When the Museum of Modern Art debuted in a Manhattan townhouse in 1929, it faced incomprehension from audiences still uncomfortable with abstract art. When the Centre Georges Pompidou inaugurated its inside-out home in Paris in 1977, philosophers …
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Red carpet looks: Simone Biles, Saquon Barkley, other athletes attend 2025 Met Gala
NBA star LeBron James is an honorary chair and Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton is a co-chair.
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Trump Seeks to Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts
The president’s budget proposal also called for getting rid of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.
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This Spring, One Mega-Dealer Dominates N.Y.C. Museums
Hauser & Wirth artists have major exhibitions everywhere you look, spotlighting the rising influence of powerful art galleries on the city’s top museums, a Times report found.
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Museum’s Benin Bronzes Are Reclaimed by Wealthy Collector
The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The collector who owned them took them back instead.
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A Cheapskate in London
Our Frugal Travel columnist took a budget-stretching, four-day trip to one of the world’s most expensive cities. Would chasing bargains lessen, or enhance, her experience?
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