Graham Bowley

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Graham Bowley

Three ancient artworks that for years had been part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and are now thought to have been looted were returned on Monday to the Republic of Iraq, the Met and the Manhattan district attorney's office said in statements. The artworks were recovered following criminal investigations into looted art, including one into the British antiquities dealer Robin Symes, the district attorney's office said.

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Graham Bowley

In accepting an award at the National Museum of American History, the filmmaker alluded to recent moves by the White House to reshape the Smithsonian's programming. The director Ava DuVernay on Thursday added her voice to those defending the Smithsonian Institution following President Trump's efforts to try to reshape its depiction of American history.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Graham Bowley |Robin Pogrebin |Jennifer Schuessler

At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is without its director, who stepped down last month. In the eight years since it opened on the National Mall, the National Museum of African American History and Culture has become one of the glittering jewels of the Smithsonian Institution.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Graham Bowley |Robin Pogrebin |Jennifer Schuessler

In a letter to Vice President JD Vance, four U.S. representatives on a committee that oversees the cultural institution urged him to reject President Trump's push to reshape it. In response to President Trump's effort to reshape the Smithsonian Institution, four Democratic members of a House oversight committee urged Vice President JD Vance to reject such an attempt to impose the president's own views of American history.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Graham Bowley

At the time of his appointment in 2020, Mr. Young was director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a division of the New York Public Library, and poetry editor at The New Yorker magazine. He began work at the museum in 2021 and during his tenure there, he has continued as poetry editor of The New Yorker. The museum, which opened in 2016, was built on the National Mall to tell the African American story for all Americans.