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• Rotterdam's Witte de With Center Renamed Kunstinstituut Melly After Decolonial Reckoning institutional

  The Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam, Netherlands, has been renamed Kunstinstituut Melly following a three-year institutional transformation prompted by a…

• KW Institute of Contemporary Art Celebrates 30 Years with Year-Long Program institutional

  In 2021, the KW Institute of Contemporary Art in Berlin marks its 30th anniversary, having been established in 1991 and initiating the Berlin Biennale in 1998 with curators Hans…

• SOMA Art Space in Marseille Unveils New Branding Featuring Tape Motif institutional

  On February 13, 2021, the design studio Quatrième Étage revealed a visual identity project developed for SOMA, a hybrid art venue situated at 55 Cours Julien in Marseille, France.…

• Dario Franceschini Confirmed as Italy's Culture Minister in Draghi Government institutional

  Under the leadership of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Dario Franceschini has been reappointed as Minister of Culture in the newly formed Italian government, a position he…

• London Commission to Review Public Statues and Street Names for Inclusivity institutional

  Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has established a commission tasked with assessing statues, street names, and building names to enhance the representation of the city’s…

• Perpignan mayor defies French lockdown, reopens city museums institutional

  On February 8, 2021, Louis Aliot, the mayor of Perpignan, France, unilaterally reopened the city's museums despite the national COVID-19 lockdown. The reopened institutions…

• Pola Ribeiro Assumes Directorship of MAM-BA After Year-Long Vacancy institutional

  Pola Ribeiro, a filmmaker and public manager, has been appointed director of the Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia (MAM-BA) in Salvador, ending a nearly year-long period without…

• Angela Tecce Appointed President of Museo Madre in Naples institutional

  Angela Tecce has been named President of the Fondazione Donnaregina per le Arti Contemporanee, which oversees the Museo Madre in Naples, succeeding Laura Valente whose three-year…

• Ouro Preto Institute Opens Digital Residency for Vulnerable Artists institutional

  Applications are open until February 13 for the inaugural Programa Emergencial de Residência Artística – iai, a six-week digital residency offering R$2,000 grants. Funded by the…

• Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art Approved in Riverside, California institutional

  In Riverside, California, the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture and Industry, the first museum in the U.S. dedicated to Chicano art, will be established in the old…

• Convegno Stelline 2021: Biblioteche come hub sociali e democratici institutional

  La XXVI edizione del Convegno Stelline, il principale incontro nazionale dedicato alle biblioteche, si svolgerà in un formato ibrido e diffuso dal 25 febbraio fino a settembre…

• Weston Loan Programme Brings Masterpieces to Small UK Museums institutional

  The Art Fund, a British association founded in 1903, will launch a new edition of its Weston Loan Programme in spring 2021. The initiative, supported by the Garfield Weston…

• Basel Museum Directors Urge Swiss Government to Reopen Cultural Institutions institutional

  A coalition of Basel museum directors has issued an open letter to the Swiss Federal Council demanding the reopening of museums across the country, arguing that cultural…

• Avinoam Shalem Named Director of American Academy in Rome institutional

  The American Academy in Rome has appointed Avinoam Shalem as its new director for 2021, alongside a new cohort of fellows and a revised academic calendar delayed to January 2021…

• Mario Nanni Appointed Visiting Director of Museo Marino Marini in Florence institutional

  Mario Nanni, a renowned lighting designer and artist, has been appointed as the Visiting Director of the Museo Marino Marini in Florence. This position, designed to infuse the…

• MACTE Termoli Reopens with New Director Caterina Riva, Expands with Art Library and Architecture Section institutional

  The MACTE – Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Termoli has reopened with a reinstallation of its permanent collection and new initiatives under director Caterina Riva, who started in…

• Laura Milani Appointed President of Paratissima Fair in Turin institutional

  Laura Milani has been elected as the new president of Paratissima, the Turin fair dedicated to emerging and independent artists, succeeding Lorenzo Germak, who has managed PRS –…

• Fondation Beyeler 2020: Digital Surge Amid Visitor Drop institutional

  The Fondation Beyeler in Basel reported 291,604 visitors in 2020, maintaining its status as Switzerland's most visited museum despite pandemic restrictions. Director Sam Keller…

• Milan Launches Public Art Office to Streamline Street Art Permits institutional

  The City of Milan has launched a new Public Art Office (Ufficio Arte negli Spazi Pubblici) to simplify the bureaucratic process for creating street art and public art. The office,…

• Radio Italia named official radio of Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice institutional

  Radio Italia has been named the official radio station of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, renewing a partnership that began in 2008. The collaboration, announced in…

• Joe Biden Redecorates Oval Office with Art Reflecting Unity, Science, Civil Rights institutional

  Upon his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden swiftly transformed the Oval Office's art collection to signal his administration's priorities of…

• Rijksmuseum 2020: Digital Surge Offsets Record Low Visitors institutional

  The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam reported a dramatic drop in physical visitors in 2020 due to the pandemic, with only 675,000 visitors—the lowest since 1964 when 686,553 people…

• Rome Mayor Raggi Replaces Culture Chief with Former Classmate institutional

  Ahead of the municipal elections, Rome's Mayor Virginia Raggi has ousted Deputy Mayor and Culture Councillor Luca Bergamo, along with Economic Development Councillor Carlo…

• Beppe Sala's Milan re-election campaign centers on cultural revival institutional

  On December 7, 2020, Milan's Mayor Beppe Sala declared his intention to run in the 2021 municipal elections through a social media post, shortly after being honored with the…

• Piersandra Di Matteo appointed new director of Short Theatre festival institutional

  Piersandra Di Matteo, a curator and scholar known for her dramaturgical collaborations with Romeo Castellucci and her work on the Atlas Of Transitions project, has been appointed…

• Uffizi director invites students to skip school for museum visit institutional

  On January 21, 2021, Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, provoked controversy by inviting students to skip school and visit the museum instead. Speaking at…

• Italy Establishes Permanent Table for Cultural Workers' Protection institutional

  Italian Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini has signed a decree establishing a permanent working group (Tavolo permanente) for professionals in museums, archives, and…

• MAXXI hosts online conference on tax relief for cultural expenses in Italy institutional

  The MAXXI Foundation in Rome organized an online conference titled 'La defiscalizzazione delle spese della cultura: scenario e proposte operative' (Tax relief for cultural…

• Castello di Rivoli transforms into vaccination center in pilot project institutional

  The Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Piedmont, Italy, is repurposing 10,000 square meters of its third floor as a COVID-19 vaccination center. The pilot project,…

• Italian Museums Reopen in Yellow Zones with Partial Access institutional

  From January 18, 2021, museums in Italian 'yellow zones' reopened on weekdays after being closed since November 3, 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions. The partial reopening drew…

• John G. Hampton becomes first Indigenous director of a Canadian public art gallery institutional

  The Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan, has appointed John G. Hampton as its new executive director and CEO, making him the first Indigenous person to lead a public art…

• MAXXI Launches 2021 High-Formation Courses with Online and In-Person Options institutional

  MAXXI – the National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome – has launched MAXXI Know-How 2021, building on a program that started in 2017 and has already engaged over 800…

• MORE MUSEUM: Italian museum directors convene online to chart post-pandemic future institutional

  In January 2021, a virtual gathering took place for 40 directors and representatives from Italian museums during the MORE MUSEUM conference, facilitated by the culture department…

• CDP's Art Collection: From Industrial Heritage to Future Vision institutional

  Sabrina Fiorino, who leads Arte e Cultura at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), reflects on the development of the company’s art collection at its headquarters in Rome, which dates…

• Valentino Catricalà to Lead SODA Gallery in Manchester institutional

  Starting January 15, Valentino Catricalà, a 37-year-old curator from Rome, will take the helm at SODA Gallery in Manchester. Established in September 2021 with a £35 million…

• Alberto Dambruoso resigns from Umberto Boccioni Foundation over temporary museum dispute institutional

  Alberto Dambruoso, art historian and former vice president of the Fondazione Umberto Boccioni, announced his resignation on November 12, 2020, distancing himself from the…

• Almine Rech Opens Second Paris Gallery on Avenue Matignon institutional

  Almine Rech, the gallery founded by Almine Rech-Picasso in Paris in 1997, will open a second Parisian location on January 21 at 18 Avenue Matignon, near the Grand Palais and…

• France launches Grand Palais Immersif agency for digital exhibitions institutional

  France has launched Grand Palais Immersif, a new entity under Réunion des Musées Nationaux – Grand Palais (Rmn-GP), aimed at creating large-scale digital exhibitions. This…

• Louvre visitor numbers collapse 72% in 2020, losing €90 million institutional

  The Louvre Museum in Paris saw a catastrophic 72% drop in visitors in 2020, with only 2.7 million admissions compared to 9.6 million in 2019. The pandemic forced the museum to…

• Judith Waldmann Appointed Curator at Kunsthaus Merano institutional

  Judith Waldmann, who hails from Tübingen and was born in 1985, has been appointed as the new curator for contemporary art at Kunsthaus Merano, taking over from Christiane Rekade.…