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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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How Museums Handle Cultural Artifacts
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World
To Run the British Museum, You’ll Get $275,000 and a Host of Problems
The museum is seeking a new leader to manage the fallout from recent thefts and demands to return contested items.…
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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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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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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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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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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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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…