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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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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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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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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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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.

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At TEFAF Art Fair, Museums Make Up for Shrinking Private Sales

Curators are looking for old art that can resonate with a new audience at the venerable event in the Netherlands.

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With a New Holocaust Museum, the Netherlands Faces Its Past

The new institution in Amsterdam is the first to tell the full story of the persecution of Dutch Jews during…

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Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Focuses on Forgotten Figures

An inaugural digital exhibition, “Becoming Visible,” traces the paths of five notable women whose stories have been largely erased.

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A Fight to Preserve a Pristine Piece of Old New York

The director of the Merchant’s House Museum in the East Village, a rowhouse that is 192 years old, is worried…

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With ‘Gems’ From Black Collections, the Harlem Renaissance Reappears

How do you measure the United States in the 20th century without Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Louis Armstrong and…

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