The Met Has Millions in Stolen Art. It’s Not Waiting to Be Asked to Return It.
The museum is taking the lead on re-evaluating its art and artifacts to determine where these works came from in the first ...
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.
Art Seizures at the Met Caused Concern. His Job Is to Address It.
After surrendering scores of art works thought looted, the museum is looking to its new head of provenance research to police ...
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The Case of the Met’s Missing Banksy
The street artist snuck a “brilliant” art work into the Met, in 2005. Then it disappeared. Does a former head of security ...
In an Upcoming Show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lorna Simpson Goes Straight to the Source
Lorna Simpson, whose pioneering conceptual photographs and multimedia work over more than three decades had already ...
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Report: (Smaller) Museums should make admission free
A new study out this week from the museum think tank Remuseum suggests free admission attracts more visitors without ...
To Create a ‘Portrait of the Modern Dandy,’ the Met Enlisted a Superstar
The 29-year-old fashion photographer Tyler Mitchell had his own ideas about how to shoot the catalog for the museum’s spring ...
Fighting for the return of Nazi-looted art
New guidelines agreed to last year by 21 nations (including the U.S.), and a recent French law, may make it easier for Jewish families to claim ownership of artworks that they believe were sold under ...
Museum exhibitions across the globe are in artful bloom this spring. These are 5 to experience.
Spring is a time for renewal, and not only in nature. Fresh new exhibitions are opening at museums around the world, with an ...
Viktor & Rolf Are Ready for First U.S. Exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta
For the first time in the U.S., Viktor & Rolf's work will be the focus of a museum exhibition. "Viktor & Rolf. Fashion ...
The 25th Annual Help For Children (HFC) New York Cocktail Gala Celebrates a Milestone Anniversary at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Help For Children (HFC), has transformed 1.2 million lives through 1,849 grants to 398 organizations since inception. We will ...
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The Met May Have Millions in Stolen Art. It’s Not Waiting to Be Asked to Return It.
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in late February, an increasingly familiar scene played out: A museum was restituting a ...