Interviewcoronavirus
Abandoning the ‘competitive fantasy about ever-growing visitor numbers’: the three heads of the Guggenheim museums size up their post-Covid challenges
With museums in Bilbao and Venice poised to reopen, while New York remains in lockdown, Richard Armstrong, Juan Ignacio Vidarte and Karole Vail talk about weathering the financial crisis
NewsLandscape architecture
Board will revisit vote that would allow demolition of site-specific work at National Geographic Society’s home in Washington, DC
Board members say they were unaware that renovation plan would sacrifice Elyn Zimmerman’s installation
NewsAcquisitions
A valentine to New York City, in a gift of 130 urban scenes by Chagall, O'Keeffe, Hockney and other artists
Philanthropic couple’s promised donation to New-York Historical Society boosts collection’s 20th-century holdings
NewsUnions
Workers at Philadelphia Museum of Art seek to unionise
Entreating management to recognise the union voluntarily, employees emphasise goals of equity, diversity and inclusion
NewsLandscape architecture
National Geographic Society defends disputed plan to remove sculptural installation
Organisation argues that Elyn Zimmerman’s site-specific 1984 work does not deserve protection
NewsConservation & Preservation
‘A resting time for the art’: with museums shut, US conservators seize on strategies to safeguard their collections
Experts embrace a blend of remote monitoring and on-site tours, while marvelling at diminished levels of dust
NewsMuseums
Here are the US and European museums that have announced when they are reopening
As governments loosen lockdown restrictions, institutions map out ways of seeking to limit the spread of coronavirus
NewsConservation & Preservation
Flooding threatens Mies van der Rohe’s minimalist Farnsworth House in Illinois
Site braces for another onslaught of heavy rain starting this weekend
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Director of Akron Art Museum resigns after negative reports on management
Staff members had leveled allegations of racism, sexism and bullying by managers
Newscoronavirus
The Met will not reopen until mid-August at the earliest
The museum also cancels tours, talks, concerts and events through the end of the year
Newscoronavirus
After two-month shutdown, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is reopening this weekend
Institution adopts new policies to foster “the safest possible conditions”
NewsArt & Technology
With a haunting sculpture, the Met expands its push into augmented reality
Curator provides audio narration for 3D experience of a Taíno religious figure
NewsConservation & Preservation
The master's hand: a treasured Vermeer gives up its secrets
Extensive testing of the Frick’s Mistress and Maid proves that it was not finished by someone else
NewsAntiquities trafficking
International crackdown on art trafficking leads to 101 arrested and 19,000 artefacts recovered
Interpol says the operation spanned 103 countries and that objects ranged from coins to paintings to fossils
Newsdiversity
After racial incident involving a student field trip, MFA Boston reaches accord on diversity
Agreement with state attorney general calls for museum to set up a $500,000 fund promoting inclusion
NewsMet Gala
With its May gala derailed, the Met offers entertainment for online visitors
Museum provides a preview of its delayed Costume Institute exhibition, posts video of gala highlights and invites audiences to photograph themselves in red-carpet attire
NewsArt schools
San Francisco Art Institute plans to stay open but suspend degree programmes
School seeks a new business model as well as a partner that can shore up its finances
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Competition spawns alternative designs for controversial Lacma building project
A protest group champions six ideas that remedy what it views as shortcomings in Peter Zumthor's design
AnalysisMuseums & Heritage
'There is no fast track back to normal': museums confront economic fallout of the pandemic
Closed museums are losing millions in income, ushering in job cuts, appeals for emergency relief and lasting changes in strategy
NewsCoronavirus resources
US Congress renews payroll loan programme for small businesses and non-profits reeling from coronavirus, extending hopes for museums
Money ran out in the first round, although some museums scored loans
Newscoronavirus
Met lays off 81 staff members in response to projected budget shortfall
Cuts affect employees in visitor services and retail departments, and more job losses are expected
NewsPublic art
Art world figures protest plan to dismantle sculptural installation in Washington, DC
Arrangement of boulders around reflecting pool on National Geographic Society campus is cited as a landscape art masterpiece
Newscoronavirus
AAMD loosens rules for museums seeking to divert income amid coronavirus crisis
While legal hurdles remain, the museum directors’ association will not penalise members who redirect restricted funds to cover operating expenses
Newscoronavirus
Portland Art Museum joins wave of institutions to cut back on staff costs
Nearly 75% of staff will be placed on unpaid leave and senior leadership at the Oregon museum will take salary cuts
Newscoronavirus
Guggenheim furloughs 92 employees in New York
Museum will also reduce salaries for those making over $80,000
Newscoronavirus
Whitney and New Museum lay off staff members as coronavirus economic fallout continues
Employee cuts come three weeks after institutions shut down
NewsAppointments
Laura Raicovich is named interim director of Leslie-Lohman Museum
Politically minded figure left helm of Queens Museum amid tensions with its board
Newscoronavirus
Getty sets up $10m fund for small and mid-size Los Angeles-area arts organisations reeling from virus
The trust anticipates that grants will range from $25,000 to $200,000
Newscoronavirus
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation plans $5m coronavirus relief effort
Multi-year effort will start with $1.25m in grants to a contemporary art foundation, an Artist Relief Fund and New York arts groups
NewsExhibitions
‘On the Edge’: de Young plans juried show for artists this summer in San Francisco
No firm date is set amid quarantine, but museum is inviting Bay Area artists to take part and sell their work
NewsArt schools
San Francisco Art Institute considers suspending classes after May graduation
Citing coronavirus tumult, the 149-year-old school says it has failed to find a partner to ensure its financial survival
Featurecoronavirus
Here's how to apply for financial aid during the coronavirus pandemic if you're self-employed or a small business in the arts
We have gathered information about grants and loans around the world to help you get through the Covid-19 crisis
Newscoronavirus
Donors set up $75m fund to help cultural groups and other non-profits in New York City
Fund will disburse grants and loans to small and midsize organisations impacted by coronavirus
Featurecoronavirus
‘It’s almost like science fiction’: artists share their experiences with the coronavirus
We spoke with artists in the US and Europe about how Covid-19 has so far affected them and their work, from cancelled exhibitions to concerns about the future
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Seeking answers from Lacma, Ahmanson Foundation threatens to take its largesse elsewhere
Long-time patron wants ‘a clear understanding’ of how a new building can accommodate the permanent collection highlights it has funded
Newscoronavirus
Met anticipates a $100m shortfall and remaining closed until July—and smaller museums in the US could be hurt even more by pandemic
“Everyone is really whipsawed,” says the New York institution’s president Daniel Weiss, who expects staff reductions
NewsClosures
Here are the museums that have closed (so far) due to coronavirus
Updates on which cultural institutions are temporarily closing to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic
NewsConservation & Preservation
Crowdfunding campaign launched to revive travel-worn Rockwells
Two works—the artist's famous Thanksgiving dinner scene, and a depiction of an African American girl being escorted by US Marshalls to school—have been on a national tour
Newscoronavirus
Led by Metropolitan Museum of Art, a flurry of US museums say they are shutting down because of coronavirus
Institutions in New York, Boston and Washington underline the need to control the spread of Covid-19
NewsMuseums & Heritage
New arts space finds its muse in the atmospheric Oklahoma sky
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center is reopening with an inaugural exhibition on illumination
NewsAcquisitions
Cleveland Museum of Art receives art gifts valued at more than $100m
Works donated by a collecting couple include paintings by Bonnard, Vuilliard, Matisse, Braque, Caillebotte and many others
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Four North American museums cancel exhibition of masterworks from Liechtenstein’s princely collections
National Gallery of Canada cites use of forced labour on royal estates in wartime
NewsMuseums & Heritage
New York workers mount rescue operation for Chinese-American artefacts after fire
Salvaging effort focuses on the remaining 80 percent of the archives of the Museum of Chinese in America
PreviewExhibitions
No stone unturned: an exhibition explores Cézanne’s fascination with rocks
Princeton show charts the artist’s enduring pursuit of geological compositions
NewsMuseums
Several US museums restrict staff travel to high-risk countries in response to coronavirus
Institutions like the National Gallery of Art and the Guggenheim remain open but alert to potential for closing as confirmed cases of Covid-19 rise
PreviewMuseums & Heritage
In the Met’s British galleries, a tale of artisans spurred by entrepreneurial forces
Installation weaves a 400-year narrative with global and sometimes dark threads
NewsMuseums
Ahmanson Foundation cuts off gifts of art to Lacma
Foundation president cites concern over a dramatic museum redesign that could force prized works into storage
NewsTerra Foundation for American Art
Terra Foundation for American Art recruits new leader from Colby College Museum
Sharon Corwin aims to help forge partnerships with arts organisations and interrogate histories of American art
PreviewExhibitions
'Strikingly experimental': major Donald Judd survey to open this week in New York
The exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, including 70 works made between 1960 and 1992, will trace the artist's development by focusing on key turning points in his career
PreviewExhibitions
'Cities are not that great': Rem Koolhaas on the appeal of the countryside
Guggenheim exhibition explores the theme of nonurban areas in its first show that has nothing to do with art or architecture
NewsMuseums
Smithsonian provost overseeing Cooper Hewitt after ouster of director
Caroline Baumann was reportedly forced to resign from the NY museum after concerns raised about her 2018 wedding
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Face-off with a founding father: Brooklyn honours African art by placing it amidst its other collections
New exhibition seeks to “fill in the blanks that are still present in museums and art history books”
InterviewFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Championing African American abstraction: inside the collection of Pamela Joyner
The San Francisco-based philanthropist tells us what she's bought and why
PreviewFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Embracing the visual overload: Los Angeles show celebrates the Pattern and Decoration movement
Museum of Contemporary art exhibition goes beyond the anti-Minimalist tagline
NewsMuseums & Heritage
After fire, Museum of Chinese in America hopes to salvage much of its collection
Curator says that conservators might be able to dry many wet objects in the museum’s archive
PreviewExhibitions
Exhibition celebrates a spirited collective of African-American photographers
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts chronicles achievements and inner debates of the Kamoinge Workshop
NewsMuseums
Instead of permanent space, Smithsonian will co-curate gallery at V&A East for two years
The Washington institution also announces joint effort with London communities to train young adults
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Museum of Chinese in America starts fund-raising after loss of its archive in a fire
An estimated 85,000 items are feared lost, including letters, antique wedding dresses and photographs
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Kehinde Wiley’s reimagining of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Brooklyn Museum to Luhring Augustine and Sam Fogg’s collaborative show on Gothic art
NewsMuseums & Heritage
International Center of Photography prepares to reopen in a far bigger home in New York
Lower East Side location will unite exhibition space with the institution's school of 3,500 students
NewsArtists
CalArts recruits alumni to create works financing students’ scholarships
From John Baldessari to Tony Oursler, the marketing effort unites artists of multiple generations
NewsAcquisitions
National Portrait Gallery acquires 20 works from collecting couple
Ian and Annette Cumming set out to commission likenesses of people who would remain renowned
PreviewExhibitions
Jacob Lawrence’s epic series depicting America's early struggles sets off on US tour
Twenty-three of the US artist’s surviving panels will be reunited for the first time in six decades
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Director is out at Erie Art Museum
Departure follows New York Times article describing objectionable behaviour with female employees
NewsConservation & Preservation
Puerto Rico prepares to assess toll of powerful earthquakes
A colonial-era church collapses and more damage to historic buildings is expected
NewsConservation
How medical experts helped curators discover the hidden secrets of a Senufo helmet mask
Spectral CT scans enabled the Dallas Museum of Art to identify unknown elements in the West African piece
NewsConservation & Preservation
Geneva-based foundation Aliph directs $10m to heritage conservation projects in conflict zones
Sites targeted range from a Yemeni palace in ruins to a shrine destroyed by the Islamic State in Iraq
NewsThe Year in Review 2019
From trafficked treasures to the ravages of climate change: the heritage headlines of 2019
We look back at the biggest stories of the year
NewsConservation & Preservation
Tefaf awards conservation grants for a Wright interior and a colonial Bolivian painting
V&A and Lacma plan to stabilise and restore works to their original appearance