The Met Has Millions in Stolen Art. It’s Not Waiting to Be Asked to Return It.
The museum is taking the lead on re-evaluating its art and artifacts to determine where these works came from in the first ...
Art Seizures at the Met Caused Concern. His Job Is to Address It.
After surrendering scores of art works thought looted, the museum is looking to its new head of provenance research to police ...
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.
Famous birthdays for March 25: Sarah Jessica Parker, Chris Redd
Actor Sarah Jessica Parker turns 60 and comedian Chris Redd turns 40, among the famous birthdays for March 25.
In an Upcoming Show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lorna Simpson Goes Straight to the Source
Lorna Simpson, whose pioneering conceptual photographs and multimedia work over more than three decades had already ...
Fighting for the return of Nazi-looted art
New guidelines agreed to last year by 21 nations (including the U.S.), and a recent French law, may make it easier for Jewish ...
To Create a ‘Portrait of the Modern Dandy,’ the Met Enlisted a Superstar
The 29-year-old fashion photographer Tyler Mitchell had his own ideas about how to shoot the catalog for the museum’s spring ...
‘Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900’ Review: An Empire’s History in Metal at the Met
The museum devotes an exhibition to an often overlooked era of Chinese bronzes, emphasizing both the artistic and political ...
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Report: (Smaller) Museums should make admission free
A new study out this week from the museum think tank Remuseum suggests free admission attracts more visitors without ...
Viktor & Rolf Are Ready for First U.S. Exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta
For the first time in the U.S., Viktor & Rolf's work will be the focus of a museum exhibition. "Viktor & Rolf. Fashion ...
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The Met May Have Millions in Stolen Art. It’s Not Waiting to Be Asked to Return It.
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in late February, an increasingly familiar scene played out: A museum was restituting a ...
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Fighting for the return of Nazi-looted art
Few who see Picasso's "The Actor "at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art know its complicated history. Paul Leffmann, a German Jewish businessman, sold it in 1938. "It used to hang in the home ...