works of art across time and cultures. Its main areas of focus include European masters, ancient artefacts and diverse cultural arts. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ambrose Li Ambrose Li Diamond-studded necklaces, golden pectorals and ceremonial small swords are among about 200 jewellery and decorative pieces, covering 4,000 years of history across five continents, to be showcased in Hong Kong from Wednesday. Titled “Treasures of Global Jewellery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Body Transformed”, the show at the Hong Kong Palace Museum marks the US institute’s first major travelling showcase of its jewellery collection. About 200 exhibits have been selected from the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3350059/met-museums-global-jewellery-exhibition-make-dazzling-hong-kong-debut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3350059/met-museums-global-jewellery-exhibition-make-dazzling-hong-kong-debut?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:18:01 +0000 Vincenzo La Torre Vincenzo La Torre One of the most influential players in the art world, Pearl Lam is also known for her impeccable taste and personal style. Based between Shanghai and London, the Hong Kong-born founder of Pearl Lam Projects has recently made a foray into podcasting with The Pearl Lam Podcast, where she interviews artists, writers, designers and cultural figures. Before the opening of a new exhibition at her Hong Kong gallery for Art Basel 2026, she took some time to talk about her most treasured products and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3347849/style-according-pearl-lam-hong-kong-born-founder-pearl-lam-galleries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3347849/style-according-pearl-lam-hong-kong-born-founder-pearl-lam-galleries?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:00:12 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press You certainly do not have to tell Beyonce this: fashion, when deployed properly, is nothing less than art. Now, the fashion-forward superstar will have another chance to make the point. When she co-chairs the Met Gala in May, all eyeballs will be glued to the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see how one of the most watched women on the planet, in her eighth gala appearance, interprets the dress code: “Fashion is Art”. The museum announced the dress code on February 23, along with some... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3344398/met-gala-2026-beyonce-nicole-kidman-venus-williams-among-co-chairs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3344398/met-gala-2026-beyonce-nicole-kidman-venus-williams-among-co-chairs?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:25:18 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa I feel like mourning is something people shy away from,” says Heidi Lau. “It’s always like, ‘just get over it’.” Lau’s work resists that impulse. Born in Macau in 1987, the New York-based artist uses clay to think through grief not as a state to move past, but as a condition that alters time, memory and the body. Her sculptures, informed by her mother’s passing, treat mourning as something tactile. Lau trained in printmaking and drawing at New York University, then spent her early postgraduate... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3341212/heidi-lau-molds-clay-mourning-and-just-won-sigg-prize-2025?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3341212/heidi-lau-molds-clay-mourning-and-just-won-sigg-prize-2025?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Feb 2026 02:00:09 +0000 Denise Tsang Denise Tsang A display of hundreds of ancient Egyptian artefacts will be the Hong Kong Palace Museum’s most profitable exhibition yet, the institution has said, while also revealing that nine other shows are in the pipeline for next year. Director Louis Ng Chi-wa said on Thursday about 76,000 people had visited “Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums” in the first four weeks of its run. “We expected it would be popular, but it is even more popular in terms of both visitor numbers and demand... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3336955/hong-kong-palace-museum-says-egyptian-exhibition-will-be-most-profitable-show-yet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3336955/hong-kong-palace-museum-says-egyptian-exhibition-will-be-most-profitable-show-yet?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:11:46 +0000 Vincenzo La Torre Vincenzo La Torre When Chanel announced earlier this year that it would hold its Métiers d’Art 2026 show in New York, it was months before newly appointed creative director Matthieu Blazy would make his debut at the house. His first collection for the storied maison, the spring/summer 2026 collection, ended up being the buzziest show of Paris Fashion Week in October and delivered a masterclass in how to reset a label and reinvent its codes while still staying true to its heritage. The show marked the start of a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3334994/chanels-metiers-dart-2026-show-was-ode-new-york-city-life-matthieu-blazy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3334994/chanels-metiers-dart-2026-show-was-ode-new-york-city-life-matthieu-blazy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 03:48:50 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Designer Jeffrey Banks spent years co-authoring seven books on fashion before finally deciding it was time to share his own story. The menswear designer recounts more than 50 years in fashion, from working for Ralph Lauren to launching his own label, in his new memoir, Storyteller: Tales from a Fashion Insider. At 72, Banks is having a breakout year. One of his designs was selected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for its “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibit, and he is relaunching his... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3334213/fashion-designer-jeffrey-banks-ralph-laurens-other-son-shares-his-story-new-memoir?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3334213/fashion-designer-jeffrey-banks-ralph-laurens-other-son-shares-his-story-new-memoir?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:15:11 +0000 Charmaine Yu Charmaine Yu American artist Ann Leda Shapiro was right in the thick of it when art, war, feminism and the Aids epidemic collided in the 20th century. Born in 1946, she created gender-questioning art in the early 1970s that the Whitney Museum of American Art censored, protested for peace alongside renowned poet Allen Ginsberg, and volunteered at a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) acupuncture clinic that treated Aids patients. A few years ago, Shapiro revealed that she was a member of the feminist artist... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3333649/ann-leda-shapiro-whose-feminist-art-was-once-censored-holds-hong-kong-exhibition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3333649/ann-leda-shapiro-whose-feminist-art-was-once-censored-holds-hong-kong-exhibition?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Nov 2025 08:15:08 +0000 Vincenzo La Torre Vincenzo La Torre As 2025 draws to a close, we look at four retrospective exhibitions opening around the world, which celebrate remarkable creatives who continue to have a lasting impact on the cultural psyche. Here are some landmark exhibitions to look out over the next few months, from an overview of Asia-inspired works by American artist Robert Rauschenberg to an exhibition that envisions a creative conversation between legendary designers Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo. Robert Rauschenberg – Hong Kong A... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3331735/4-notable-art-exhibitions-opening-around-world-showcasing-likes-vivienne-westwood-and-wes-anderson?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3331735/4-notable-art-exhibitions-opening-around-world-showcasing-likes-vivienne-westwood-and-wes-anderson?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:00:15 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. It has been more than a decade since the museum’s last big Egypt show, so “Divine Egypt” – a lavish exploration of how ancient Egyptians depicted their gods – is a major event, as evidenced by the crowds that have been packing the exhibition since its October 12 opening. “It’s the first ancient culture that you learn in school,” says Diana Craig Patch, the Met’s curator of Egyptian... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3329918/how-ancient-egyptians-depicted-their-gods-shown-more-200-objects-met?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3329918/how-ancient-egyptians-depicted-their-gods-shown-more-200-objects-met?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:15:13 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg It was only the first day of Rolliefest on September 26, and grown men were already emotional. “This is a room of my favourite people,” actor, director and watch aficionado Fred Savage gushed to me on the day. The room in question was not small. More than 200 watch geeks had gathered in the entrance hall to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the beloved watch show-and-tell. These were the crème de la crème of global horology, all dressed up, flicking their wrists so their brethren could get a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/watches/article/3328822/why-rolliefest-horology-fanatics-favourite-time-year-vintage-rolexes-universal-geneve-watches-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/watches/article/3328822/why-rolliefest-horology-fanatics-favourite-time-year-vintage-rolexes-universal-geneve-watches-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:00:07 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Hair. Human hair. Hair woven into jewellery, wreaths, keepsakes. Michael Jackson’s hair. Marilyn Monroe’s hair. Hair as art, hair as spectacle. It was Leila Cohoon’s world, and she showcased it all at Leila’s Hair Museum, located in an otherwise unremarkable free-standing building on Noland Road in Independence, in the US state of Missouri. Cohoon died in November at the age of 92, and as of last week, her family has decided to close her surreal attraction – the only museum of its kind in the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3328468/michael-jacksons-locks-hair-woven-art-us-museum-had-it-all?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3328468/michael-jacksons-locks-hair-woven-art-us-museum-had-it-all?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:15:07 +0000 Laura Zhou,Danielle Popov Laura Zhou,Danielle Popov An exhibition of works by Ilya Repin – the realist painter at the centre of a culture war between Moscow and Kyiv – has opened in Beijing as part of an exchange series between China and Russia. A collection of 48 oil paintings and 44 sketches by Repin (1844-1930), one of the most renowned 19th-century artists in the Russian Empire, is on show at the National Museum of China. The exhibition – titled “Ilya Repin: Encyclopedia of Russian Life” – will run until mid-January as part of the 2024-25... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3321944/china-hosts-exhibition-emphasising-russianness-realist-painter-ilya-repin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3321944/china-hosts-exhibition-emphasising-russianness-realist-painter-ilya-repin?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Aug 2025 06:00:14 +0000