Museums & Institutions L.A. MOCA Names Johanna Burton Executive Director, Creating a New Position That Splits Duties With Klaus Biesenbach The museum hopes to turn the page on its track record of embattled leadership in recent years. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 2, 2021
Museums & Institutions Conservators at the Met Have Discovered a Hidden Composition Under Jacques Louis David’s Portrait of a Famed Chemist David’s original painting of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and his wife depicted the couple as self-indulged nobles rather than liberal leaders of science. By Artnet News, Sep 1, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Guggenheim Bilbao Just Dropped a Rap Video to Raise Funds to Repair Its Jeff Koons Puppy Sculpture and It’s… Well, Judge for Yourself “It’s the ‘P’ with the ‘U’ with the ‘P’ with the ‘P’ with the ‘Y.’ So please don’t kill my vibe,” goes the song by Bilbao's M.C. Gransan. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 31, 2021
Museums & Institutions Dams, Floodgates, and Submarine Doors: Museums Are Spending Millions to Protect Their Art as Sea Levels Rise It isn't only museums near coastlines that are at risk. By Brian Boucher, Aug 31, 2021
Museums & Institutions One of Uruguay’s Most Prominent Artists Is Funding and Building the Country’s First Contemporary Art Museum The institution will open in January 2022 and will be organized around the artist's personal collection. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 30, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Smithsonian Institution Is Using a $25 Million Grant to Get Americans Around the Country to Talk About Race Bank of America is sponsoring the project, which is called "Our Shared History." By Zachary Small, Aug 29, 2021
Museums & Institutions As Nonprofit Workers Push for Representation, Brooklyn Museum Staffers Have Voted to Unionize by an Overwhelming Margin The vote passed with a 96 percent approval rate. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 23, 2021
Museums & Institutions This Clever New Hans Christian Andersen Museum Looks Like It Sprang From One of the Author’s Fairy Tales The H.C. Andersen House is open to the public on a limited basis in the writer’s hometown of Odense, Denmark. By Artnet News, Aug 18, 2021
Museums & Institutions In Pictures: See Highlights From a Game-Changing Group of Early Pictures by Black Photographers Acquired by the Smithsonian The collection includes 40 19th-century daguerreotypes made by three prominent Black studio photographers. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 18, 2021
Museums & Institutions See Major Works by Karon Davis, Hélio Oiticica, and Others That the Pérez Art Museum Miami Has Added to Its Collection Works by Coco Fusco, Veronica Ryan, and Nathaniel Mary Quinn now also belong to the museum. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 17, 2021
Museums & Institutions ICA London Director Stefan Kalmár on How British Politics—and Right-Wing Attacks—Sparked His Departure From the Museum Kalmár says the drumbeat of Brexit and the explosive rise of racism in its wake have left him no choice. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 10, 2021
Museums & Institutions An Italian Museum Director Has Resigned, Saying the Country’s New Vaccine Mandate Exploits Cultural Institutions The director of the Sansevero Chapel Museum in Naples, Fabrizio Masucci, says museums should not be forced to bar any visitors. By Naomi Rea, Aug 6, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Largest-Ever Astronomy Museum Just Opened in Shanghai, and It’s Out of This World An observatory, a planetarium, and a 78-foot-tall solar telescope are included in the new Shanghai Astronomy Museum. By Artnet News, Aug 5, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Spanish Government Has Officially Sealed a $115.4 Million Deal to Keep Carmen Cervera’s Collection in Madrid for the Next 15 Years The agreement ensures that Gauguin’s masterpiece, Mata Mua, will return to public view. By Naomi Rea, Aug 5, 2021
Museums & Institutions Art Institute of Chicago Employees Are Trying to Unionize, Saying They Are Overworked and Underpaid 60 workers issued a letter this week announcing their plans. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 4, 2021
