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World
British Museum Sues Former Curator for Return of Stolen Items
The museum accuses Peter Higgs, a former keeper of Greek and Roman antiquities, of stealing or damaging at least 1,800…
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Arts
Once a Roadside Attraction, a Native Burial Site Nears Repatriation
Centuries-old grave mounds in Illinois became a flashpoint in the debate over displaying Native American remains. Now, tribes are close…
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Arts
The Met Museum Hires Its First Head of Provenance Research
Lucian Simmons is leaving Sotheby’s to lead the museum’s increased efforts to review its collection, which has recently returned looted…
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Arts
In Whitney Biennial Artwork, a Message Reveals Itself: ‘Free Palestine’
Museum curators said they had been unaware that the artist Demian DinéYazhi’ included the message through the flickering letters of…
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Arts
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Names New Director
Elizabeth C. Babcock, the chief executive of Forever Balboa Park, will start this summer, after Nancy Yao’s withdrawal.
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Arts
At TEFAF Art Fair, Museums Make Up for Shrinking Private Sales
Curators are looking for old art that can resonate with a new audience at the venerable event in the Netherlands.
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Arts
With a New Holocaust Museum, the Netherlands Faces Its Past
The new institution in Amsterdam is the first to tell the full story of the persecution of Dutch Jews during…
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Arts
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Focuses on Forgotten Figures
An inaugural digital exhibition, “Becoming Visible,” traces the paths of five notable women whose stories have been largely erased.
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World
A Fight to Preserve a Pristine Piece of Old New York
The director of the Merchant’s House Museum in the East Village, a rowhouse that is 192 years old, is worried…
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Arts
With ‘Gems’ From Black Collections, the Harlem Renaissance Reappears
How do you measure the United States in the 20th century without Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Louis Armstrong and…