Is an Exhibition Open When the Times Says It Is?

Holland Cotter jumped the gun today, reviewing the Met’s Americans in Paris show in the NY Times before it opens to the public next Tuesday. That’s okay: Sometimes you want to be the first to weigh in. What’s not okay is the visitors’ information, provided along with the review:
“Americans in Paris: 1860-1900” continues through Jan. 28 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
It doesn’t “continue”; it hasn’t opened yet (except for members’ previews). So if you go to see it this weekend and the Met won’t let you in, just say, “Cotter sent me.” If they admit you, you’ll know that the Times is even more powerful than we thought!
(CultureGrrl had planned to weigh in on the show next week, but give me a few minutes. I’m on it!)