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Egypt Spars With Dutch Museum Over Ancient History

A new exhibit in the Netherlands explores how Black musicians have drawn inspiration and pride from the idea that ancient Egypt…

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The Art World Redefines Ownership

Seizures of looted art have made potential buyers and sellers of antiquities apprehensive, and even reluctant.

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James Harithas, Maverick Museum Director and Founder, Dies at 90

Whether directing august art museums or scrappy upstarts of his own, he championed art-world outsiders and socially conscious and political…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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