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Following Yoko Ono’s Anarchic Instructions

A major retrospective at Tate Modern instructs visitors to draw their own shadows, shake hands through a canvas and imagine…

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Travel

5 Presidential Libraries That Offer Culture, History and ‘Labs of Democracy’

With museums, special exhibitions and unique events, presidential libraries across the country are designed as destinations for everyone — not…

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World

How Museums Handle Cultural Artifacts

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World

He Ran the Uffizi. Can He Run Florence?

The museum’s former director, Eike Schmidt, is toying — somewhat mischievously — with entering the race to become Florence’s mayor.

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Arts

Frick Leader to Step Down After a 14-Year Run

Having seen the museum’s controversial renovation through to completion, Ian Wardropper plans to retire in 2025.

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Food

Frenchette Bakery at the Whitney Museum Expands to Full Service

Ramen By Ra brings asa ramen to the Bowery Market, Bar Nena opens beneath Jajaja in the West Village and…

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Arts

This Silly Museum About Crabs Has Serious Things to Say

The tiny Crab Museum in Margate, England, is gaining attention for its irreverent crustacean exhibits that also teach visitors about…

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World

The Year the Leaf-Cutter Ants Took Manhattan

In January, the American Museum of Natural History’s new insectarium gained 500,000 tenants. It has taken them some time to…

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Arts

Dick Wolf, ‘Law & Order’ Creator, Gives 200 Artworks to the Met Museum

Wolf has promised works by Botticelli, the Gentileschis and van Gogh to the museum, which is also naming two galleries…

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World

Italy Picks Italians to Lead the Uffizi and Other Museums

The country’s nationalist government named new directors for some of its most important cultural institutions.

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