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Crisis-Hit British Museum Names Interim Director
Mark Jones, a former leader of the Victoria and Albert Museum, is set to take over with a remit to…
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For Some Culture Executives, a Housing Perk Is Rolled Back
For years the Metropolitan Museum of Art housed its directors in a $5 million apartment on Fifth Avenue, where they…
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The Met Keeps Releasing Clothing With Pacsun. Why?
The unlikely coupling of art museum and mall brand has yielded three apparel collections, with a fourth releasing this month.
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A Museum of ‘Electrifying Frankness’ Weighs Dialing It Down
The Mütter Museum, a beloved 19th-century collection of medical curiosities and human remains in Philadelphia, wants to adopt a more…
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Discovering the Secrets of the Gilder Center
A sculpture that could be Banksy’s, an astonishing vein of rock crystal, and Nabokov’s butterfly specimens — they are all…
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Blaise Cendrars at the Morgan: A Modern Match of Poetry and Painting
A travelogue in verse, rich with Sonia Delaunay’s art pyrotechnics, is the centerpiece of one of the most eye-opening shows…
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The Price of Admission to America’s Museums Keeps Rising
Their buildings have expanded and expenses have surged, even as attendance slowed. Art lovers will bear the cost: The Guggenheim…
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Persuasion, Patience and Many Permits Brought Buddhist Relics to the Met
How the museum and Indian institutions overcame eight years of physical and diplomatic challenges to bring 125 rare Buddhist art…
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Roald Dahl Museum Calls Author’s Racism ‘Undeniable and Indelible’
A museum in England devoted to the best-selling children’s author, who died in 1990, condemned his antisemitic views.
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Paris Is Packed in the Summer. Here Are Six Ways to Dodge the Droves.
European hot spots are buckling with record numbers of travelers this season. But even in a global travel darling like…
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