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For Some Culture Executives, a Housing Perk Is Rolled Back

For years the Metropolitan Museum of Art housed its directors in a $5 million apartment on Fifth Avenue, where they…

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The Met Keeps Releasing Clothing With Pacsun. Why?

The unlikely coupling of art museum and mall brand has yielded three apparel collections, with a fourth releasing this month.

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A Museum of ‘Electrifying Frankness’ Weighs Dialing It Down

The Mütter Museum, a beloved 19th-century collection of medical curiosities and human remains in Philadelphia, wants to adopt a more…

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Discovering the Secrets of the Gilder Center

A sculpture that could be Banksy’s, an astonishing vein of rock crystal, and Nabokov’s butterfly specimens — they are all…

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Blaise Cendrars at the Morgan: A Modern Match of Poetry and Painting

A travelogue in verse, rich with Sonia Delaunay’s art pyrotechnics, is the centerpiece of one of the most eye-opening shows…

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The Price of Admission to America’s Museums Keeps Rising

Their buildings have expanded and expenses have surged, even as attendance slowed. Art lovers will bear the cost: The Guggenheim…

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Persuasion, Patience and Many Permits Brought Buddhist Relics to the Met

How the museum and Indian institutions overcame eight years of physical and diplomatic challenges to bring 125 rare Buddhist art…

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Roald Dahl Museum Calls Author’s Racism ‘Undeniable and Indelible’

A museum in England devoted to the best-selling children’s author, who died in 1990, condemned his antisemitic views.

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Paris Is Packed in the Summer. Here Are Six Ways to Dodge the Droves.

European hot spots are buckling with record numbers of travelers this season. But even in a global travel darling like…

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Video Games at MoMA: Do They Belong There?

A call for one of the leading museums to firmly embrace game designers as artists.

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