Museums & Institutions Yayoi Kusama Apologizes as Her Previous Racist Writings Surface, Clouding Her New San Francisco Museum Show The artist's writing is coming under closer scrutiny on the occasion of her SFMOMA show. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 16, 2023
Museums & Institutions A Frick Curator Has Just Identified Rosalba Carriera as the Artist Behind an Unknown Portrait Languishing in Storage For Decades A Roman Catholic prayer card slipped between the portrait and its frame offered proof that this was an original Carriera. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 16, 2023
Museums & Institutions UNESCO Has Teamed Up With Interpol to Build a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts The goal of the museum is not to expand its collection but to gradually empty itself as the missing objects are eventually recovered. By Adam Schrader, Oct 13, 2023
Museums & Institutions U.K. Museums Maintain That Art Theft Is ‘Rare’ Following Reports Exaggerating the Scale of the Problem Reports of thousands of missing items have come following the British Museum scandal this summer. By Adam Schrader, Oct 12, 2023
Museums & Institutions Unionized Workers at New York’s Jewish Museum Ratified Their First Contract, Improving Pay and Time Off The contract includes average raises of 17.5 percent between now and 2026. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 12, 2023
Museums & Institutions Walmart Heir Alice Walton Donates $40 Million to Museums in Kansas, Puerto Rico, Delaware, and Beyond Walton's foundation will spread the funding between 64 U.S. institutions. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 11, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Met Museum Will Restitute Two Ancient Sculptures That Were Stolen From Temples in Nepal The works had been in the museum's collection since 1988 and '95. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 10, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Louvre Invites Contemporary Artists Kader Attia and Elizabeth Peyton to Have On-Site Studios at the Museum The new residency program is part of an expansive offering, including tours by artists such as Daniel Buren, Sheila Hicks, and Lee Ufan. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 10, 2023
Museums & Institutions A Museum Has Named Katherine Read as the Artist Behind a Major 18th-Century Portrait, After Mistakenly Assuming It Was the Work of a Man The successful Scottish artist painted Queen Charlotte, of 'Bridgerton' fame. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 9, 2023
Museums & Institutions A New Museum Dedicated to Belgian Beer Has Opened in the Former Brussels Stock Exchange Building, Complete With a Virtual Bartender The museum has touted itself as "the largest interactive beer center in the world." By Adam Schrader, Oct 9, 2023
Museums & Institutions SculptureCenter Has Named Jovanna Venegas Its New Curator, Tasked With Overseeing Its Revamped Exhibition Program Venegas has spent the last six years as an associate curator at SFMOMA. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 6, 2023
Museums & Institutions Under Fire From Political Forces on the Left and Right, a Proposed Smithsonian Museum of American Latino Culture Hangs in the Balance The museum's director canceled a planned civil rights exhibition in favor of one about salsa music. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 5, 2023
Museums & Institutions Artist Nancy Baker Cahill’s New A.R. Work Unleashes a Surreal Interspecies Creature on the Terrace of the Whitney Museum The artist also opens her first solo museum show survey in Georgia later this month. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 4, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Met Museum Will Expand Its Popular Costume Institute, Transforming Its Great Hall Gift Shop Into a New Gallery Space The museum also is launching a new dining facility that will remain open after hours. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 3, 2023
Museums & Institutions After Its Team-Up With Pokémon, Flippers Swarm the Van Gogh Museum to Snap Up Merch and ‘Pick the Gift Shop Clean’ The Pokémon x Van Gogh Museum sold out online in the first day. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 29, 2023
