Museums & Institutions Mexican Architect Frida Escobedo Will Design the Met’s New $500 Million Modern and Contemporary Art Wing Chosen from a shortlist of five, she will become the first woman to design a wing at the museum. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 14, 2022
Museums & Institutions As 26 Looted Treasures Go on View in Benin Republic, the West African Cultural Community Is Asking: What Happens Next? Scholars, artists, and politicians believe that restitution is about more than just the objects. By Tobi Onabolu, Mar 10, 2022
Museums & Institutions Russia’s Hermitage Museum Is Demanding the Early Return of Loans It Made to Italian Museums The State Hermitage is reportedly demanding that three museums return works by the end of the month. By Artnet News, Mar 10, 2022
Museums & Institutions ‘The First Time I Saw the Archives I Gasped’: How the American Folk Art Museum Acquired the Vast Holdings of a Shuttered Arts Charity The Healing Arts Initiative declared bankruptcy after an employee stole $750,000. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 9, 2022
Museums & Institutions Are Two Museum Directors Better Than One? One of Germany’s Biggest Contemporary Art Complexes Is About to Find Out Till Fellrath and Sam Bardaouil, the new co-directors of the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, have been working together since 2008. By Kate Brown, Mar 9, 2022
Museums & Institutions In a Landmark Move, the Smithsonian Will Return Benin Bronzes in Its Collection to Nigeria The move comes as the Smithsonian works to develop a new institution-wide restitution policy. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions SFMOMA Just Got a Game-Changing Bequest of 350 Contemporary Artworks From the Late Collectors Norah and Norman Stone The late couple also left the museum $10 million in unrestricted funds. By Artnet News, Mar 4, 2022
Museums & Institutions After Years of Painstaking Research, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Says Its ‘Salvator Mundi’ May Be a Genuine Titian The museum is crowdfunding to restore the painting. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 1, 2022
Museums & Institutions Russian Forces Burned Down a Museum Home to Dozens of Works by Ukrainian Folk Artist Maria Prymachenko Ukraine's culture minister is calling UNESCO to revoke Russia's membership. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 28, 2022
Museums & Institutions Take an Elevator All the Way ‘Into Space’ at Dubai’s Newest Architectural Marvel, the Museum of the Future The building housing the museum has already been recognized by National Geographic for its beauty. By Dorian Batycka, Feb 27, 2022
Museums & Institutions Hiding Art in Basements, Returning Loans, Reopening as Bomb Shelters: How Ukraine’s Museums Are Handling the Russian Invasion One art center near the Polish border opened its doors for those who have fled the conflict zone. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 25, 2022
Museums & Institutions The Met Just Purchased an Exemplary Renaissance Roundel for $23 Million—the Second Most Expensive Acquisition in Its History A Met curator attempted to buy the artwork at auction in 2003 but was outbid. The museum used funds from his bequest to fulfill his dream. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 24, 2022
Museums & Institutions 145 Artists and Academics Are Petitioning to Halt the Transfer of the Museum of Natural History’s Theodore Roosevelt Statue The signatories oppose the statue's proposed move to ancestral tribal lands in North Dakota. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 23, 2022
Museums & Institutions Prague Opens the Doors on Its New $40 Million Kunsthalle, Backed by a Prominent Czech Collecting Couple The Pudil Family Foundation is behind the ambitious project, which just opened in the Czech capital. By Artnet News, Feb 23, 2022
Museums & Institutions A Florida Museum Is Showing What It Claims Is a Trove of Previously Unknown Basquiats, But Experts Remain Unconvinced One painting on cardboard features a FedEx logo not used by the company until 1994—six years after the artist’s death. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 17, 2022
