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Manet’s Controversial Nude Is Coming to New York
“Olympia” (1863) will be shown in the US for the first time as part of a Met exhibition focused on the joint careers of Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas.
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After Decades of Looting, Mosul Museum Plans to Reopen
Officials shared a rehabilitation plan for the beleaguered institution, slated to open its doors again in 2026.
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Met Museum Will Hire Team to Investigate Looted Art
Following a number of high-profile art seizures by the Manhattan DA, the museum will bring on new staff to conduct provenance research.
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Brooklyn’s Bushwick Neighborhood Gets Its First Historic District
The 32 houses on the newly designated stretch of Linden Street represent a hodgepodge of styles from Neo-Grec to Romanesque Revival.
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60 Films That Say "I Love New York"
A festival opening this week at Film Forum highlights NYC-based, critically acclaimed films throughout the decades, from Scorsese to blaxploitation.
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Who Is Connie Butler, the New Director of MoMA PS1?
Butler is leaving LA's Hammer Museum to lead the New York museum, which has been under interim leadership for a year.
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Museum Visitor Trips and Damages Ancient Chinese Bronze
The owl sculpture has been removed from an exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and will be repaired.
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To Draw Museum Visitors, Vienna Turns to AI (and Cats)
The city has launched a new cat-paign — ehm, campaign — that puts a feline spin on famous Austrian artworks.
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Rare Klimt Landscape Heads to Auction in New York
The artist’s plein-air painting of Austria's Lake Attersee could fetch up to $45M.
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How Turkey’s President Is Weaponizing Culture
Known for persecuting artists and cultural figures, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government is being accused of “artwashing” ahead of critical elections.
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Deadly Fighting in Sudan Threatens Cultural Heritage
Museums are "caught in the crossfire" of the ongoing conflict, says a report by the International Council of Museums.
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Artists Say the Queens Museum Has Failed Them
A group of cultural workers exposed some artists’ disillusionment with the museum’s residency program and one participant’s alleged experience of harassment.