AnalysisBlack Lives Matter
Reform or reset? How cultural institutions are facing a reckoning over racism
US and UK museums have been accused of tokenism, hypocrisy and fake solidarity for rushing to declare support for Black Lives Matter. Where do they go from here?
NewsMuseums
America's virtual museums take on new significance as Covid-19 lockdown deepens
Art Institute of Chicago and Smithsonian are among institutions that have embraced technology, and more are set to ramp up their efforts
NewsMuseums
The Leslie-Lohman Museum announces its first director of curatorial programmes
Stamatina Gregory will take the new position as the LGBTQ art museum undergoes a series of changes
NewsSmithsonian Institution
Interview | Lonnie Bunch on founding the Smithsonian's African American history museum and drawing inspiration from Lincoln
As his new book is released, the new secretary of the Smithsonian Institution talks of extending its reach beyond Washington
NewsMoMA expansion 2019
Dissecting a gallery in a remade MoMA
Among the most striking examples of the museum's more global and inclusive approach is a gallery with the theme War Within, War Without
NewsMuseums
Peabody Essex Museum's $125m expansion includes new displays shaped by its neuroscience research
Institution in Salem, Massachusetts, opens new wing to display maritime and Asian art collection
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Middle East think-tank opens art gallery in Washington, DC
New space for Modern and contemporary art from the Arab world will put on five exhibitions a year
NewsBuilding projects
Oakland’s ‘museum of the people’ launches $85m capital campaign
Renovation aims to reflect the demographic diversity of the birthplace of the Black Panthers
ArchiveCultural policy
New York leans to the left under mayor’s plans for art
De Blasio focuses on diversity, social value and access for all
ArchiveNews
All of Warhol’s films and videos to be digitised
The project will make hundreds of the artists films more accessible
ArchiveMuseums
Warhol museum expansion gains Lower East Side traction
The institution has formed a partnership with Delancey Street Associates
Archive US politics
Married gay couples to get art tax breaks
Museums could benefit, as well as sponsors
ArchiveMuseums
Raphaels discovered in Haarlem Teylers Museum
The head curator recently reattributed the works to the artist
ArchiveChicago
Possible US sanctions on Iran could create back door for commandeering of museum antiquities as damages
Persepolis tablets on loan to Chicago's Oriental Institute since the 1930s compromised in lawsuit brought by victims of Jerusalem suicide bombing
ArchiveMuseums
An analysis of the mission statements of leading US art museums exposes collective search for purpose
The words chosen by directors reflect a desire to quash ambiguity and carve out their space in the contemporary art landscape
ArchiveNovember 2010
US museums receive surfeit of patronage for Islamic art collections
But Arab donors are in scarce supply, while Turks, Iranians and others spend freely
ArchiveEli Broad
Eli Broad addresses the American Association of Museums: “Get art out of the basement"
The collector lectures museum professionals at their annual conference in Los Angeles
Archivediversity
Representation and diversity: America is changing, but are its art museums?
Most major institutions are still run by white people, are supported by them, and tailor their exhibitions to suit them
ArchiveWhitney Museum of American Art
Whitney’s billionaire chairman of trustees steps down
Leonard Lauder’s decision to leave the institution coincides with launch of $680m fundraising campaign
ArchiveFebruary 2008
Comment: The problem with privately-funded museums
There is a danger that the conservatism of the museum sector will be challenged by a new generation of board members who feel that “rules are for other people”
ArchiveRestitution
Restitution pledge by US museums remains unfulfilled six years on
Results of survey lay bare how the US fell short
ArchiveMay 2006
As US museums face mounting legal issues, an annual conference explores what to do with whistleblowers and dodgy donors
Recent corporate scandals have raised concerns that American charities should be examining their ethics policies
ArchiveMusée du Louvre
Louvre director defends partnership with High Museum of Atlanta
A statement from Henri Loyette, director of the Louvre
ArchiveAmerican Museums
It is time major US museums stopped the illicit collecting of antiquities: the trials and the consequences
Following trials of Giacomo Medici, Robert Hecht, and Marion True
ArchiveFebruary 2006
Comment: New US museums pit donors against the public
An increasing number of museums are being built as speculative investments designed to attract incompatible currencies—collections and crowds
ArchiveMiami
Rubell family transform their private collection into major museum complex
In the space of just a year, a former US Drug Enforcement Warehouse has been expanded to 40,000 square feet and now includes 18 new galleries, a conservation laboratory, a library and a sculpture garden
ArchiveWhitney Museum of American Art
A new international role for the Whitney under Adam Weinberg
The museum's new director has assembled his curatorial team and is preparing to steer it on a radical new course
ArchiveSmithsonian Institution
Smithsonian reshuffle elevates status of art museums to that of scientific and historical study
The five art museums run by the federal body are now overseen by just one senior manager, Hirshhorn director Ned Rifkin
ArchiveExhibitions
St Peter and the Vatican: the legacy of the popes, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
What’s On: US museums and galleries
ArchiveDiscrimination
Worcester Art Museum sued for Anti-Muslim discrimination
“The museum is committed to fostering a diverse workplace and is an equal opportunity employer,” it said.
ArchiveAmerican Museums
The once and future MoMA: The museum's double role plays out across two exhibitions
Across two venues MoMA presents one exhibition examining the past, while a collaboration on another focuses on the future of art
ArchiveRestitution
Much piety and hot air at Washington Conference on Holocaust Era Assets
No binding agreements were reached and little effect on restitution is expected
ArchiveInterviews
First Interview with MoMA's new director Glenn Lowry on modernising the Modern
Gertrude Stein asks: museum or modern? MoMA’s director replies