World’s most scandalous painting returns to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York Post

By Raquel Laneri
Published April 27, 2025, 8:00 a.m. ET

She’s back.

After two years of traveling, “Madame X” — the iconic 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent — has returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it’s the star of a new exhibit ,”Sargent and Paris,” which runs through Aug. 3.

The painting of a striking young woman in an alluring black dress has long been one of the Met’s biggest attractions.

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