Museums

Megasculpture workshop and landscape reclamation drive Storm King Art Center regeneration

The biggest sculpture park in the US starts its visitor season with a bang—unveiling a first-ever conservation and fabrication building, major relandscaping, and monumental works by Kevin Beasley, Sonia Gomes and Dionne Lee

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The key takeaways from the Abu Dhabi Culture Summit

Artificial intelligence's impact on the arts and the changing face of global art institutions were among the main themes at the illustrious event on Saadiyat Island

As Kazakhstan cautiously strengthens ties with western Europe, new art venues herald a change of direction

Due to open in September, the Tselinny Center and the Almaty Museum of the Arts are both financed by Kazakh entrepreneurs

‘Exhausted’ life models at Florence art academy threaten nude protest

Workers at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze complain of long hours with too few breaks and little employment protection

After a failed export block by the UK, Nicolas Poussin masterpiece goes on show at Louvre Abu Dhabi

The mid-17th-century painting, titled 'Confirmation', is a key work from the vast collection of the emirate's Department of Culture and Tourism, which is now being made public

Ahead of Romania’s re-run presidential election, its art scene remains vigilant

With the far-right candidate George Simion leading in the polls, concerns have been raised about what his victory may mean for “contemporary, critical, or progressive forms of art and culture”

Taiwan's newest art institution taps into a flourishing local scene

The New Taipei City Art Museum, which opens to the public on 25 April, is part of a drive to distinguish the municipality from the neighbouring capital

Inside teamLab’s vast new interactive art museum in Abu Dhabi

teamLab Phenomena is the first of several major museum due to open over the next 12 months in the UAE capital, including the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

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Comment | Metadata is not just a major pillar of online access, it is a step towards decolonising the museum

The written descriptions of works of art are more than just labels—they are a record of evolving cultural understanding, writes Curationist's Amanda Figueroa

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Work honouring anarchist sparks outrage in Milan

Politicians in the city say the “inadequate” display of the mixed-media piece depicting Giuseppe Pinelli, who died after falling out of a police station window, fails to properly confront a dark chapter in the city’s history

For Madrid's Prado museum, the good times just keep rolling

A Veronese show in May is set to be latest in long line of Renaissance Venice crowd-pleasers for the Spanish institution

So long, stag parties: Barcelona banks on art to tempt ‘quality’ tourists

Amid a backlash by locals fed up with party-loving visitors, the city’s tourism authority has teamed up with museums to promote a series of exhibitions

Turmoil at Bavarian state museums as director quits and state prosecutor investigates

A crisis that began as an uproar over how the Bavarian State Painting Collections handles Nazi-looted art has widened as Bernhard Maaz “clears the way for a new beginning,” according to the state minister

‘We cannot remain silent’: Museums in Los Angeles brace for Trump’s immigration crackdown

Faced with anti-immigrant policies, institutional leaders are providing “know your rights” guidance

Changing the narrative: National Public Housing Museum opens in Chicago

Housed in one of the historic Jane Addams Homes, the new museum aims to challenge perceptions about the sector

Museums are losing social media followers amid users' mass X-odus

Some institutions have ditched their accounts in protest, while others have chosen to “quiet quit” and stopped posting on the Elon Musk-owned platform

Exclusive | The world’s most-visited museums 2024: normality returns—for some

A new museum in Shanghai leaps into our top ten and European museums continue their strong performance, but our exclusive annual survey finds that some British institutions are still lagging behind

The Frick Collection opens its first-ever education centre

The Ian Wardropper Education Room, named after the museum’s outgoing director, welcomes everyone in the community

Renewed Frick Collection balances tradition and transformation

The 90-year-old Manhattan institution—historic home of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick—opens a new chapter, expanding gallery space and inviting the public into the Frick family’s former living quarters for the first time

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Anastasia Bukhman, the Russian-born collector behind a £1m donation to London’s National Portrait Gallery

Art was not a part of the philanthropist’s life growing up in a remote town in Russia, but moving to Europe some years ago opened her eyes, and she is now an avid collector and generous donor

Bigger is not better and free admission costs institutions less, museum report finds

Remuseum’s second report concludes that admission fees are raising few funds and keeping out potential visitors—and expansions are often not worth the money

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Comment | Works of art are living things—so should we let them die?

The cost—financially and environmentally—of preserving works of art can be huge. Perhaps it is time to rethink how we look after them

‘It's having a battering’: behind the Tate's latest round of layoffs

The UK institution is slashing 7% of its workforce as "real-terms decline" in public funds and declining visitor numbers continue to bite

The big art world slowdown, Dutch culture funding crisis, Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow—podcast

What’s behind the new, more measurement approaches to programming at museums, art fairs and more? Plus, a chat about current tensions around culture in the Netherlands and a close look at one of the most famous depictions of a wintery landscape

‘A time travelling conversation about life and art’: the botanical collages of Mary Delany and Georgie Hopton

The exhibition opening at Bath's No.1 Royal Crescent, which pairs works by the 18th-century collagist and the contemporary artist, is part of a series of shows attempting to draw new audiences to the gallery

Comment | 'Visiting Americans remain a force at Tefaf Maastricht'

US museums relish the fair as much as ever, and are increasingly interested in buying works that will diversify their collections

How will arts institutions adapt to modern philanthropy?

As organisations reject tainted donors, they must deal with changing attitudes, budget cuts and socially aware audiences while engaging with new forms of private funding, a summit at Tefaf Maastricht explores

25 years on: how Somerset House became a centre for contemporary art

The London institution had a false start as a museum, but is now thriving with its winning combination of hosting temporary exhibitions and art fairs, and renting studio spaces to creatives

Turmoil at Italy’s museums as ticketing contracts change hands

The announcement of new providers for services at leading cultural institutions has prompted an outcry from workers and opposition politicians