Museums & Institutions The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Closes for Fumigation After Two Silverfish Were Spotted on a Bernd and Hilla Becher Photo Silverfish, which are especially drawn to moisture, also eat paper, raising concerns about the museum's collection. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 18, 2022
Museums & Institutions How Does the 89-Year-Old Artist Jean Conner Come Up With Her Startling, Powerfully Uncanny Collages? She’s as Mystified as You Are Conner, who began her career in San Francisco in the late 1950s, is the subject of two landmarks shows in California. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 16, 2022
Museums & Institutions The Getty Will Return a Cache of Illegally Sourced Ancient Sculptures to Italy, Including a Prized Depiction of the Poet Orpheus The life-size statues, depicting the poet Orpheus with a pair of sirens, will be returned alongside other works. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 15, 2022
Museums & Institutions An Archaeology Museum Intends to Bury the Skulls of 13 Black Philadelphians From Its Collection. Not Everyone Is on Board With the Plan An activist says the institution is rushing the decision and misrepresenting its process. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 10, 2022
Museums & Institutions Could a Perfect 3-D Copy Solve the Quandary Over Who Gets the Parthenon Marbles? An Oxford University Scholar Thinks So Roger Michel says the British Museum should display replicas and return the originals to Greece. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions Arts Council England Has Issued New ‘Proactive’ Restitution Advice for Museums, Replacing Outdated, Two-Decade-Old Guidance The previous report was issued all the way back in 2000. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions The Vatican Is Defending Itself After Criticism of Celebrities Receiving Special Treatment in the Sistine Chapel Went Viral on Social Media Russell Crowe and Jason Momoa were among those at the center of the controversy. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Aug 5, 2022
Museums & Institutions In a Major Promotion, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Added CEO to Director Max Hollein’s Title Hollein takes the mantle from current CEO Dan Weiss, who is stepping down next summer. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 4, 2022
Museums & Institutions Curator Katy Siegel Follows Her Longtime Colleague Christopher Bedford, Departing the Baltimore Museum of Art for SFMoMA The museum also announced that veteran curator Erin O’Toole has been named head of its photography department. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 28, 2022
Museums & Institutions An Albuquerque Foundation Has Returned a Dozen Ancient Relics Discovered in an Old Storage Box to Mexico The objects, which date back to 300 and 600 B.C.E., are headed to the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 28, 2022
Museums & Institutions One Foundation Is Giving Top U.S. Museums Millions of Dollars to Address a Critical Blind Spot: Programming for Older Adults E.A. Michelson Philanthropy’s new initiative gives $2 million to nine museums. By Menachem Wecker, Jul 26, 2022
Museums & Institutions As Europe’s Museums Grapple With Historic Heat Waves, Sweltering Employees Demand New ‘Extreme Weather’ Work Plans At U.K. museums in particular, staff are seeking air conditioning and summer dress codes, among other changes. By Devorah Lauter, Jul 21, 2022
Museums & Institutions Dia Employees in New York and Beyond, Citing Low Wages and Rising Costs of Living, Petition for Union Representation Dia oversees several museums and galleries and Land Art masterpieces like the "Spiral Jetty." By Sarah Cascone, Jul 19, 2022
Museums & Institutions A Union Rally at the Philadelphia Museum Draws Protesters Blasting the Institution’s ‘Stonewalling’ on Contract Negotiations Museum staff unionized nearly two years ago, but they still don't have a new contract. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 15, 2022
Museums & Institutions An Artist Trapped Goldfish in IV Bags for a Museum Show in Korea. They Were Released After Visitors Complained About Them Dying The artist also uses dead flies and insects in his work. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 15, 2022
