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 place.
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 ...
In His Play, a Guard at the Met Finds Solace in the Museum
Patrick Bringley stars in a version of his book, which tells how the Metropolitan Museum’s works of art helped him work ...
Palace Museum and Art Institute of Chicago co-host exhibition on garden culture
An exhibition exploring the rich cultural heritage of gardens across the world opened at the Palace Museum in Beijing on ...
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 ...
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The Making of a Feminist Audio Guide at The Met
Curator Iris Moon knew she wanted to bring the voices of Asian-American women into Monstrous Beauty, and an audio guide ...
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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 work of art, giving back something from its collection to the place where it ...