A social worker turned preservationist, she directed the Museum of Chinese in America. “Sometimes it was literally dumpster-diving,” she said of rescuing artifacts.
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s exhibition on Harry J. Anslinger, a founding father of American drug policy, does not delve into criticism that he used racial slurs.
Tom Rauffenbart had resolved to create a tribute to his partner, the artist David Wojnarowicz. A sewing circle of women took up the cause for both men, stitching through lockdown.
The election came after months of debate over whether complaints over the workplace environment at the museum could be addressed through top-down reforms, instead of collective bargaining.
An Austrian man has apologized for the damage he caused to a Canova sculpture, saying he didn’t realize he had crunched the foot of the plaster Pauline Bonaparte.
Even before it opened in 2014, the museum was dogged by controversy. Now, after discrimination accusations, it has been rebuked.
An international effort to update the definition of what museums are has been met with resignations and political intrigue.
Hibakusha, as they are known in Japan, were a diminished presence at a memorial event because of advancing age and the coronavirus.
The library, in Springfield, Ill., said Black community leaders who previewed it feared parts of the traveling exhibition, created 15 years ago, were outdated and lacked context.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art told its staff that it was laying off 79 employees and announced 181 furloughs and 93 voluntary retirements.
“Drawing was a way for me to see that I was still there,” says the author, who refuses to be defined by an assault. A new mural in San Francisco is her museum debut.
Mehrdad Oskouei’s documentary brings empathy to a tough subject: women and girls convicted of murdering male family members.
The director of the Seattle Children’s Museum faced a strike and an internal inquiry after she edited staff postings, citing fund-raising and other concerns.
As August arrives, you can learn how an author conjured Elizabethan England and engage your children’s five senses in a mystery game.
The pandemic has inspired a flurry of new and novel items — and given ordinary ones new meanings.
“These people mire you in your sense of loss just as you are ready to discover what remains to be found,” writes one of our advice columnists.
“Mr. Trump, you are unpopular because of your myriad shortcomings as a leader, and not merely because of your personality flaws,” a reader says. Also: The solace of art.
The museum said it is planning to reopen on Sept. 9, pending permission from state and city officials.
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This round of funding, the final for the fiscal year, totals $30 million and will support 238 projects.
Un investigador dice que ha descubierto la ubicación precisa donde el artista pintó “Raíces de árbol”, que se cree fue la última obra en la que trabajaba el día en que sufrió una herida mortal de bala.
Plans for a museum devoted to the history and contributions of Latinos in the United States began forming in the 2000s, but legislation had not gained traction in Congress until now.
The move follows the suspension of an exhibition of the artist’s works at a Montreal museum earlier this month after several women accused him of sexual misconduct on Instagram.
The new additions are from the series that is on display on the museum’s Fifth Avenue facade.
A researcher says he has uncovered the precise location where the artist painted “Tree Roots,” thought to be the last piece he worked on the day he suffered a fatal gunshot wound.
A researcher says he has uncovered the precise location where the artist painted “Tree Roots,” thought to be the last piece he worked on the day he suffered a fatal gunshot wound.
In five incidents, people have thrown paint on the bright-yellow street display on Fifth Avenue. Each time, city workers have restored the lettering.
The Philadelphia museum, which reopens on July 28, plans to relocate parts of the collection to storage from a private classroom.
This week, tie-dye with veggies, listen to Michelle Obama’s new podcast and celebrate the singer and activist Mavis Staples.
Ahead of a major retrospective in Los Angeles, the Japanese artist discusses his musical education.
The painter Howardena Pindell discusses her 1990 work “Scapegoat.”
How can you get your cultural fix when many arts institutions remain closed? Our writers offer suggestions for what to listen to, read and watch.
At Mass MoCA and the Clark, there are timely new exhibitions, but our critic finds as much relevance in a still life by Manet, or an Ingres drawing.
A string of adventurous curators made a quasi-religious institution a leading arbiter of mid-20th-century American art.
In an age of uncertainty, the mysterious, highly imaginative work of the sculptor Marguerite Humeau embodies the precariousness of contemporary life, with an eye to the distant past.
The government of Quebec is reviewing the termination of Nathalie Bondil, who led the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for many years, because of a dispute over why she was let go.
The senior curator resigned amid anger among staff that boiled over when he used the term “reverse discrimination” — and now the museum is trying to address additional staff complaints.
Each of the workers who was dismissed amid the labor dispute is expected to receive about 10 weeks of pay, said a lawyer who represented them.
The government of Quebec is reviewing the termination of Nathalie Bondil, who led the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for many years, because of a dispute over why she was let go.
The American Alliance of Museums says that the Paycheck Protection Program “has served as a lifeline for many museums” during the pandemic, but they need more.
A Hudson Valley oasis of Italian art debuts eight up-and-coming artists — and new wearable safety tech — upon its reopening.
T’s 2020 summer art issue coincides with a breakdown of the status quo, both in the art world and the real one. Not for nothing, we’ve titled it “True Believers.”
As the city reaches what should have been a momentous day, a wild weekend in Astoria shows the risks that bars can pose.
Thirty years on, the Americans With Disabilities Act has reshaped the way designers and the public have come to think about equity, civil rights and American architecture. But it’s only a start.
With proceedings at Guantánamo Bay upended, chances are growing that the 20th anniversary will pass without the trial of the men accused of plotting the attack getting underway.
With proceedings at Guantánamo Bay upended, chances are growing that the 20th anniversary will pass without the trial of the men accused of plotting the attack getting underway.
New York City is moving to Phase 4 of its reopening plan, but indoor cultural attractions such as museums will stay shut for the time being.
The museum is going ahead with meetings on a design by the artist Hiroshi Sugimoto that preservationists say would undo key features of postwar landscape design by Lester Collins.
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As cultural institutions across Europe reopen, many are selling face coverings featuring their artworks or logos as a way of making some much-needed income.
A whistle-blower accusation argues that conflict-of-interest rules to prevent self-dealing have been skirted at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Three new exhibitions will be on display when the museum’s Fifth Avenue location begins welcoming visitors again on Aug. 29.
Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian’s secretary, responded to a letter of “outrage” from former staff members at the National Museum of African Art.
Fifty-three people were shot from Friday through Monday. Officials have suggested reasons, but it’s difficult to pinpoint one root cause.
As Washington’s professional football team retires a team name, a curator at the National Museum of the American Indian talks about our attachment to Native American imagery.
The Hagia Sophia has been designated as a mosque again, its status as a museum viewed for decades as a seal on the country’s spirit.
As Washington’s professional football team retires a team name, a curator at the National Museum of the American Indian talks about our attachment to Native American imagery.
Museums are working overtime to collect artifacts and ephemera from the pandemic and the racial justice movement, and they need your help.
A triumphal retrospective at the Berkeley Art Museum confirms her standing as one of the great American artists — transcending craft, challenging painting and reshaping the canon.
I’ve become obsessed with Thomas Eakins’s “The Gross Clinic.” Let me show you why.
A consideration of artworks that ask the question: What world will we find on the other side of this?