Museum
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Arts
Whitney Museum Names Chief Curator
Kim Conaty will steer exhibitions and the permanent collection, saying she will pay close attention to work by Latino and…
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World
Readers Share Their Favorite Places to See Art in California
Contemporary art with a hillside winery in Napa, a Roman villa-inspired museum in Pacific Palisades and more.
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News
Daniel A. Moore, Founder of an African American Museum, Dies at 88
To tell the full story of the American Black experience, he created an Atlanta institution in 1978 and later moved…
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World
The Ellis Island Museum Gets a Face-Lift
The museum, opened 34 years ago in a 19th-century building, will be refurbished and reimagined, the president of the foundation…
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Arts
The Broad Museum, a Los Angeles Favorite, Is Expanding
An expansion designed by Diller, Scofidio + Renfro will add 55,000 square feet to an institution that has become a…
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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.