Museums & Institutions With a Knockout Show of Vividly Painted Religious Sculptures, New York’s Hispanic Society Comes Back to Life After a Four-Year Closure "There is no other museum outside of Spain that could put on an exhibition like this," the curator said. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 27, 2021
Museums & Institutions A 4,250-Year-Old Vase in the V&A Collection With Ties to the Illegal Art Trade Has Been Restituted to Turkey The golden ewer was purchased by Arthur Gilbert in the 1980s before it was placed on long-term loan at the museum. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 27, 2021
Museums & Institutions ‘Vote Leave’ Campaigners Have Shortlisted Venues in Two U.K. Cities as Potential Sites for a Brexit Museum The Museum of Brexit seeks to tell a "balanced" story of the road that led the U.K. to break with the European Union. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 26, 2021
Museums & Institutions 26 Royal Objects Looted From Benin by French Soldiers Are Going On View in Paris—Briefly—Before Being Returned The pieces will be presented at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris this week. By Kate Brown, Oct 25, 2021
Museums & Institutions After More Than a Decade of Controversy and Delays, a Massive New Museum for Edvard Munch Has Opened at Last in Norway At 13 stories and 283,000 square feet, it's one of the largest single-artist museums in the world. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 22, 2021
Museums & Institutions Tate Has Brokered Its First-Ever Deal to Acquire ‘Custodianship’ of an Artwork in a Novel Agreement With a Mayan Artist and His People Tate will act as the custodian, rather than owner, of artist Edgar Calel's work for 13 years. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 22, 2021
Museums & Institutions Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie Returned a Nazi-Looted Pissarro Painting—and Then Bought It Back The painting will remain on display at the museum, which bought the work in 1961. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 19, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Denver Art Museum Is Returning Four Antiquities to Cambodia After the Pandora Papers Exposed Their Illicit Origins The objects were once owned by the late indicted art dealer Douglas Latchford. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 18, 2021
Museums & Institutions To Escape Facebook’s Scrutiny, Vienna Museums Are Revealing Their Raciest Art (and Educating the Masses) on the Adult Site OnlyFans The museums' nudes have been censored by other social media channels. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 18, 2021
Museums & Institutions Why Did So Many Workers Get Laid Off From U.S. Museums When They Received So Much Federal Aid? A New Report Crunches the Numbers The report finds that a disproportionate share of funds went to the largest cultural institutions. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 14, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Aldrich Museum Is Updating Its Landmark Feminist Art Show From 1971 With a New Generation of Women Artists Lucy Lippard's landmark 1971 exhibition was one of the first to acknowledge the institutional invisibility of women artists. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 13, 2021
Museums & Institutions Baltimore Museum Employees Are Planning to Unionize as a Nationwide Labor Movement Takes Hold in U.S. Art Institutions The workers are calling for better job security and fair pay. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 5, 2021
Museums & Institutions 7 Exhibits From L.A.’s Academy Museum That Show How It Rethinks Hollywood History, From Boundary-Breaking Oscar Fashion to Problematic Makeup Collections curator Nathalie Morris explains the stories of some of the carefully considered objects on display. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 1, 2021
Museums & Institutions Bug Infestations at Museums Surged During Lockdown. Here’s How They Are Fighting Back to Defend Their Art From Pesky Critters Institutions are reaching for innovative solutions to combat pests. Among them: micro-wasps. By Naomi Rea & Eileen Kinsella, Sep 30, 2021
Museums & Institutions Spain Approves $42 Million for the Prado Museum’s Long-Awaited Expansion, Set to Debut in 2024 The project is getting the green light after six years of delays. By Kate Brown, Sep 29, 2021
