Museums Graffiti Art Gets a Permanent Home in L.A. With the Opening of Beyond the Streets Gallery The first show is a celebration of graffiti and its transition from the streets to the gallery. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 21, 2022
Museums See You Later, Darth Vader? George Lucas’s Narrative Art Museum Is Delayed to 2025, But the Collection Continues to Grow The museum's 2022 acquisitions include contemporary works by Chitra Ganesh, Laura Aguilar, and Jaime Hernandez. By Artnet News, Sep 21, 2022
Museums The Met Has Tapped Whitney Curator David Breslin to Lead Its Modern and Contemporary Art Department Through a Massive Expansion Breslin co-curated the 2022 Whitney Biennial. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 20, 2022
Museums The City of Basel Is Funding Its Museums to Scour Their Collections for Looted Objects More museums are getting funding to research the sources of their collections. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 19, 2022
Museums Union Workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Are Going on a One-Day ‘Warning’ Strike “We expect that, after we show them that we can shut the museum down…[management] will come to the table,” the bargaining unit’s president said. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 15, 2022
Museums You Can Help the Smithsonian Pick a Design for Jeff Bezos’s New Astronaut Incubator at the National Air and Space Museum The five shortlisted architecture firms have submitted anonymous proposals for the new building. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 15, 2022
Museums Artist Hew Locke Mines the Met’s Trophy-Hunting History in His New Facade Commission The British-Guyanese artist is the third sculptor to take on the Met's Facade Commission. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 15, 2022
Museums Virtual Tours of Art Exhibitions Have Big Benefits for Seniors’ Health, According to a Study The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts collaborated on the study looking at how virtual visits affected to seniors' mental and physical wellbeing. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 14, 2022
Museums It’s Pablomonium! A Bonanza of Major Picasso Shows Will Hit Dozens of Museums in 2023 to Mark 50 Years Since the Artist’s Passing Institutions ranging from the Centre Pompidou to the Mint Museum in North Carolina are participating. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 12, 2022
Museums In Pictures: A Show Dedicated to Ramses the Great Offers Up Ancient Egyptian Statuary, Glittering Jewelry—and a Virtual-Reality Experience A new show at the de Young Museum in San Francisco will bring together a trove of 180 artifacts. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 9, 2022
Museums The Uffizi Is Sending Its Art From Florence to Shanghai to Help Boost Tourism in China—for a Tidy Fee of $6 Million in Return An exhibition of self-portraits is the first of a series that will bring the Uffizi's masterpieces to the Bund One Museum. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 8, 2022
Museums The Mayor of Strasbourg Is Forcing Local Museums to Close Two Days a Week to Save on Exploding Energy Costs Institutions in Britain and elsewhere are also taking drastic measures to prepare for what could be an expensive winter. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 6, 2022
Museums After 14 Years of Planning, New York’s Jackie Robinson Museum Will Finally Open to the Public—Here’s Why It Took So Long The displays include comic books, contracts, and even a 3D model of Ebbets Field, where Robinson earned his accolades. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 5, 2022
Museums Two Years Ago, Museums Across the U.S. Promised to Address Diversity and Equity. Here’s Exactly What They Have Done So Far We surveyed museums from New York to Detroit to Los Angeles to get a sense of where equity initiatives stand. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 5, 2022
Museums A Network of German Museums Has Become Embroiled in the Alleged Antiquities Smuggling Ring That Is Rocking Europe’s Art World Curators say 80-year-old dealer Serop Simonian allegedly arranged several murky deals with three German museums. By Devorah Lauter, Sep 2, 2022
