Ecuador’s national museum picks new design for $100m home following pushback to original selection and resignations – The Art Newspaper
A team led by the Japanese architecture firm Sanaa has been selected to design a new home for…
Lisbon’s Museu Calouste Gulbenkian returns to its mid-century modern roots following major renovation – The Art Newspaper
The Museu Calouste Gulbenkian reopened in Lisbon on Saturday (18 July) after an 18-month refurbishment. Named after the…
Museum acquisitions round-up: a Kandinsky ‘Improvisation’ and a canvas by Minimalist pioneer Agnes Martin – The Art Newspaper
Improvisation 21 (1911) by Wassily KandinskyHilti Art Foundation, Liechtenstein In 1909, the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) started…
Minneapolis Institute of Art hires Kevin Tervala to lead curatorial – The Art Newspaper
The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has hired Kevin Tervala as its chief of curatorial affairs and exhibitions.…
Legionella detected in cooling towers at the Metropolitan Museum, Cooper Hewitt and Jewish Museum – The Art Newspaper
Cooling towers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Jewish Museum and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum…
Detroit Institute of Arts director finds missing Velázquez painting – The Art Newspaper
Paintings by Diego Velázquez are a rarity. Numbering around 120, with some 50 of those concentrated in the…
Zimmerli Art Museum receives gift of 70 modern and contemporary works – The Art Newspaper
The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University in New Jersey has received a gift of more than 70…
Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art announces plans for Thailand outpost – The Art Newspaper
Representatives from Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) and Asset World Corporation (AWC)—one of Thailand’s largest…
New Museum names Massimiliano Gioni as new director – The Art Newspaper
The New Museum has announced that its longtime artistic director, Massimiliano Gioni, has been promoted to director of…
When two become one: the complex dance of museum mergers – The Art Newspaper
New York’s Neue Galerie, a beloved private museum and home to the richest collection of Austrian and German…
Smithsonian museum will loan more than 200 works to institutions in all 50 states and Puerto Rico – The Art Newspaper
On the eve of festivities in Washington, DC, marking 250 years since the signing of the US Declaration…
Bayeux Tapestry exhibition brings in £2.5m for the British Museum on first day of ticket sales – The Art Newspaper
The British Museum generated £2.5m on the first day of online tickets sales (1 July) for its forthcoming…