Museums Graffiti Artist Acer Bombed the New Museum Facade in a Brazen, ‘Legendary’ Feat Reminiscent of Decades Gone By How the anonymous graffiti artist pulled off the piece remains a mystery. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 25, 2022
Museums Abu Dhabi Has Been Unmasked as the New Owner of Stan the T. Rex, Which Sold at Christie’s for $31.8 Million The world's most expensive fossil will be housed in a new natural history museum on Saadiyat Island. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 23, 2022
Museums A Masterwork by the First Female History Painter to Show at a Paris Salon Is Headed to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 'Psyche Bidding Her Family Farewell' was the first history painting shown at the Paris salon by a woman artist. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 23, 2022
Museums A Tehran Museum Director Has Been Dismissed Following a Performance Art Blunder Involving an Aerialist and a Large Pool of Oil The museum commissioned the 1,190-gallon vat of oil from Japanese artist Noriyuki Haraguchi in 1977. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 22, 2022
Museums How Jo Nivison Hopper, Long Known as Wife and Model of Edward Hopper, Is Being Rediscovered as an Artistic Force in Her Own Right Elizabeth Thompson Colleary, a scholar specializing in the couple, talks about Jo's legacy. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 20, 2022
Museums ‘We Simply Do Not Have Any Answers’: L.A.’s Underground Museum, Founded by the Late Noah Davis, Has Abruptly Closed The beloved alternative art space just reopened for the first time since February of 2020. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 16, 2022
Museums Government Policy in the U.K. Is Stoking a ‘Culture War.’ Will It Undermine the Country’s World-Leading Museums? Policy maneuvers and incoming draconian anti-protest laws are threatening the integrity of the culture sector at large. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Mar 16, 2022
Museums Museums in Shanghai and Shenzhen Are Closing Their Doors Once Again as Covid-19 Cases Spike It remains unclear when they will reopen. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 15, 2022
Museums 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 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 11, 2022
Museums 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 ‘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 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 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 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
