Museums & Institutions Mona Lisa Targeted in Louvre Bomb Threat A mysterious and menacing message was sent to the world famous museum early on Sunday morning. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 22, 2024
Museums & Institutions How British Museums Are Reckoning with Their Colonial Pasts Tate Britain has installed a new video addressing a controversial mural by Rex Whistler while a statue of slave trader Edward Colston has gone on view in a Bristol museum. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 19, 2024
Museums & Institutions Protestors Take Over the Barbican with ‘Guerrilla’ Palestinian Art Festival Artist Mounira al Solh has spoken out against "highly aggressive and unnerving" acts of censorship at the Barbican. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 19, 2024
Museums & Institutions Andy Warhol Museum Director Resigns High-ranking staffers have been leaving the museum since Moore announced plans for a "Pop District" in Pittsburgh. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 18, 2024
Museums & Institutions Climate Activists Who Targeted Vermeer Painting Spared Prison Time The prison sentence might have had a "chilling effect" on people's freedom of expression, the court said. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 14, 2024
Museums & Institutions The Brooklyn Museum Is Selling Off Four Period Rooms and a Trove of Antique Furnishings The sale will make room for some collections that have never had permanent gallery space. By Brian Boucher, Mar 14, 2024
Museums & Institutions Seattle University Is Receiving a $300 Million Art Collection The gift is the largest-ever donation to a university in the United States. By Adam Schrader, Mar 13, 2024
Museums & Institutions Forthcoming Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Names Second Director in 2 years Elizabeth C. Babcock has been named the new founding director after Nancy Yao was investigated last year for allegedly mishandling sexual harassment claims. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 13, 2024
Museums & Institutions Senator Warren Backs MASS MoCA Strike as It Enters Second Week A separate wage dispute is also unfolding at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. By Adam Schrader, Mar 12, 2024
Museums & Institutions Artist Candice Breitz Calls Out German Museum for Canceling Her Show The museum's leader Andrea Jahn has resigned following the controversial fallout over the cancelation. By Adam Schrader, Mar 12, 2024
Museums & Institutions ‘Ultra-Specialized’ Gang Pulls Off $1 Million Heist at Italian Museum Nearly 50 treasures including jewels and gold statues were brazenly stolen. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 11, 2024
Museums & Institutions Artists Withdraw Work from Barbican Exhibition as Censorship Scandal Grows Mounira al Solh and Diedrick Brackens are the latest artists to pull their work from the exhibition "Unravel." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 11, 2024
Museums & Institutions A Memphis Museum Acquires the First Stained-Glass Depiction of Black Jesus The window was found in 2022 by the new owner of the church which housed it. By Adam Schrader, Mar 7, 2024
Museums & Institutions The British Museum Attempts to Co-Opt the Roman Empire Meme, Fails Nobody found the museum's "jokes" about its ongoing "Legion" exhibition all that funny. By Vittoria Benzine, Mar 7, 2024
Museums & Institutions Dia Beacon Launches a Sprawling Landscape Project The initiative will open eight acres of its expansive campus to the public. By Adam Schrader, Mar 6, 2024
