American Museums
Genesis of Phil Collins’s collection of Alamo artefacts questioned ahead of museum opening
A new public exhibition hall is mired in controversy over the provenance of the musician’s collection of relics related to the Alamo in Texas
Long-awaited International African American Museum delays January opening
The museum says humidity and temperature control issues must be addressed before it can open to the public
Metropolitan Museum receives $10m donation for ongoing performance art initiative
The philanthropist Adrienne Arsht is a longtime supporter of the museum and performing arts programmes nationwide
Former president Bill Clinton previews $155m expansion of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
The renovation spearheaded by Studio Gang, details of which were unveiled during a luncheon in New York, will open in the spring of 2023
Brooklyn Museum completes ten-year renovation of Asian and Islamic art galleries
The approximately $9m project included modernising 20,000 sq. ft of galleries and bringing key objects out of storage for public display for the first time
Marvin Gaye-inspired exhibition to inaugurate Rubell Museum in Washington, DC
The exhibition will feature nearly 200 works from Don and Mera Rubell's collection
An overdue ode to the influence of Black cinema opens in Los Angeles
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures exhibition exlores the contributions of celebrated and overlooked minds in Hollywood alongside works by contemporary artists
Historic Baltimore museum reopens after $5.5m renovation
The Peale Museum, considered the first “purpose-built” museum in North America, reopens with a contemporary and local focus
An historic appointment: Lynette L. Allston is the first Indigenous person to serve as board president of a major US museum
Allston had previously advised the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in devising its land acknowledgement agreement
Frick Collection honoured for employing people with disabilities
The institution is the first New York museum to be honoured by the city’s mayor for its employment efforts
Raphael tapestries exhibition illustrates the ‘dawn of image reproduction’
The Columbus Museum of Art’s exhibition of the six historic Dresden tapestries belatedly commemorates the 500th anniversary of the Italian master’s death
Exhibition at New York's Drawing Center explores the ‘freedom to ornament’
Nearly 200 works from various civilisations, cultures and histories chronicle shifting approaches to beautification and the complex language of patterns
Kohler heiress's foundation announces inaugural grants for non-profit cultural organisations
The grant-making initiative was launched with a $440m bequest from the late vernacular art collector and patron Ruth DeYoung Kohler
Metropolitan Museum of Art increases admission fee
The museum initially changed its "pay-as-you-wish" policy in 2018
Daniel H. Weiss will step down as president and chief executive of the Metropolitan Museum
Weiss, who guided the Met through several major projects and challenges during his tenure, will step down in June 2023
Smithsonian's hunt for sites for national Latino and women’s museums narrowed down to four locations
The institution will announce the selected Washington, DC sites for the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum by the end of the year
The newly-restored Morgan Library and Museum opens a public garden
The $13m project entailed a comprehensive exterior restoration and landscape redesign
Jewel box museum of Old Master artworks reopens in San Diego
The Timken Museum of Art, the only museum with a Rembrandt on public display in San Diego, underwent a major two-year renovation
Williams College Museum of Art selects Brooklyn-based architects SO-IL for new building
The museum is currently housed in the university's former library building
New York’s Jewish Museum announces formation of a union
The unionisation follows similar decisions made by the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and others
Time is up on relaxed rules for US museums wanting to sell their works—did this brief shift have any lasting impact?
As stringent restrictions on art sales return after a pandemic reprieve, American institutions seem more polarised than ever
Light and much more Space: first look at the expanded Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
La Jolla museum is set to reopen after a $105m renovation and collection revamp, telling the story of contemporary art from a distinctively West Coast perspective
Tainted gifts: as British Museum and the Met disavow the Sackler name, museums rethink donation deals
Institutions are increasingly including “morals clauses” in gift agreements to protect themselves if donors fall from grace
Medieval Jewish codex to be shown in New York before conservation
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will begin conservation efforts later this year with a $27,600 grant from The European Fine Art Foundation
Can New York's imminent salary transparency law pierce the art world's smokescreen?
City council's move to enforce wage disclosures in job adverts could usher in a sea change at major US cultural institutions—challenging persistent pay inequality in the sector
Suspect in Museum of Modern Art stabbings arrested in Philadelphia
The man suspected of stabbing two front desk workers at MoMA was apprehended in a bus station in Philadelphia after a days-long manhunt
Metropolitan Museum picks Mexican architect Frida Escobedo for $500m revamp of Modern and contemporary art wing
Escobedo, the first woman to design a wing at the museum, was chosen over candidates including David Chipperfield, Ensamble Studio and other firms
Suspect in stabbing of MoMA employees remains at large, threatens former president Donald Trump
A man identified as Gary Cabana stabbed two front desk employees at the Museum of Modern Art on 12 March and the following day threatened to trespass Mar-a-Lago
Historic East Hampton museum Guild Hall begins $25m renovation
Founded in 1931, Guild Hall holds a collection of more than 2,000 artworks by Jackson Pollock, Thomas Moran and others
SFMoMA receives gift of 350 works and $10m bequest from late American trustees
The donation includes works by Marcel Duchamp, Jeff Koons, Ai Weiwei and others from the collection of the late philanthropists Norah and Norman Stone