American Museums
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
Yinka Shonibare unveils project focused on the Great Migration
The third iteration of the artist’s 'Libraries' series will be permanently installed at the Rollins Museum of Art in Florida
US revises law governing repatriation of Indigenous remains and burial objects
The effort, conducted in consultation with Native American tribes and nations, would enable greater enforcement of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to expand its Islamic art galleries
The museum’s Islamic art collection spans more than 1,400 pieces as well as important long-term loans
‘Communities are affected when someone is imprisoned’: Arizona exhibition explores the social impact of mass incarceration
The show, at the Arizona State University Art Museum, comes as museums nationwide grapple with the fine line between ‘fetishising’ prisoners and broadening dialogue around incarceration
UC Berkeley returns Wiyot human remains and burial objects
The university still holds one of the largest collections of Indigenous human remains and sacred objects in the US
How US museums are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, from coast to coast
The 27th anniversary of the federal holiday honouring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is being celebrated nationwide through a dynamic series of online and in-person events
Bronx Museum of the Arts to undertake $21m expansion
The project includes the addition of a multi-storey entrance and lobby, and is being supported with state and city funds
The Met begins $70m renovation of African, ancient American and Oceanic art galleries
The galleries, housed in the Michael C. Rockefeller wing of the museum, will be modernised to better contextualise the collection and illustrate the ‘complex story of cultural development over the last 5,000 years’
Boston College museum receives $25m in art and grants from philanthropist Peter Lynch
The McMullen Museum of Art is gaining works by Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, Albert Bierstadt, and others
Brooklyn Museum appoints KP Trueblood as its new president and chief operating officer
Trueblood, who will replace David Berliner early next year, has a background in government and public service
Studio Museum in Harlem raises $210m for new David Adjaye building
Site for black artists expected to open in 2024 with site-specific commission by Theaster Gates