In the 17th century, plague and famine devastated Seville. The Baroque painter turned this strife into engrossing parables of a…
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Once accused of ignoring the largely Latino residents of Washington Heights, the Hispanic Society will take the lead in a…
History is not necessarily being rewritten in Richmond, Va., but there is a compelling new chapter in the works. The…
Museums dedicated to the Holocaust and terrorist attacks are wary of traumatizing their youngest visitors. One upcoming exhibition will show…
A ceremony in Nigeria on Tuesday was the culmination of a yearslong process that upended Germany’s approach to museum items…
The pope will donate the 2,500-year-old pieces held by the Vatican Museums to the archbishop of Athens, a gesture that…
Holland Cotter, Jason Farago and Roberta Smith round up their favorite books, from museum catalogs of high-profile shows to photographs…
Prodded by law enforcement, and pushed by foreign governments, American museums are increasingly returning artifacts to countries of origin, but…
Two chefs celebrate the culture of the Ohlone people at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley, which is seeking…
This was a year whose high points included an adult-feeling Whitney Biennial, a major survey of contemporary Puerto Rican art,…