The lions at the Art Institute of Chicago must be smiling. It’s about time. In this space three years ago, I excoriated the ...

Shannon explained: In every age, art does a significant amount of work. On a trip to the Portland Art Museum last year, I walked around a corner to be faced with a stunning piece by one of my ...

The British Museum has around 250 feet of the Parthenon frieze. A person with knowledge of talks between the museum and Greece’s government said Greece wanted it all back for 20 years, at least.