A Shift in the Met's Admissions Policy

In this May 10, 2017 photo, people sit on the steps at the Fifth Avenue entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

For the first time in 50 years, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be charging out-of-state visitors a mandatory admissions fee of $25. Jerry Saltz, senior art critic at New York Magazine, explains why he thinks this change points to a bigger problem for the Museum and the art world.