Museum
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Arts
Wonder and Awe in Natural History’s New Wing. Butterflies, Too.
When plans for it first surfaced, I wondered if the new Gilder Center at the Natural History museum might end…
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Arts
Philadelphia Museum Creates Center for African Art
With a gift from the trustee Ira Brind, the center will aim to advance the museum’s new Equity Agenda.
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News
8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History
Over the years, many important African American landmarks have disappeared or fallen into disrepair. An effort to restore them promises…
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Arts
Being Edward Hopper
It’s no longer enough to like our favorite artists’ works. By putting on Hopper’s fedora, Picasso’s striped shirt, Warhol’s wig…
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Arts
A Curator Unbound: First She Was Fired. Then She Found Freedom
Helen Molesworth charts a new course with podcasts and a show at the International Center of Photography focusing on artists’…
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Arts
Executive Director of Museum of the Moving Image Exits After 12 Years
Carl Goodman, who has been at the museum for 34 years in total, will next serve as the president of…
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Arts
Baltimore Museum of Art Taps Its Chief Curator as Its Next Director
Asma Naeem, raised in Baltimore, will lead the city’s pre-eminent art museum as it faces unionization and equity efforts.
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World
$20 Million Worth of Looted Art Returns to Italy From the U.S.
The authorities of the two countries have worked together to round up statues, vases and bronzes, some of which had…
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World
London Museum Removes ‘Irish Giant’ Skeleton From Display
The remains of Charles Byrne, a 7-foot-7 man who died in 1783, will no longer be on public view, an…
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World
After 220 Years, the Fate of the Parthenon Marbles Rests in Secret Talks
The British Museum and Greece’s prime minister are getting closer to a deal on returning the so-called Elgin Marbles to…