Museums & Institutions Eike Schmidt Will Head to Naples as 10 New Museum Directors Are Appointed to Italy’s Top Museums All appointed directors are Italian, leaving some foreigners out of a job. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 18, 2023
Museums & Institutions New York’s Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’ From Proposed Construction The museum warns that vibrations from construction could cause its delicate plaster walls to crumble. By Adam Schrader, Dec 15, 2023
Museums & Institutions A New Portrait of Oprah Winfrey Enters the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection Commissioned by the Washington, D.C. institution, the portrait was painted by Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren. By Min Chen, Dec 14, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Deputy Director Who Overlooked Thefts at the British Museum Has Stepped Down "The museum did not respond adequately," admitted museum chair George Osborne. "There are clearly very serious consequences." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 14, 2023
Museums & Institutions Hundreds of Artifacts Stolen From the British Museum May Have Been Sold for Scrap The museum's independent review following a major theft scandal identified more than 1,000 objects still missing. By Adam Schrader, Dec 12, 2023
Museums & Institutions See the Monumental Tiffany Stained-Glass Window the Met Just Acquired The 1912 work will be installed in the museum's American Wing in 2024. By Verity Babbs, Dec 12, 2023
Museums & Institutions Leaky Roof Causes Serious Concern for Welsh National Museum Amid Pleas for Urgent Repairs Artworks had to be removed from walls during heavy rainfall, with water collected in buckets. By Verity Babbs, Dec 7, 2023
Museums & Institutions Guggenheim Museum Has Laid Off 10 Workers, Citing ‘Rising Costs and Inflation’ The layoffs come in the wake of the museum raising its general admission prices by 20 percent. By Adam Schrader, Dec 6, 2023
Museums & Institutions Italy Is Rebuffing a German Museum’s Demands That It Return an Ancient Roman Sculpture The sculpture was sold to Germany for 5 million lira in 1938. By Adam Schrader, Dec 4, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Zabludowicz Collection Is Closing Its London Space The private museum's doors will shut when its final shows end on December 17. By Devorah Lauter, Dec 1, 2023
Museums & Institutions Pompidou Staff Protest Plans for the Museum’s Collection to ‘Crisscross’ the Globe During Renovations The claims come amid strikes concerning job security during the museum's planned five-year closure. By Devorah Lauter, Nov 30, 2023
Museums & Institutions Italy Has Snapped Up a Terracotta Madonna by Donatello for $1.3 Million Deemed a cultural gem, the work will go to the Bargello Museum in Florence. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 28, 2023
Museums & Institutions Bex Wade Becomes the First Trans Artist on Permanent Display at London’s V&A Museum The move follows criticism of the V&A's removal of LGBTQIA materials from its Design Gallery shop. By Verity Babbs, Nov 27, 2023
Museums & Institutions A Greek Vase From the British Museum Heads to Athens Amid Parthenon Marbles Debate Chairman George Osborne revealed plans for a special exhibition of objects stolen from the British Museum. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 24, 2023
Museums & Institutions Climate Activists Staged ‘Speak-Out’ Protests at Two New York Museums 13 protestors were arrested after actions at the American Museum of Natural History and Guggenheim Museum. By Adam Schrader, Nov 21, 2023
