Museums LGBTQ+ Communities Are Calling Out London’s V&A Museum for Removing Trans-Affirming Material from Its New Children’s Center Museum director Tristram Hunt removed two books and a poster that read “Some people are Trans. Get over it!” By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 7, 2023
Museums A Filipino Dealer Spent a Decade Tracking Down a Long-Lost Painting by Juan Luna. Now He’s Showing It Publicly for the First Time in 134 Years The internationally renowned artist played a central role in the Philippines' struggle for independence. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 7, 2023
Museums Take a Tour Through Spain’s Magnificent New Royal Collections Gallery—25 Years and $186 Million in the Making The royal collections include works by major European masters, such as Velazquez, Goya, Titian, and Caravaggio. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 7, 2023
Museums Two Decades in the Making, Charleston’s International African American Museum Is Open to the Public. See Pictures Here The museum’s building doubles as a memorial to the roughly 100,000 enslaved Africans that passed through the site. By Artnet News, Jul 7, 2023
Museums ‘A Historic Moment’: The Netherlands Is Repatriating Nearly 500 Cultural Artifacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka The Rijksmuseum is also restituting works for the first time in its history. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 6, 2023
Museums Inside the Reconstruction of the Mosul Cultural Museum, Where a Team Works to Restore the War-Ravaged Building and Its Collection ISIS nearly destroyed the museum in 2014. Nearly 10 years later, it rises from the rubble, and will soon reopen to the world. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Jul 5, 2023
Museums A Show of Kusama Inflatables Inaugurates Manchester’s $267 Million Aviva Studios, the U.K.’s Most Expensive Arts Venue Since Tate Modern Aviva Studios is the new home to Factory International, which runs the acclaimed Manchester International Festival. By Vivienne Chow, Jun 30, 2023
Museums British Museum Staff Plan Another Weeklong Strike, Calling the Institution’s Rebuff of Its Demands ‘Deeply Insulting’ The government approved a lump payment to striking civil servants—but the British Museum left it out of their equation. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 29, 2023
Museums A German Museum Came Up With an Insanely Low-Tech Solution to Protect Its Rembrandt Canvas From a Leaky Ceiling The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin draped a plastic sheet over its Rembrandt painting and set a bucket in front of it. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 26, 2023
Museums Hermitage Amsterdam Rebrands as H’ART Museum After Severing Ties With the St. Petersburg Flagship Institution The Centre Pompidou, the British Museum, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum are on board as its new partner institutions. By Vivienne Chow, Jun 26, 2023
Museums Buffalo AKG Art Museum Has Cut the Ribbon on a Major Overhaul—Guided by Major Input From Its Community Formerly the Albright Knox Art Gallery, the museum has opened to the public after a three-year renovation by OMA. By Katie White, Jun 23, 2023
Museums A 17th-Century Double Portrait of Black and White Women, Said to Be of ‘Outstanding Significance’ Will Remain in the U.K. The rare artwork, which offers fresh insight into race and gender in the 1600s, will go on public display in 2024. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 23, 2023
Museums A Writer Is Calling Out the British Museum for Using Her Translations of Chinese Poetry in an Exhibition Without Permission The translator said the museum now claims it has removed her work and will not credit her 'as your work will not be featured.' By Sarah Cascone, Jun 21, 2023
Museums London’s National Portrait Gallery Reopens With New Bronze Doors Designed by Tracey Emin—But an Underwhelming Rehang Is a renovation ambitious enough to establish the long overshadowed museum on the world stage? By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 21, 2023
Museums Germany Just Returned Two Indigenous Masks to Colombia, But Once Treated Them With Toxic Pesticides Making Them a Health Risk A researcher bought the masks, which were used in sacred ceremonies, for a German state museum over a century ago. By Brian Boucher, Jun 20, 2023
