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  2. PhotoDuring and after World War II, the “Monuments Men” hunted for and recovered artworks that had been seized by the Nazis.
    CreditNARA

    The Army Is Looking for a Few Good Art Experts

    A new reserve group, inspired by the Monuments Men of the World War II era, will aim to protect antiquities and important cultural sites in war zones.

    2. PhotoThe inaugural exhibitions include “The Shape of Shape,” an artist’s free-ranging eye across the collection.
      CreditWinnie Au for The New York Times

      Critic’s Notebook

      MoMA’s Art Treasure, No Longer Buried

      The riches of the collection extend to its inaugural exhibitions. Give the curators an A+ for effort — and wait. This is just the beginning.

  3. Critic’s Pick

    PhotoBetye Saar’s “Black Girl’s Window,” 1969. Her breakthrough work is the focus of an exhibition helping to reopen the new Museum of Modern Art.
    CreditBetye Saar and Roberts Projects; The Museum of Modern Art

    Betye Saar at MoMA: Prelude to a Revolutionary Breakthrough

    A new exhibition concentrates on the artist’s early years, tracking the experiments in printmaking and assemblage that led to her pivotal work “Black Girl’s Window.”

  4. Critic’s Pick

    PhotoFootage from 1937 titled “Moving Day at the Museum.”
    CreditIone Ulrich Sutton; via the Museum of Modern Art

    At MoMA, Home Movies That Reveal the World

    “Private Lives Public Spaces” is a thought-provoking show of neglected footage from the museum’s collection. With little background information available, you get to play historian and detective.

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    MoMA Has Reopened. Your Thoughts?

    After you visit the museum, tell us: What surprised you?

    By The New York Times

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    Footsteps

    In Search of Hilma af Klint, Who Upended Art History, But Left Few Traces

    In and around Stockholm, the secretive painter — whose bold abstract works predated Kandinsky’s — lived a life of spiritual yearning that shaped her artistic career.

    By Andrew Ferren

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    Discovering Mumbai’s Art Deco Treasures

    The city has the world’s second-largest collection of the buildings, second only to Miami. But even as they gain attention, they are threatened.

    By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

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    Keith Haring Mural Cut Out of New York Stairwell Heads to Auction

    The artwork, at a former youth center owned by a church, faces an uncertain future.

    By Nancy Coleman

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    By Design

    A Designer’s Williamsburg Apartment Bursting With Curios

    Over 15 years, Sean McNanney has transformed his small railroad apartment in Brooklyn into a life-size mood board.

    By Alice Newell-Hanson

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    A Pioneering Architect Shares a Glimpse Into His World

    Shigeru Ban documents a week in his life, in which he walks through Paris, visits his latest building in Switzerland and has a rare moment of rest.

    By Merrell Hambleton

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    Superman Speaks His Truth

    A change is right around the corner. What will it mean for the hero, his world and his fans? Brian Michael Bendis explains.

    By George Gene Gustines

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    Past Tense

    With the Guggenheim, Frank Lloyd Wright Built a Soaring and Intimate Sanctuary for Art

    Just before he died, the architect created a spiraling city square that elevates the work it houses.

    By Michael Kimmelman

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    The Week in Arts: Alicia Keys, Mark Morris and an Expanded MoMA

    The singer headlines Tidal’s benefit concert in Brooklyn; and the Museum of Modern Art debuts its larger, more diverse collection.

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    Art Review

    Textiles Designed With Warp, Woof and Wit at MoMA

    The exhibition “Taking a Thread for a Walk” reveals the museum’s underappreciated collection of fiber art and industrial design.

    By Jason Farago

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