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.
Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams and Zoe Saldaña earn Webby Award nominations, along with Nutter Butter
Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams, Zoe Saldaña and Nutter Butter are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, recognizing ...
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 ...
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 ...
The V&A’s Fashion Wing Will Become The Burberry Gallery Following A Major Transformation
Fashion has always been integral to the story of the V&A, and since the 1970s, the museum has had a rolling programme of ...
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Alleged head of Egyptian antiquities trafficking ring leaves France amid ‘breakdown’ in criminal investigation
Serop Simonian was allowed to leave Paris and return to his hometown of Hamburg following a French magistrate’s decision that ...
The Met Launches Art Collaboration With Band-Aid Brand
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has collaborated with Band-Aid Brand® to release a first-of-its-kind art-forward wound care range.
San Diego Jewish World4d
Nature and Geist: Caspar David Friedrich at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The foremost representative of early German Romantic painting, Friedrich is thankfully receiving renewed attention at New ...
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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 ...