Museums A Sculpture of the Laocoön Group Was Vandalized at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor, Leaving Two of Its Figures Headless The museum says it is working with the San Francisco Police Department to recover the missing fragments of the statue. By Julia Halperin, Dec 6, 2021
Museums Washington’s National Gallery of Art Will Return a Looted Benin Bronze Cockerel to Nigeria The work once lived on an altar in Benin city, where it honored queen mothers. By Caroline Goldstein, Dec 6, 2021
Museums Poland Just Replaced a Top Museum Director With a Drummer and Painter in a Move Critics Say Is Politically Motivated Protesters, fearing a far-right turn in the nation's public institutions, gathered today at the museum. By Dorian Batycka, Dec 3, 2021
Museums Andy Warhol’s Surging Popularity in China Gets Another Boost With a Touring Show in Shanghai and Beijing Co-organized by the Warhol Museum, “Becoming Andy Warhol" marks the first time some works were seen outside of Pittsburgh. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 2, 2021
Museums More Than 20 Years After an Ohio Museum Forced a Native Group to Buy Its Own Artifacts Back, It Has Repaid the Tribe The tribe rushed to buy back its own artifacts in 1996, and has now finally been reimbursed. By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 30, 2021
Museums The Met Just Received $125 Million—the Largest Gift in Its History—to Build Its Long-Awaited Modern Wing Expansion The gift comes from financier Oscar Tang and his wife Agnes Hsu-Tang. By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 30, 2021
Museums Fotografiska Aims to Become the Largest Private Museum in the World by 2023, Unveiling Plans to Expand to Miami, Shanghai, and Berlin Its Miami location will be next-door to the Rubell Museum. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 26, 2021
Museums Racism, Income Inequality, and Climate Change Are the Topics Americans Most Want Museums to Address, According to a New Survey Over half of Black, Asian, and Native American respondents view systemic racism as a problem at art museums. By Artnet News, Nov 24, 2021
Museums Austria’s Return to Lockdown Will Cost the Country’s Museums Millions of Euros in Revenue, Kunsthistorisches Director Says The museum had to close in the middle of a major Titian blockbuster, which it hopes to extend for two weeks once it reopens. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 23, 2021
Museums The City of New York Will Give $50 Million to the Brooklyn Museum—the Largest Such Gift in the Institution’s History Director Anne Pasternak made a big ask, and got it. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 22, 2021
Museums Moscow’s Garage Museum Will Expand Into a 100-Year-Old Abandoned Exhibition Pavilion in Gorky Park The historic building, to be redesigned by Japanese architects SANAA, will include new facilities and gallery space. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 22, 2021
Museums There Are Almost Two Dozen Director Roles Vacant in U.S. Museums Right Now. Why Does Nobody Want Them? "People really don’t want to be directors right now." By Zachary Small, Nov 22, 2021
Museums Museums in Austria Will Close on Monday as the Country Heads Back Into Lockdown Amid a New Surge of Covid Cases Financial aid for institutions and artists will be extended into 2022, the culture minister said. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 19, 2021
Museums After Three Years, London’s Revamped Courtauld Gallery Has Reopened to the Public With Rave Reviews—See the New Displays Here See images from the long-awaited renovation and rehang. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 19, 2021
Museums A Houston Outsider Art Center Beloved by Dominique de Menil Is Expanding Into an Eight-Acre Campus for Offbeat Creativity The planned buildout will unite two of the nonprofit's experiential art environments. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 18, 2021
