People get upset when it’s not on view,” said Stephanie L. Herdrich, curator of American painting and drawing at the Met.

What is the Met Gala's theme of Black dandyism? Art history offers up plenty of examples of this expressive form of menswear.

Since its inception in 1870 as a humble nook of art publications and print reproductions, The Metropolitan’s gift store has grown to include multiple outposts throughout the museum, and twenty ...