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ArtsBeat: Collection of Detroit Institute of Arts Cannot Be Sold, Its Director Says

Detroit Institute of Arts

5/24/2013 6:31 PM

Graham W. J. Beal, the director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, said he believed the museum’s collection was “held in the public trust” and could not be sold by the city to help pay down its multibillion-dollar debt.

ArtsBeat: The Week in Culture Pictures, May 25

art & design

5/24/2013 2:20 PM

A slide show of photographs of cultural highlights from this week.

T Magazine: Shock of the Old | The French Designer Marc Auclert’s Whimsical Jewelry

Design

5/24/2013 11:40 AM

In his jewelry and at home, the French designer Marc Auclert fuses ancient artifacts with modern whimsy, to fantastic effect.

Museums Move to Return Human Remains to Indigenous Peoples

Museum of Medical History in Berlin

5/24/2013 10:08 AM

Institutions like the Museum of Medical History in Berlin are responding to increasing claims to return bones and other human artifacts in their collections to indigenous peoples.

‘What Jane Saw,’ an Online Exhibition for Austen Fans

Art

5/24/2013 6:00 AM

The online exhibit “What Jane Saw” allows viewers to peruse a London gallery as Jane Austen saw it in 1813.

ArtsBeat: Director of Hirshhorn Museum Resigns Over Stalled ‘Bubble’ Project

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

5/23/2013 6:40 PM

Richard Koshalek, director of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, announced his resignation after trustees failed to agree on the future of a long-planned project to cover the museum’s interior courtyard with a temporary inflatable bubble.

Inside Art: ‘Retired’ Maurizio Cattelan in Swiss Exhibition

Cattelan, Maurizio

5/23/2013 4:51 PM

Maurizio Cattelan, “retired” after his 2011 Guggenheim retrospective, has an exhibition opening at the Beyeler Foundation in Switzerland next month.

Art Review: New European Paintings Galleries, 1250-1800, at the Met

Art

5/23/2013 4:47 PM

The Met’s galleries of European paintings dating from 1250 to 1900 have reopened in a significantly enlarged space after the first reinstallation in four decades.

Art Review: ‘Search for the Unicorn’ at the Cloisters

Art

5/23/2013 4:00 PM

Our attraction to the mythical unicorn is explored in a new exhibition at the Cloisters, using Metropolitan Museum holdings and items from other collections.

Museum and Gallery Listings for May 24-30

Museums

5/23/2013 3:57 PM

A critical guide to the visual arts in New York and the region.