Museum

The Palisades fire at the Getty Villa’s Cafe. The museum’s buildings escaped damage but the landscape did not.
Healing From the Burns: How The Getty Recovered From the LA Fires

Mid-morning January 7, 2025, a fire broke out in the Santa Monica Mountains. By the noon hour, fanned by intense winds with gusts up to 100 miles an hour, the fire had reached the…

A view of Los Angeles looking toward Miracle Mile where LACMA’s buildings are. Source.
How LACMA Is Centering Curation Around Cross-Cultural Exchange

When the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) opened its…

The Magnani-Rocca Foundation. WikiCommons.
The Parma Heist and Europe's Escalating Museum Security Crisis

In the late hours of March 22, four thieves broke through the front door of the …

View of the Arts of Africa gallery in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
From Mali to Madagascar: The Met’s African Art Collection Renewed

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Michael C. Rockefeller Wing was built over…

The New Museum’s expansion under construction. Source.
The New Museum Reopens with a Focus on Modern Technology

At Bowery on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where the New Museum has stood since 2007, a 13-foot aluminum…

Fountain in David H. Koch Plaza on Fifth Avenue at the entrance of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York, NY
The Best Art Museum in All 50 U.S. States

Wherever you go in the United States of America, you aren't very far away from art. From intimate…

Visitors in the Louvre Museum. WikiCommons.
The Louvre Reckons with Fraud, Floods, and Failing Infrastructure

The Louvre has weathered both revolutions and…

The National Museum of Asian Art.
A “Shared Stewardship” of Repatriated Objects at the Smithsonian

In late January, the Smithsonian …

Dib Bangkok Courtyard
Dib Bangkok Provides a Home for Contemporary Art in Thailand

Thailand’s first major institution dedicated to international contemporary art, Dib Bangkok, made a grand debut…

Refik Anadol, Unsupervised, 2022. Source.
The World’s First Museum of AI Arts to Open This Spring

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape everything from consumerism to creative expression, the world’s first museum dedicated entirely to the exhibition of …

Interior of the Grand Egyptian Museum. Source.
How Mega-Museums Are Reshaping Cultural Tourism

In November, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) opened its doors to international fanfare, unveiling the entire contents of Tutankhamen’s …

The Frick Collection's second-floor landing, which leads to a series of of new galleries for the display of small-scale objects from the permanent collection.
Historic Spaces, New Perspectives at The Frick Collection

Upon reopening this April, The Frick Collection in New York will welcome visitors to climb its grand staircase—or ride one of its newly-installed elevators—to the second floor for…

Entrance to The Studio Museum in Harlem’s old building.
The Studio Museum Reopens in a New Location

After seven years of construction, the Studio Museum in Harlem reopened last month in a seven-story…

Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Union Momentum Reshapes Labor Dynamics at LACMA

As Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) races to finish the $720 million David Geffen Galleries to hold its permanent collection, employees are turning to collective bargaining…

Philadelphia Art Museum. Source.
“PhAM” Criticism And Other Museum Rebranding Missteps

The cultural heritage and history that art museums hold have…