Museums & Institutions ‘He Was Hungry’: A Korean Art Student Untaped Maurizio Cattelan’s Infamous $150,000 Banana From a Museum Wall and Ate It It's not the first time someone has turned an edition of the artwork into a quick meal. By Sarah Cascone, May 1, 2023
Museums & Institutions A Museum Has Renamed a Vegetable Still Life by Van Gogh After a Chef Spotted Something Was Off About the Onions It took a chef's practiced eye to realize which kind of allium the artist had included in the 1887 still life. By Sarah Cascone, May 1, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Florida Principal Fired for Allowing a Lesson on Michelangelo’s ‘David’ Went to Italy to See the Sculpture Herself—and Was Rather Impressed “Michelangelo would have done him wrong to sculpt him in any other way," Hope Carrasquilla said. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 28, 2023
Museums & Institutions Tate Modern Taps Karin Hindsbo—the Force Behind Scandinavia’s Largest-Ever Museum—as Its New Director The Danish curator, who oversaw the opening of the National Museum in Oslo, Norway, will face a different set of challenges in the U.K. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Apr 28, 2023
Museums & Institutions Art Critics and Government Officials Slam Italy’s ‘Humiliating’ Tourism Campaign Turning Botticelli’s Venus Into an Influencer Despite costing €9 million, the campaign has been slammed by art critics and government officials. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Apr 26, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Brauer Museum’s $20 Million Deaccessioning Plan Has Hit Another Snag: A Lawsuit From Its Founding Director The complaint argues that the proposed sale would violate the intentions of the artworks’ donor. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 26, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Director of Brussels’s Royal Museums of Fine Arts Has Resigned Amid Toxic Workplace Allegations—But Already Has a New Job Michael Draguet is stepping down after 18 years as director. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 25, 2023
Museums & Institutions Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein Is Getting a Retrospective at the Whitney—and a Stamp of Approval From the USPS, Too The USPS is unveiling five new postage stamp designs celebrating the artist. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 24, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Smithsonian Is Investigating Claims That Its New Women’s History Museum Director Turned a Blind Eye to Harassment at Her Previous Job Nancy Yao is slated to start at the Smithsonian on June 5. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 24, 2023
Museums & Institutions Nan Goldin’s PAIN Activist Group Joined Harvard Students in a Protest of the School’s Arthur M. Sackler Museum Demonstrators once again called on the school to remove the Sackler name from the institution. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 21, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Frick Collection Will Close Its Temporary Breuer Space and Reopen Its Newly Overhauled Mansion in 2024 The museum has lined up a number of landmark exhibitions before it bids farewell to its Breuer space. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Whitney Will Deaccession a $10 Million Edward Hopper Painting, Along With Other Works, to Raise Funds for New Acquisitions Seven pieces from the museum’s collection will hit the block across a pair of sales at Sotheby’s next month. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 20, 2023
Museums & Institutions ‘19th-Century Art, Not 19th-Century Wages’: Striking Hispanic Society Staff Picket Outside Chairman Philippe de Montebello’s Home Union workers rallied outside the house of de Montebello, the former director of the Metropolitan Museum. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 20, 2023
Museums & Institutions A Sante Fe Museum Announced Its Closure Due to Lack of Funding—But an Emergency Fundraiser Might Provide It a Lifeline The board killed the institution. Community support could save it. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 18, 2023
Museums & Institutions Why Is There a Teeny Replica of a Parthenon Marble Hidden in the British Museum? This Activist Group Was Hoping You Would Ask The effort is intended to spur dialogue around the restitution of the Parthenon marbles. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 18, 2023
