Museums

Benin Bronzes on exhibit at the British Museum.

Germany plans to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Will other countries follow suit?

Arts

For many inside and outside of Africa, the Benin Bronzes are symbols of colonialism and exploitation, and they’ll stay that way until they’re returned.

A woman playin cello appears in an empty museum hall.

‘Food for our soul’: Cellist Camille Thomas performs solo at Paris museums during lockdown

Coronavirus Art
Silhouetted people with umbrellas stand in front of the Louvre pyramid at night.

Eight buildings designed by I. M. Pei that are not the Louvre Pyramid

Conserving the Contemporary

Arts, Culture & Media

Commentary: Admission-Free Museums

Arts, Culture & Media

Sean Ramsey

Arts, Culture & Media

Storyteller and museum exhibition designer Sean Ramsey tells a neighborhood story from the days after September 11.

Let the People Decide

Arts, Culture & Media

With Arnold Schwarzennegger’s election, we may be increasingly comfortable choosing our leaders from the ranks of pop culture and entertainment. At the same time museum curators and television producers are letting us vote to guide things they used to do on their own. Jake Warga looks at the merging of entertainment culture and democracy, and […]

Art Guard

Arts, Culture & Media

Meet the guy at the other end of that security camera. Bob Rini is a security guard at Seattle’s Henry Art Museum. He spends his days watching people who are watching art. Then he goes home and makes art. Produced by Harriet Baskas.

Let the People Decide

Arts, Culture & Media

With the success of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s governorship in California, we may be increasingly comfortable choosing our leaders from the ranks of pop culture and entertainment. At the same time museum curators and television producers are letting us vote to guide things they used to do on their own. Jake Warga looks at the merging of […]

The National Museum of the American Indian

Arts, Culture & Media

The National Museum of the American Indian opens in just a few days on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The building itself is strikingly different from the marble halls that surround it, and its grounds evoke Native landscapes right in the center of Washington — with 28,000 plants trucked in from all over the […]