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Pope Francis to Return 3 Parthenon Marble Fragments to Greece

The pope will donate the 2,500-year-old pieces held by the Vatican Museums to the archbishop of Athens, a gesture that…

Arts

Best Art Between the Covers of These Holiday Books

Holland Cotter, Jason Farago and Roberta Smith round up their favorite books, from museum catalogs of high-profile shows to photographs…

Arts

For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over

Prodded by law enforcement, and pushed by foreign governments, American museums are increasingly returning artifacts to countries of origin, but…

Arts

Indigenous Founders of a Museum Cafe Put Repatriation on the Menu

Two chefs celebrate the culture of the Ohlone people at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley, which is seeking…

Arts

Best Art of 2022

This was a year whose high points included an adult-feeling Whitney Biennial, a major survey of contemporary Puerto Rican art,…

Arts

Natural History Museum Names College Leader as New Chief

Sean M. Decatur, the president of Kenyon College and a biophysical chemist, will become the museum’s first Black leader when…

Arts

For Centuries, Her Art Was Forgotten, or Credited to Men. No More.

The work of Michaelina Wautier, a 17th-century artist, was long overlooked. She is belatedly gaining recognition as an old master,…

Arts

For Centuries, Her Art Was Forgotten, or Credited to Men. No More.

The work of Michaelina Wautier, a 17th century artist, was long overlooked. She is belatedly gaining recognition as an old…

Arts

A Paris Museum Has 18,000 Skulls. It’s Reluctant to Say Whose.

PARIS — With its monumental Art Deco facade overlooking the Eiffel Tower, the Musée de l’Homme, or Museum of Mankind,…

Arts

How Do You Tell a Vandal From a Visitor? Art Museums Are Struggling.

LONDON — For Hans-Peter Wipplinger, the director of Vienna’s Leopold Museum, the last few weeks have been challenging. As climate…

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