Museums Two Leading Spanish Academics Have Have Resigned From Barcelona’s MACBA in Protest of the Firing of Two Senior Curators The museum dismissed curators Tanya Barson and Pablo Martínez as part of an organizational restructuring. By Naomi Rea, Jul 21, 2021
Museums After a Wave of Protest Against Its Deaccessioning Scheme, the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art Has Halted Its Plans The museum has cut staff and launched an art summer camp to save and raise urgently needed funds. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 19, 2021
Museums MoMA Survived Ten Weeks of Protest. But Inside the Museum, Some Employees Are Feeling the Strain A protest movement questioning the MoMA board's ties to “toxic philanthropy” came in the midst of a staffing crisis. By Zachary Small, Jul 19, 2021
Museums Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Controversial Redesign Plan for the Hirshhorn Museum’s Sculpture Garden Gets an Important Green Light The decision was made in a split 5–2 vote. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 16, 2021
Museums Jeff Bezos Is So Obsessed With Outer Space He Just Gave $200 Million to the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum Bezos is boarding a space flight on July 20th. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 15, 2021
Museums The Daughter of Collectors Who Gave the Beyeler Foundation a Trove of Art Is ‘Scandalized’ by the Museum’s Plan to Sell A series of Dubuffet paintings donated to the museum in 2013 are now headed for sale. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 12, 2021
Museums With Little Oversight, Misconduct Can Run Rampant at Small Arts Nonprofits—and It’s Driving Young Employees Out Inside the financial mismanagement and toxic workplace allegations that plague organizations meant to provide artists with their first big breaks. By Zachary Small, Jul 9, 2021
Museums The Brooklyn Museum Has Voluntarily Repatriated 1,300 Pre-Columbian Artifacts to Costa Rica The objects once belonged to the collection of Minor Keith, a railroad magnate who exported them in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 6, 2021
Museums It’s Been a Watershed Year for the Restitution of African Artworks. But What About Objects Stolen From the Continent Next Door? European colonialism—and all the art and loot that was acquired because of it—was a global project. By Quynh Tran, Jul 6, 2021
Museums As Part of Its Grand Expansion Plan, the New-York Historical Society Will Soon House the City’s First LGBTQ+ History Museum The expansion is paid for in part by a $35 million grant from New York's cultural affairs office. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 1, 2021
Museums Considering a Career in Museums? Here’s How Much Money You Can Expect to Make in Dozens of Different Roles On average, only 11 museum positions' average salaries decreased last year, according to a new survey. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 30, 2021
Museums James Cuno, Who Brought ‘Stability and Energy’ to the Getty Foundation, Will Retire After a Decade in Charge Cuno has helmed the world's wealthiest art institution since 2011. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 29, 2021
Museums Inside Luma Arles, the Van Gogh-Inspired Arts Tower That Took Mega-Collector Maja Hoffmann (and Frank Gehry) Over a Decade to Build Hoffmann worked closely with architect Frank Gehry to realize her vision. By Anna Sansom, Jun 28, 2021
Museums A Brussels Museum Backs Off Its Plan to Split Its Director Job Into Two After Activists Protested the Move as Sexist The Kanal-Centre Pompidou's board now says Kasia Redzisz will be artistic director, while Bernard Blistène may adopt another role. By Naomi Rea, Jun 25, 2021
Museums Former U.K. Chancellor George Osborne, Who Oversaw Steep Arts Funding Cuts, Will Be the British Museum’s New Chairman George Osborne presided over austerity measures that slashed funding for Arts Council England by 30 percent. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 24, 2021
