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Pompeii Moves With the Times
POMPEII, Italy — On a recent morning at the necropolis of Porta Sarno, just outside Pompeii’s eastern edge, Mattia Buondonno…
Vladimir Potanin, Russian Oligarch, Steps Down as Guggenheim Trustee
For 20 years, Vladimir O. Potanin, one of Russia’s richest men, has been a key supporter of the Guggenheim Museum,…
Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit
“When you get to the more volatile social subject matter, I often think it starts as a provocation or a…
Theodore Roosevelt Statue Removal Begins at Museum of Natural History
It was past midnight when a crane descended on the imposing bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt, lifting his upper body…
New Research Tracks Ancient Artifacts Looted by the Nazis
When the Nazis invaded Greece in 1941, Julius Ringel, a major general in the German army, took an active role…
In ‘African Origin’ Show at Met, New Points of Light Across Cultures
Object for object, there isn’t an exhibition in town more beautiful than “The African Origin of Civilization” at the Metropolitan…