Bavaria's Museum Reform, LA's Rise, Humboldt Forum at Five: Weekly Art News Roundup
In a report by Stefan Trinks in FAZ, Bavaria's Minister Markus Blume is spearheading a reform that will streamline 18 museums into 10 by 2029, aiming for enhanced autonomy. The Pinakothek der Moderne will see improvements, while the Alte and Neue Pinakothek are set to merge. New positions and a restitution commission will bolster provenance research, with Bavaria planning to return Picasso's 'Fernande' bronze to the heirs of Alfred Flechtheim. Nick Trend from The Telegraph imagines a museum inspired by Den Gamle By, focusing on high-quality collections and visitor interaction. Meanwhile, Edwin Heathcote in the Financial Times commends LA's museum landscape, particularly the new David Geffen Building at LACMA.
Key facts
- Bavaria's museum reform consolidates 18 state museums into 10 units under a holding by 2029.
- Alte and Neue Pinakothek will merge; Pinakothek der Moderne is a winner.
- Bavaria announced restitution of Picasso's 'Fernande' bronze to Alfred Flechtheim's heirs.
- Den Gamle By in Denmark won European Museum of the Year.
- Nick Trend advocates for a photography ban in museums, citing the Prado as model.
- Los Angeles is described as an underrated museum metropolis with free museums.
- David Geffen Building at LACMA has transformed LA's museum landscape.
- Nearly three-quarters of art market professionals would consider moving to museums.
- Humboldt Forum marks five years with unresolved identity and colonial controversies.
- Henrietta Lidchi is the new director of Ethnological Museum and Museum for Asian Art.
- Munch Museum exhibits 'Freia Frieze' for the first time outside the chocolate factory.
- Exhibition links Munch's works to workers' rights, women's emancipation, and colonial cocoa history.
Entities
Artists
- Stefan Trinks
- Markus Blume
- Nick Trend
- Edwin Heathcote
- Adam Levine
- Rachel Johnston
- Nicola Kuhn
- Henrietta Lidchi
- Marion Ackermann
- Miranda Bryant
- Ana María Bresciani
- Edvard Munch
- Pablo Picasso
- Alfred Flechtheim
- Chris Burden
Institutions
- FAZ
- Pinakothek der Moderne
- Alte Pinakothek
- Neue Pinakothek
- The Telegraph
- Den Gamle By
- Prado Museum
- Financial Times
- LACMA
- David Geffen Building
- Getty Center
- The Broad
- Huntington Library
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Artnet News
- Tagesspiegel
- Humboldt Forum
- Ethnological Museum
- Museum for Asian Art
- Munch Museum
- Freia
- Guardian
Locations
- Bavaria
- Germany
- Los Angeles
- United States
- Denmark
- Oslo
- Norway
- Berlin