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• International Museum Day 2020 shifts online amid pandemic closures and financial strain institutional

  International Museum Day on 18 May 2020 is being celebrated virtually as COVID-19 has forced widespread closures of cultural institutions. The International Council of Museums…

• Cynthia Chavez Lamar Appointed First Native Woman Director of Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian institutional

  On February 14, Cynthia Chavez Lamar will take the helm of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, making history as the first Native woman to lead any museum…

• British Museum's Pink Ball gala disrupted by climate protest and Greek government criticism institutional

  A climate protester infiltrated the British Museum's inaugural Pink Ball fundraising gala, interrupting a speech by museum chair George Osborne. The protester, working as a…

• Berlin Drops Anti-Semitism Clause for Arts Funding After Protests institutional

  Berlin city council has withdrawn a proposed anti-discrimination clause requiring arts funding recipients to contractually reject 'any form of anti-Semitism,' following widespread…

• Former Philadelphia Museum of Art Director Sasha Suda Sues Over Dismissal institutional

  Sasha Suda, former director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, has filed a lawsuit against the institution following her termination last week, three years into a…

• Whitney Museum's Curatorial Team Leads Major Exhibitions and 2008 Biennial institutional

  The curatorial team at the Whitney Museum of Art consists of Donna De Salvo, Shamim M. Momin, and Chrissie Iles, who have all played vital roles in shaping the museum's…

• Experimenter Gallery's Global Programming and Educational Initiatives institutional

  Prateek Raja and Priyanka Raja, co-founders of India's Experimenter gallery, reject art as luxury while expanding their international programming. At their Mumbai location,…

• National Galleries of Scotland returns loaned works, severs ties with Anthony D'Offay institutional

  National Galleries of Scotland has confirmed it will return artworks loaned by former London gallerist Anthony D'Offay, severing institutional ties following years of controversy.…

• Kiira Miesmaa Appointed Kiasma Director, Prioritizes Climate Action and Ethical Funding institutional

  Kiira Miesmaa begins her tenure as director of Helsinki's Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art this month, declaring climate change the institution's foremost challenge. She…

• Mütter Museum Removes 19th-Century Body Parts Amid Ethics Review institutional

  The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, a medical history museum run by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, has removed a series of 19th-century human remains from display…

• Marie Hélène Pereira leads Venice Biennale 2024 after Koyo Kouoh's passing institutional

  Marie Hélène Pereira is implementing the late curator Koyo Kouoh's vision for the 2024 Venice Biennale, titled In Minor Keys. Kouoh, who died in May, had developed extensive…

• Appointments and Political Shifts Shape Global Art Institutions institutional

  Vasıf Kortun has been named the new director of the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum, which is currently being renovated and is set to reopen in 2020. Before this role, he…

• Rhizome Appoints Makayla Bailey and Michael Connor as Co-Executive Directors institutional

  Rhizome, the digital art organization affiliated with the New Museum, has implemented a joint leadership model by naming Makayla Bailey and Michael Connor as its co-executive…

• Auckland Art Gallery flooded by record rainfall, artworks relocated institutional

  Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki in New Zealand faced significant flooding after certain regions received eight times the typical January rainfall. Storms on Friday night caused…

• James S. Snyder Appointed Director of New York's Jewish Museum After 19 Years Leading Israel Museum institutional

  James S. Snyder has been appointed to head the Jewish Museum in New York, stepping down from his position as president of the Jerusalem Foundation. He previously directed the…

• French galleries sue government over discriminatory COVID-19 lockdown rules institutional

  French art galleries have filed a legal complaint against the government's latest COVID-19 restrictions, which force commercial galleries to close while allowing auction houses to…

• Jeremy Stowe resigns from West Kowloon Cultural District Authority after police visit and extended leave institutional

  Jeremy Stowe has resigned as chief of projects at the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority following an extended absence that began after law enforcement officers visited on…

• 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…