542. Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case?

Not exactly. But their runaway success with games like Wordle says something bigger about the way we live now. (Part one of a series, “We Are All Gamers Now.”) SOURCES: Alex Hardiman, chief product officer at The New York Times. Jonathan Knight, S.V.P. and general manager for New ...  Show more

Great. Then depressed. Then great again. Stephen Dubner gets the full story from David Lang; we also hear from some fans, and the New York Philharmonic’s president. The math and the aftermath of wealth of nations. (Part two of a series.) SOURCES: David Lang, composer and professo ...  Show more

Cela fait longtemps que Christophe Chabouté ne nous laisse plus indifférents. Depuis « Purgatoire », depuis son « Landru », mais surtout depuis « Construire un feu », « Tour Seul », « Moby Dick », « Terre-Neuvas », « Un peu de bois et d‘acier » ou encore « Yellow Cab », les al ...

David Reid delves into the debate around the repatriation of problematic art and treasures. He visits one museum in the north-west of England attempting to decolonise its collection by returning thousands of items to the countries and communities they were taken from. In this epi ...  Show more

This week, we go to one of the world’s largest museums, so a former guard can teach us new ways to appreciate art. Patrick Bringley was a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a decade. He recently wrote a memoir about his time there titled All the Beauty in the World. He t ...  Show more

ShownotesElk museum heeft het wel een keer meegemaakt. Een onhandige bezoeker die struikelt, een selfiestick die door een schilderij prikt, of een onderzoekende vinger die iets omduwt. In deze zaak de meest tenenkrommende ongelukjes van museumbezoekers. Een kleine zaak over vazen ...  Show more