Menachem Wecker
Menachem Wecker is a writer based in Washington, D.C
Refik Anadol's AI tribute to Czech composer Antonín Dvořák takes the stage in Washington, DC
The work, on view this month at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Reach Plaza, is “not about replacing or erasing him, about remembering him”, Anadol says
Civil War references hide in plain sight in American pre-Raphaelite art
Landscapes on view at the National Gallery contain hidden historical clues
Kaywin Feldman shatters the glass ceiling at the National Gallery of Art in Washington
During her first week on the job, the new director reveals her aspirations for the museum
Hiroshi Sugimoto to redesign Hirshhorn's sculpture garden
The renovation taps into the spirit of the founding architect, Gordon Bunshaft
Pakistani-American painter Ambreen Butt imbues traditional miniatures with timely social criticism
Her show Mark My Words is at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC—one of the museums still open during the shutdown
What’s in a name? Why the Hague’s Gemeentemuseum will soon become the Kunstmuseum
The difficulty of Dutch pronunciation and the need to raise awareness among foreign visitors led to the museum’s future rebranding
With striking juxtapositions, Nordic art unfurls at the Phillips Collection
A 200-year survey of work from the region suggests a common mystique
Hands-on research underpins a pioneering chiaroscuro woodcut exhibition
Scientists and artists replicated the Renaissance design, inking and printing process
Looted vessels returned at event marking 15 years of US-Italy art crime fighting co-operation
Italian official also says the country will ratify 2017 Nicosia Convention outlining penalties for offenses involving cultural heritage
A record-setting $30.1m sale of an Assyrian relief at Christie's raises red flags
The 31 October sale has prompted calls for repatriation and criticism of the seller, highlighting the gap between art ethics and law
Humour in the age of Trump—and far before it—explored at Washington, DC's National Gallery
Take it to the top—how US museums are dealing with diversity
Institutions need all hands on deck to redress imbalances in jobs and programming
American University Museum gets 9,000 works from Corcoran Gallery of Art’s collection
The defunct museum has given the last of its 20,000 works to 22 institutions in Washington, DC
Jack Whitten: once mistaken for Gerhard Richter, now subject of major US survey shows
Curators share their stories about the late artist, whose sculptures are show at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Barack and Michelle Obama’s portraits unveiled in Washington
The former US president and first lady shared some personal connections with the artists, Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald
Rusty Powell, director of Washington’s National Gallery of Art, to retire in 2019
The museum’s fourth and longest-serving leader says his greatest achievements are building for the future
Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries reopen after $13.6m renovation
Asian art museums on National Mall get a physical and “mental” makeover
Rare photographs of daily life in North Korea go on show right in the heart of Washington D.C
Exhibition opens at the American University Museum
More museums turn to focus groups, but do they help or hinder?
Museums are using market research to engage audiences and avoid gaffes, but the process could rule out all but the famous and the safe
From illicit art to fresh blood: four of the biggest challenges facing museums today
Museum professionals gathered in Washington, DC, to survey the state of the field at the annual AAM conference
Meet the new guard: How the Uffizi’s first foreign director plans to modernise the museum
Eike Schmidt has big plans for Italy's most-visited museum, from high-tech ticketing software to new tax breaks
Reopened Duomo’s original façade reconstructed in Florence
Full-scale re-creation is part of ambitious new display of masterpieces at Museo dell’Opera del Duomo