The Met Has Millions in Stolen Art. It’s Not Waiting to Be Asked to Return It.
The museum is taking the lead on re-evaluating its art and artifacts to determine where these works came from in the first place.
In His Play, a Guard at the Met Finds Solace in the Museum
Patrick Bringley stars in a version of his book, which tells how the Metropolitan Museum’s works of art helped him work ...
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Alleged head of Egyptian antiquities trafficking ring leaves France amid ‘breakdown’ in criminal investigation
Serop Simonian was allowed to leave Paris and return to his hometown of Hamburg following a French magistrate’s decision that ...
Art Seizures at the Met Caused Concern. His Job Is to Address It.
After surrendering scores of art works thought looted, the museum is looking to its new head of provenance research to police ...
Fighting for the return of Nazi-looted art
New guidelines agreed to last year by 21 nations (including the U.S.), and a recent French law, may make it easier for Jewish families to claim ownership of artworks that they believe were sold under ...
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An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The head of a griffin, that was repatriated from New York’s ...
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In an Upcoming Show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lorna Simpson Goes Straight to the Source
I can kind of do anything.” “Lorna Simpson Simpson: Source Notes” opens May 19 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this story: hair, E Williams; makeup, Romy Soleimani; tailor, Carol Ai at ...
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ERHS student art exhibited at Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC
A pair of 2024 Elk River High School graduates recently had their award-winning artwork on display at the Metropolitan Museum ...
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Nature and Geist: Caspar David Friedrich at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The foremost representative of early German Romantic painting, Friedrich is thankfully receiving renewed attention at New ...
Lewiston's MILL museum can be a cultural hub for the community, leader says
Some people just seem to belong in their job. Rachel Ferrante is one of them. Ferrante was hired as executive director of the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor, or Maine MILL, in the fall ...
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The Met May Have Millions in Stolen Art. It’s Not Waiting to Be Asked to Return It.
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in late February, an increasingly familiar scene played out: A museum was restituting a ...