Museums & Institutions A Republican-Drafted Bill Has Axed Funding for the Smithsonian’s Planned Latino Museum in 2024 The House of Representatives will next vote on the bill, which includes sweeping cuts to the arts and culture budget. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 25, 2023
Museums & Institutions Rochester’s Strong Museum Is Now Home to the World’s Largest ‘Donkey Kong’ Arcade Game—and Yes, It’s Playable The 20-feet-tall arcade cabinet was created with input from Nintendo America as part of a museum expansion. By Adam Schrader, Jul 20, 2023
Museums & Institutions An Outdoor Digital Puzzle Game Will See Players Travel Back in Time to Chase Around Paris Institutions, Trying to Launch the 1900 World’s Fair The interactive game is part of a wider initiative to boost collaboration within Paris's cultural district. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 20, 2023
Museums & Institutions A Belgian Magazine Is Threatening to Sue the Newly Rebranded Hermitage Amsterdam Museum for Cribbing Its Brand Identity The logo for the H’ART Museum, as the institution will soon be called, looks suspiciously similar to that of HART magazine. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 17, 2023
Museums & Institutions Italy Is Calling on the Louvre to Repatriate Seven Ancient Artifacts of Questionable Provenance The relics were acquired by the museum between 1982 and 1998 from dealers who allegedly trafficked in stolen material. By Artnet News, Jul 14, 2023
Museums & Institutions Vermont’s Shelburne Museum Is the Latest Institution to Cut Ties With David Adjaye, Following Allegations Against the Architect Several other projects, including the Nigeria's Edo Museum of West African Art, have yet to comment on the allegations against the famed architect. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 14, 2023
Museums & Institutions An Art Collective Has ‘Hacked’ Kunsthaus Zurich’s Exhibition of Works Gifted by an Industrialist With Nazi Ties The group swapped the QR codes that accompanied each painting to point visitors toward information about Bührle's past. By Adam Schrader, Jul 13, 2023
Museums & Institutions Under Financial Pressures and New Leadership, More Than Half of the Hong Kong Arts Centre’s Staff Has Departed The center has also been the target of censorship after the implementation of 2020's national security law. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 13, 2023
Museums & Institutions ‘Omg Guys I’m Not an Intern’: How the Whitney Museum Won Over Threads by Going Goofy The Whitney, The Guggenheim, and MCA Chicago are among the art spaces to sign up for and lean into Meta's new social media app Threads. By Annie Armstrong, Jul 11, 2023
Museums & Institutions Australia Has ‘Paused’ Its Prominent Public Art Program, Scrapping Sculptor Alex Seton’s Commission for Hyde Park Barracks Seton was 18 months into work on the program’s next commission when his project was canceled. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 10, 2023
Museums & Institutions LGBTQ+ Communities Are Calling Out London’s V&A Museum for Removing Trans-Affirming Material from Its New Children’s Center Museum director Tristram Hunt removed two books and a poster that read “Some people are Trans. Get over it!” By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 7, 2023
Museums & Institutions A Filipino Dealer Spent a Decade Tracking Down a Long-Lost Painting by Juan Luna. Now He’s Showing It Publicly for the First Time in 134 Years The internationally renowned artist played a central role in the Philippines' struggle for independence. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 7, 2023
Museums & Institutions Take a Tour Through Spain’s Magnificent New Royal Collections Gallery—25 Years and $186 Million in the Making The royal collections include works by major European masters, such as Velazquez, Goya, Titian, and Caravaggio. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 7, 2023
Museums & Institutions Two Decades in the Making, Charleston’s International African American Museum Is Open to the Public. See Pictures Here The museum’s building doubles as a memorial to the roughly 100,000 enslaved Africans that passed through the site. By Artnet News, Jul 7, 2023
Museums & Institutions ‘A Historic Moment’: The Netherlands Is Repatriating Nearly 500 Cultural Artifacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka The Rijksmuseum is also restituting works for the first time in its history. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 6, 2023
