Metropolitan Museum benennt Gemälde von Degas um | DW | 17.02.2023

Ursprünglich führte das New Yorker Museum das Bild des französischen Malers Edgar Degas unter dem Titel "Die russische Tänzerin". Nun wurde es umbenannt in "Tänzerin im ukrainischen Kleid".

National Endowment for the Humanities Awards Covid Relief Grants

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Met Museum to Return Ancient Sculpture to Nepal

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Everything You Need to Know About the Met Gala 2021

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Judge Rejects Turkey’s Claim That Ancient Sculpture Was Looted.

The marble figure had been displayed publicly for decades in New York before the Turkish government sued for its return.

Robert Ellison, Ceramics Collector With a Giving Streak, Dies at 89

The more than 600 works he gave to the Met enriched the museum’s collection enormously.

Frankenthaler Foundation Energy Project Is Giving Museums $10 Million

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‘Alice Neel: People Come First’

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Women Who Shaped Modern Photography

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Did the Nazis Force an Art Sale? The Question Lingers 88 Years Later.

The case of Curt Glaser, an art historian who sold his collection before fleeing Germany, illustrates how differently museums can respond to similar restitution claims.

When New York Was Ours Alone

The city was glorious without tourists. But that time must come to an end.

For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show

The sweep of Italian history and art history in dazzling portraits from the dynasty’s final hurrah, on view in a sumptuous exhibition at the Met.

In the West, the Looted Bronzes Are Museum Pieces. In Nigeria, ‘They Are Our Ancestors.’

When British soldiers stole the treasured works in 1897, it left a gaping hole in an ancient culture. With a few set to return to Nigeria, can their meaning be restored, too?

The Enslaved Artist Whose Pottery Was an Act of Resistance

Poetic jars by David Drake are setting records at auction and starring in art museums, showcasing the artistry of enslaved African Americans.

The Met Museum Sees More Clay in Its Future

An abstract painter found his place as a great collector of American ceramics. His latest gift ushers the Metropolitan Museum of Art into the 21st century.

Met Museum Announces Return of Two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The museum, which has some 160 items from Benin City, becomes the latest institution to announce the restitution of some of the priceless artifacts.