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• Corcoran Gallery of Art to partner with National Gallery and George Washington University institutional

  The financially struggling Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., established 145 years ago, is poised to surrender its independence through a partnership arrangement.…

• Peter Doroshenko Appointed Director of Ukrainian Museum in New York, Meets First Lady institutional

  Peter Doroshenko has been named the new director of the Ukrainian Museum in New York. A Chicago native with Ukrainian immigrant roots, Doroshenko previously led the Dallas…

• Poland's Asia and Pacific Museum director sacked ahead of elections institutional

  Joanna Wasilewska has been removed from her position as director of the Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw, just before Poland's parliamentary elections in October. Authorities in…

• British Council may sell half its £200m art collection to repay £197m pandemic debt institutional

  Facing a £197m debt from a pandemic-era government loan, the British Council is exploring selling up to half of its 9,000-work art collection valued at £200m. CEO Scott McDonald…

• Blain Southern Closes All Galleries Amid Financial Struggles and Artist Departures institutional

  Blain Southern, the gallery cofounded by Harry Blain and Graham Southern in 2010, has shut its locations in London, Berlin, and New York due to financial difficulties. Harry Blain…

• SFMOMA cuts spark backlash while Chicago museum staff unionize and Cleveland MOCA restructures board institutional

  Last month, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art made the decision to shut down its online magazine, film events, podcast, and offsite gallery, which resulted in seven job…

• Experimenter Curators' Hub 2021 Goes Online with Focus on Collaborative Futures institutional

  The 11th edition of the Experimenter Curators' Hub will be held online from November 9 to 14, 2021, livestreamed on both Experimenter and ArtReview's websites. This platform…

• Townhouse Gallery in Cairo redefines institutional role with community focus and international collaborations institutional

  William Wells and Yasser Gerab co-own Cairo's Townhouse Gallery, emphasizing community as central to its identity. Located on a downtown backstreet, the gallery comprises four…

• Transmission Gallery Faces Funding Cut from Creative Scotland in 35th Anniversary Year institutional

  Creative Scotland has withdrawn regular funding from Transmission, Glasgow's artist-run gallery founded in 1983, during its 35th anniversary year. The gallery's committee, now led…

• MOCA Employees Launch Unionization Campaign with AFSCME institutional

  More than 125 workers at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles have initiated efforts to unionize with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. On…

• Sérgio Camargo suspended from Brazil's Fundação Cultural Palmares amid discrimination allegations institutional

  Sérgio Camargo, president of Brazil's Fundação Cultural Palmares, has been suspended following accusations of bullying and discrimination. The Public Ministry of Labour is…

• Münster residents fundraise to acquire Nicole Eisenman's vandalized fountain sculpture institutional

  Residents of Münster are raising €1.2 million to purchase Nicole Eisenman's Sketch for a Fountain (2017), originally created for the 2017 Skulptur Projekte Münster. The sculpture,…

• Royal Academy Plans Workforce Reduction Amid Financial Strain institutional

  The Royal Academy faces severe financial difficulties, with its governing council approving a proposal to eliminate up to 60 positions. Interim Secretary and Chief Executive…

• NGV Accused of Censorship Over Cancelled Hong Kong Resistance Panel institutional

  The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne faces censorship accusations from activist Denise Ho and political cartoonist Badiucao after declining to host a panel on Hong Kong…

• Istanbul's Art Scene Faces Institutional Crisis and Grassroots Resistance institutional

  Over the last six months, Istanbul's cultural institutions have experienced significant upheaval, marked by shifts in leadership and demands for greater transparency. The…

• UK Culture Minister Warns Museums Against Removing Controversial Statues institutional

  UK Culture Minister Oliver Dowden has warned major public arts institutions that removing controversial monuments could jeopardize their funding. In a September 22 letter…

• Michelangelo Pistoletto's Cittadellarte arts center sustains €2.5 million flood damage in Biella institutional

  Storm Alex brought severe weather that led to significant flooding at the Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto arts center in Biella, northern Italy, causing damages estimated at…

• Pace Gallery expands London footprint with new 800 sqm Hanover Square location institutional

  Pace Gallery will open an 800 square metre London venue at 4 Hanover Square in autumn 2021, taking over spaces previously occupied by Blain Southern gallery. The New…

• V&A Museum Faces Major Staff Cuts Affecting Curators and Conservators institutional

  London's Victoria & Albert Museum is preparing to announce significant staff reductions as part of its post-pandemic recovery strategy. According to a Guardian report citing…

• Hauser & Wirth and Paul Schimmel to Open 100,000-Square-Foot LA Gallery in Historic Flour Mill institutional

  Hauser & Wirth gallery and curator Paul Schimmel will establish a major new Los Angeles art space at 901 East 3rd Street in the downtown Arts District. Occupying a…

• Stephanie Rosenthal Appointed Director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Museum Now Targeting 2025 Opening institutional

  Stephanie Rosenthal is departing her role at Berlin's Gropius Bau to become director of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, a project first agreed upon in 2006 between the UAE capital and…

• Documenta 14 cancels controversial performance, replaces with public reading institutional

  Documenta 14 has withdrawn a scheduled performance of Italian theorist Franco 'Bifo' Berardi's poem 'Auschwitz on the Beach' following substantial public criticism. The work's…

• M+ Chief Curator Doryun Chong on Museum Learning, Digital Integration, and Preserving Hong Kong's Visual Culture institutional

  Doryun Chong, chief curator at M+ in Hong Kong, discusses the museum's educational philosophy and operational strategies in an interview with Mark Rappolt. M+, which opened in…

• British Museum settles with translator Yilin Wang over unauthorized use of Qiu Jin poem translations in exhibition institutional

  The British Museum has settled with translator Yilin Wang after using her translations of Qiu Jin's poems without permission, credit, or compensation in the exhibition 'China's…

• Former UK Chancellor George Osborne Appointed British Museum Chair Starting September 1 institutional

  George Osborne, the former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer who implemented significant arts funding reductions during his tenure from 2010 to 2016, has been selected as…

• Russian Ministry of Culture removes Tretyakov director Zelfira Tregulova institutional

  The Russian Ministry of Culture has dismissed Zelfira Tregulova from her role as general director of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow due to a complaint regarding the exhibition's…

• Soyoung Lee Appointed Director of Asian Art Museum San Francisco institutional

  Soyoung Lee has been appointed as the new Barbara Bass Bakar director and CEO of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, taking over from Jay Xu, who has been at the helm since…

• Artangel Directors Return to Power 100 with Increased Funding and International Projects institutional

  Michael Morris and James Lingwood have reentered the Power 100 list as directors of Artangel, the commissioning agency for large-scale public art projects. Their organization…

• Saudi Minister Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud's 2025 Cultural Diplomacy and Vision 2030 Investments institutional

  Saudi Arabia's Minister of Culture, Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud, has a packed 2025 schedule focused on international cultural partnerships, including engagements with Albania,…

• Fondation Beyeler and UBS Launch International Artist Talks Program with Tino Sehgal institutional

  Fondation Beyeler and UBS have initiated Artist Talks, a new internationally-focused program that will travel to major cities including London, Seoul, Shanghai, and Istanbul. The…

• ICA London adds Wolfgang Tillmans, Delya Allakhverdova, and Maria Sukkar to governing council institutional

  The Institute of Contemporary Art, London has expanded its governing council with three notable appointments. Artist Wolfgang Tillmans, Russian collector and Contemporary City…

• Whitechapel Gallery lays off six staff including senior curators amid financial deficit institutional

  London's Whitechapel Gallery has eliminated six full-time positions in a restructuring that includes three curatorial roles. Among those affected are former chief curator Lydia…

• Kochi-Muziris Biennale cofounder Riyas Komu resigns after sexual assault allegation on Instagram institutional

  Riyas Komu, artist and cofounder of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, has resigned from all management roles at the biennale following an anonymous sexual assault allegation posted on…

• Cultural Institutions Respond to Pandemic and Protests: Grants, Closures, and Statements institutional

  Critical Minded, an initiative by the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Ford Foundation, is providing £500 hardship grants to critics of colour or those from underrepresented…

• Kristy Edmunds to Lead MASS MoCA, Clarrie Wallis Appointed Director of Turner Contemporary institutional

  Kristy Edmunds will assume leadership of MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, bringing extensive experience from UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance where she served as…

• Iwona Blazwick to Lead AlUla's Public Art Panel with 2024 Commissions by Denes, Heizer, Turrell, AlDowayan, Mater institutional

  Iwona Blazwick, former director of London's Whitechapel Gallery, has been named chair of the Royal Commission for AlUla's Public Art Expert Panel. She will oversee permanent,…

• Joe Hill Appointed Director and CEO of Yorkshire Sculpture Park institutional

  Joe Hill has been named the new director and chief executive of Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), effective 14 April. He will lead the institution's artistic and strategic…

• Shell Ends 12-Year Sponsorship of London's National Gallery Amid Fossil Fuel Divestment Pressure institutional

  Shell has terminated its corporate sponsorship of London's National Gallery after a 12-year partnership, with documents revealing the arrangement concluded in January. The…

• Yale Union Transfers Historic Portland Property to Native Arts and Cultures Foundation institutional

  Yale Union, a nonprofit dedicated to contemporary arts in Portland, is set to dissolve and will transfer its land and building to the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF).…

• Fortress House, Gibraltar's first major contemporary art museum, opens in 2025 with a focus on post-1970 works institutional

  Fortress House, a private contemporary art museum, will debut in Gibraltar during autumn 2025, marking the territory's first institution of its kind. Housed in a renovated…