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Large Gift of Chinese Art Goes to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The 100-year-old historian and collector Wan-go H.C. Weng is donating about 200 pieces, with some made as early as the seventh century.
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Smithsonian Museum of American History Names Woman to Top Post
Anthea M. Hartig will begin her role in February, and she will open three exhibitions from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative.
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Firing up Weird Science at the Whitney
Kevin Beasley confronts King Cotton’s legacy in his solo museum show.
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National Endowment for the Humanities Announces New Grants
Projects supported by this round of grants include work to preserve the “auditory signatures” of historic sites and a timeline of African-American music.
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Man Smashes Rare Mayan and Chinese Works at Denver Art Museum, Police Say
Museum executives said they could not explain why a man pushed over an exhibition case and hurled works by Chinese and Mayan artists to the floor.
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National Gallery of Art Chooses First Female Director
Kaywin Feldman of the Minneapolis Institute of Art will take over the Washington museum in March.
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Belgium’s Africa Museum Had a Racist Image. Can It Change That?
After a five-year overhaul, Belgium’s Africa Museum now acknowledges the injustices of colonialism. But it reopens amid a debate about whether some items should be there at all.
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Smithsonian Adds Gallery Honoring Latino-American Culture
A $10 million gift from the Molina family helps Smithsonian expand its Latino representation.
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26 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend
Our guide to new art shows and some that will be closing soon.
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Art Handlers at MoMA PS1 Demand Same Pay as Manhattan Colleagues
Part-time art installers at the Queens museum say they do the same job, but earn far less, than full-time employees at the Museum of Modern Art.
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The Best Art of 2018
The art critics of The New York Times tell you what rocked their worlds this year: notable art events, works in museums and galleries, emerging artists and how they found beauty in unexpected places.
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Dia Acquires a Maximal Amount of Work by a Minimalist Master
The Dia Art Foundation will celebrate the acquisition of 155 works by Charlotte Posenenske with a retrospective of her work at Dia:Beacon.
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Celebrating the Menorahs That Hold the Hanukkah Lights
At the Museum at Eldridge Street, rare menorahs from around the world are on display for the holiday.
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Want to See All the Vermeers in the World? Now’s Your Chance
The Mauritshuis in the Netherlands, working with Google, has created an app that provides a virtual museum filled with all of this artist’s works.
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African Officials Respond to France’s Restitution Report
Government officials from Senegal and the Ivory Coast ask for African treasures to be returned.
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27 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend
Our guide to new art shows and some that will be closing soon.
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Rare Photo Is a Teenage van Gogh, but Not Vincent
A photo long thought to be one of two known pictures of the artist’s face is actually of his brother Theo, researchers in Amsterdam said.
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Menil’s New Drawing Institute: A Full-Service Home for Fragile Art
There’s more to love, with reservations, in the Houston museum’s Drawing Institute and its extraordinary inaugural show of Jasper Johns works.
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Wexner Center for the Arts Names a New Director, From New York
Johanna Burton, who is currently at the New Museum in New York, will take on the role at the center at Ohio State University in March.
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Empty Nesters Downsize, but There’s Always Room for Art
Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia had to look at their collection afresh when they made a move from Brooklyn Heights to the Brooklyn Bridge Park area.
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