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FILE - This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease. (Francis Chandler/CDC via AP, File)

New cases slow in NYC Legionnaires’ disease outbreak; Met museum among buildings with positive tests

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Beyoncé arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Costume Art" exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Beyonce, Bad Bunny and Janelle Monae take artistic liberties with Met Gala dress code

By Beatrice Dupuy - Associated Press

Naomi Osaka departs The Mark Hotel prior to attending The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Costume Art" exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Met Gala guests take artistic liberties with dress code

By Beatrice Dupuy - Associated Press

Naomi Osaka arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Costume Art" exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) CORRECTION: Corrects from Naomi Osak to Naomi Osaka

Met Gala guests arrive on carpet in dramatic works of art

By Beatrice Dupuy - Associated Press

Designs in the "Pregnant Body" section are displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibition, "Costume Art," on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

New Met Gala fashion exhibit seeks to ‘reclaim’ body types that art history has ignored

By Jocelyn Noveck - Associated Press

Beyonce appears at a campaign event in Houston, on Oct. 25, 2024, left, Nicole Kidman appears at the 30th Critics Choice Awards Santa Monica, Calif., on Feb. 7, 2025, center, and Venus Williams appears at the 10th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in Los Angeles on April 13, 2024. (AP Photo)

Beyonce, Bezos, baubles and bustiers: What to know about the 2026 Met Gala

By Jocelyn Noveck - Associated Press

Mannequins are pictured during preparations for the Met Gala exhibit "Costume Art" on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Most fashion mannequins are about a size 2. The Met Gala exhibit is making room for diverse bodies

By Jocelyn Noveck - Associated Press

A guitar played by Chuck Berry is displayed at the entrance to the exhibit &quot;Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock &amp; Roll&quot; at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Monday, April 1, 2019. The exhibit, which showcases the instruments of rock and roll legends, opens to the public on April 8 and runs until Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Exuberant Met exhibit explores the art of rock ‘n’ roll

By KATHERINE ROTH - Associated Press

American Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, right, Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, left, and curator Andrew Bolton stand during the presentation of this year's Costume Institute exhibition titled ''Camp: Notes on Fashion,'' at the Teatro Gerolamo, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. The exhibition will be shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, from May 9-Sept. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Wintour honors Lagerfeld; Bottega Veneta shows new direction

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Media appear on the carpet before The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition on Monday, May 7, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

The Latest: Scarlett Johansson wears Marchesa to Met Gala

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Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art inspect the map of the museum after purchasing a ticket, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in New York. Starting March 1, the museum will charge a mandatory $25 entrance fee to most adult visitors who don't live in New York state, the Met's president and CEO, Daniel Weiss, announced Thursday. Admission will still be pay-what-you-wish for New Yorkers. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New York’s Met Museum will start charging mandatory $25 fee

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

A Palm Beach painting is selling for $4.8M: Is it a bargain?

By LARRY AYDLETTE - Associated Press

Renovated Costume Institute adds Wintour’s name

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Head-Stela with Stylized Face in Raised Relief, calcite-alabaster, 6th–3rd century B.C., Gift of Dr. Giraud Foster, 2007, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (21.36)

PENDLEY: Forest Service dims alabaster’s gleam

By William Perry Pendley

NYC museum explores Warhol’s impact on artists

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Painting undamaged after attack

By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times