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When your housemate suggests in certain terms that you ought to clean up your messy workspace, much depends on which definition of “uh-huh” you respond with. Webster’s says uh-huh is
Stories We Missed in 2020: 150 Years of the Met in 7 Objects What key artworks can tell us about the museum’s historical biases and what’s next for the New York institution ‘150 Years of the Met in 7 Objects’ is part of a series of essays on the stories we missed in 2020. Look out for more of our end of year coverage to follow. This year, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art turned 150. It might have been cause for celebration, were it not for COVID-19. Instead, the museum’s leadership has looked back at its history more critically. Major new works were com...