Rome’s Newly Reopened Museum of Civilizations Is Decolonizing Its Collection. It Is a Rare Success Story

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Rome’s Newly Reopened Museum of Civilizations Is Decolonizing Its Collection. It Is a Rare Success Story

The institution, designed during the reign of totalitarian leader Benito Mussolini, carries heavy histories within its walls.

By Hili Perlson, Nov 8, 2022

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Regional Arts Groups Will Benefit From the U.K.’s New Spending Scheme—at the Expense of London’s Biggest Institutions

Minority-led organizations and local councils will also get a boost, where ever they are located.

By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 7, 2022

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Glass Barriers, Plainclothes Officers, Pricey Insurance: Museums Debate How to Adapt to Climate Activism in Their Halls

As well as preventing their actions, museums are seeking ways to communicate with protestors.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 7, 2022

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Climate Protestors Step Up Their Art Attacks, Targeting a Van Gogh Painting in Rome and Two Goyas in Madrid This Weekend

And following a week-long amnesty, the U.K. group Just Stop Oil has promised to escalate their protests.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 7, 2022

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‘Promoting Korean Soft Power Is the Most Important’: How Korean Corporations Are Bringing Their Country’s Art to the World’s Museums

The global presence of Korean art is not accidental.

By Vivienne Chow, Nov 6, 2022

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Already Pin-Worthy, the Louvre Ups Its Social Media Appeal in a New Video Series With Pinterest

The Louvre and Pinterest have collaborated on on a quirky series of videos offering "a new experience" of the world's most popular museum.

By Richard Whiddington, Nov 4, 2022

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The National Gallery of Art in D.C. Has Secured a $10 Million Gift to Fund Acquisitions by Female Artists

The endowment arrives from the family of the late Victoria P. Sant, the museum's first female president.

By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 2, 2022

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A Painting the National Gallery Determined Was Not by Vermeer Will Be Displayed In the Rijksmuseum’s Vermeer Mega-Show Anyway

The work will be included in the Dutch museum's once-in-a-lifetime exhibition on the Old Master next year.

By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 2, 2022

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Taipei’s National Palace Museum Admits to Accidentally Breaking $77 Million Worth of Chinese Artifacts, But Denies a Cover Up

Its director vows to overhaul storage and transport practices after three Ming and Qing objects, worth a reported $77 million, were damaged over the past two years.

By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 2, 2022

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Firefighters Contained a Blaze That Broke Out at the American Museum of Natural History in New York

No exhibits were damaged.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 1, 2022

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The British Museum Declined to Display Ultra-Precise Digital Replicas of the Parthenon Marbles. So Another Museum Snapped Them Up

Restitution talks between the U.K. and Greece are said to be underway.

By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 1, 2022

The Rubells’ New D.C. Museum Delivers on a Promise to Grow the City’s Art Scene—And Corrects Oversights at Other Institutions

More than a decade after the Miami collectors first bought a former schoolhouse in the city's Southwest, their satellite museum opens.

By Kriston Capps, Oct 28, 2022

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