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
Museums & Institutions Inside the Reconstruction of the Mosul Cultural Museum, Where a Team Works to Restore the War-Ravaged Building and Its Collection ISIS nearly destroyed the museum in 2014. Nearly 10 years later, it rises from the rubble, and will soon reopen to the world. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Jul 4, 2023
Museums & Institutions A Show of Kusama Inflatables Inaugurates Manchester’s $267 Million Aviva Studios, the U.K.’s Most Expensive Arts Venue Since Tate Modern Aviva Studios is the new home to Factory International, which runs the acclaimed Manchester International Festival. By Vivienne Chow, Jun 30, 2023
Museums & Institutions British Museum Staff Plan Another Weeklong Strike, Calling the Institution’s Rebuff of Its Demands ‘Deeply Insulting’ The government approved a lump payment to striking civil servants—but the British Museum left it out of their equation. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 29, 2023
Museums & Institutions A German Museum Came Up With an Insanely Low-Tech Solution to Protect Its Rembrandt Canvas From a Leaky Ceiling The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin draped a plastic sheet over its Rembrandt painting and set a bucket in front of it. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 26, 2023
Museums & Institutions Hermitage Amsterdam Rebrands as H’ART Museum After Severing Ties With the St. Petersburg Flagship Institution The Centre Pompidou, the British Museum, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum are on board as its new partner institutions. By Vivienne Chow, Jun 26, 2023
Museums & Institutions Buffalo AKG Art Museum Has Cut the Ribbon on a Major Overhaul—Guided by Major Input From Its Community Formerly the Albright Knox Art Gallery, the museum has opened to the public after a three-year renovation by OMA. By Katie White, Jun 23, 2023
Museums & Institutions A 17th-Century Double Portrait of Black and White Women, Said to Be of ‘Outstanding Significance’ Will Remain in the U.K. The rare artwork, which offers fresh insight into race and gender in the 1600s, will go on public display in 2024. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 23, 2023
Museums & Institutions A Writer Is Calling Out the British Museum for Using Her Translations of Chinese Poetry in an Exhibition Without Permission The translator said the museum now claims it has removed her work and will not credit her 'as your work will not be featured.' By Sarah Cascone, Jun 21, 2023
Museums & Institutions London’s National Portrait Gallery Reopens With New Bronze Doors Designed by Tracey Emin—But an Underwhelming Rehang Is a renovation ambitious enough to establish the long overshadowed museum on the world stage? By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 21, 2023
Museums & Institutions Germany Just Returned Two Indigenous Masks to Colombia, But Once Treated Them With Toxic Pesticides Making Them a Health Risk A researcher bought the masks, which were used in sacred ceremonies, for a German state museum over a century ago. By Brian Boucher, Jun 20, 2023
Museums & Institutions Storm King Art Center Recognizes Workers’ Union Following an Overwhelming Vote in Favor of Organizing by Staff Workers in visitors service first began organizing last August. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 16, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Brooklyn Museum Has Hired Its First Full-Time Curator of Indigenous Art Darienne (Dare) Turner is currently an assistant curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art. By Brian Boucher, Jun 16, 2023
Museums & Institutions Manuel Segade, the Reina Sofía’s New Director, Wants to Reimagine the Madrid Institution as a ‘Kinder,’ Softer Museum The newly appointed director of Spain’s most-visited museum envisions “contemporary art as a way of producing social transformation." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 14, 2023
Museums & Institutions Take It or Leave It: The Brooklyn Museum Makes Its Final Contract Offer to Union Employees—and They’re Not Happy About It The museum has given the union a deadline of June 30 to approve the offer. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 13, 2023
