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Ecuador’s national museum picks new design for $100m home following pushback to original selection and resignations https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/museo-nacional-del-ecuador-design-competition-controversy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Buildingprojects #MuseumsHeritage

Ecuador’s national museum picks new design for $100m home following pushback to original selection and resignations https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/museo-nacional-del-ecuador-design-competition-controversy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Buildingprojects #MuseumsHeritage

Ecuador’s national museum picks new design for $100m home following pushback to original selection and resignations https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/museo-nacional-del-ecuador-design-competition-controversy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Buildingprojects #MuseumsHeritage

Ecuador’s national museum picks new design for $100m home following pushback to original selection and resignations https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/museo-nacional-del-ecuador-design-competition-controversy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Buildingprojects #MuseumsHeritage

Jessica Morgan named new Tate director https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/jessica-morgan-named-new-tate-director?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Tate

Jessica Morgan named new Tate director https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/jessica-morgan-named-new-tate-director?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Tate

Jessica Morgan named new Tate director https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/jessica-morgan-named-new-tate-director?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Tate

Jessica Morgan named new Tate director https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/jessica-morgan-named-new-tate-director?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Tate

London mansion where 'secret listeners' spied on Nazi prisoners for intel opens as museum https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/21/london-mansion-where-secret-listeners-spied-on-nazi-prisoners-for-intel-opens-as-museum?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Museums #MuseumsHeritage

London mansion where 'secret listeners' spied on Nazi prisoners for intel opens as museum https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/21/london-mansion-where-secret-listeners-spied-on-nazi-prisoners-for-intel-opens-as-museum?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Museums #MuseumsHeritage

Renovation of Bolivia's national archaeology museum gives repatriated treasures pride of place https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/museo-nacional-arqueologia-bolivia-renovation-repatriated-saphi-mummy-illa-statue?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Bolivia

Renovation of Bolivia's national archaeology museum gives repatriated treasures pride of place https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/museo-nacional-arqueologia-bolivia-renovation-repatriated-saphi-mummy-illa-statue?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Bolivia

Head of V&A’s academic programmes resigned citing ‘racist’ and ‘culturally insensitive’ behaviours, letter reveals https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/head-of-victoria-albert-museum-academic-programmes-resigned-citing-racist-and-culturally-insensitive-behaviours-letter-reveals?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Racialequality

Head of V&A’s academic programmes resigned citing ‘racist’ and ‘culturally insensitive’ behaviours, letter reveals https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/head-of-victoria-albert-museum-academic-programmes-resigned-citing-racist-and-culturally-insensitive-behaviours-letter-reveals?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Racialequality

Head of V&A’s academic programmes resigned citing ‘racist’ and ‘culturally insensitive’ behaviours, letter reveals https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/head-of-victoria-albert-museum-academic-programmes-resigned-citing-racist-and-culturally-insensitive-behaviours-letter-reveals?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Racialequality

Head of V&A’s academic programmes resigned citing ‘racist’ and ‘culturally insensitive’ behaviours, letter reveals https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/head-of-victoria-albert-museum-academic-programmes-resigned-citing-racist-and-culturally-insensitive-behaviours-letter-reveals?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Racialequality

As Andy Burnham becomes the new UK prime minister, here are five key challenges facing his culture ministry https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/as-andy-burnham-becomes-the-new-uk-prime-minister-here-are-five-key-challenges-facing-his-culture-ministry?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #UKpolitics #MuseumsHeritage

As Andy Burnham becomes the new UK prime minister, here are five key challenges facing his culture ministry https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/as-andy-burnham-becomes-the-new-uk-prime-minister-here-are-five-key-challenges-facing-his-culture-ministry?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #UKpolitics #MuseumsHeritage

Minneapolis Institute of Art hires Kevin Tervala to lead curatorial https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/17/minneapolis-institute-of-art-hires-kevin-tervala-to-lead-curatorial?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #NewHires

Minneapolis Institute of Art hires Kevin Tervala to lead curatorial https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/17/minneapolis-institute-of-art-hires-kevin-tervala-to-lead-curatorial?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #NewHires

US congress introduces bill to protect public art in federal buildings targeted by Trump administration https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/16/us-congress-introduces-bill-to-protect-public-art-in-federal-buildings-targeted-by-trump-administration?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #DonaldTrump

US congress introduces bill to protect public art in federal buildings targeted by Trump administration https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/16/us-congress-introduces-bill-to-protect-public-art-in-federal-buildings-targeted-by-trump-administration?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #DonaldTrump

Legionella detected in cooling towers at the Metropolitan Museum, Cooper Hewitt and Jewish Museum https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/16/legionella-detected-in-cooling-towers-at-the-metropolitan-museum-cooper-hewitt-and-jewish-museum?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #MetropolitanMuseumofArt

Legionella detected in cooling towers at the Metropolitan Museum, Cooper Hewitt and Jewish Museum https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/16/legionella-detected-in-cooling-towers-at-the-metropolitan-museum-cooper-hewitt-and-jewish-museum?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #MetropolitanMuseumofArt

Detroit Institute of Arts director finds missing Velázquez painting https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/16/detroit-institute-of-arts-director-finds-missing-velazquez-painting?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #DiegoVelázquez

Detroit Institute of Arts director finds missing Velázquez painting https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/16/detroit-institute-of-arts-director-finds-missing-velazquez-painting?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #DiegoVelázquez

How museum funding in Denmark has become reliant on visitor numbers

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How museum funding in Denmark has become reliant on visitor numbers

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/31/how-museum-funding-in-denmark-has-become-reliant-on-visitor-numbers

Arts organisations taking part in the general strike include the ... The general strike and mass protest come just over two weeks after an ...

In protest of federal immigration enforcement officers’ violent campaign in the city, hundreds of local business and organisations will shutter on 23 January#USpolitics #Protests #WalkerArtCenter #MinneapolisInstituteofArt #Minneapolis #DonaldTrump #Museums&Heritage
Museums and galleries in Minneapolis join citywide general strike in protest of Ice operations

Houston's Rothko Chapel reopens after hurricane damage is repaired https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/12/16/rothko-chapel-reopens-hurricane-beryl-repairs-houston?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #MarkRothko

Vancouver Art Gallery scraps plan for new, $444m Herzog and de Meuron-designed building https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/12/04/vancouver-art-gallery-scraps-herzog-de-meuron-design-new-building?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #VancouverArtGallery

Caravaggio portrait, unseen for decades, goes on view in Rome https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/22/caravaggio-portrait-public-view-rome?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Exhibitions #MuseumsHeritage

Controversial Science Museum sponsor charged in US over alleged bribery scheme https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/22/controversial-science-museum-sponsor-charged-over-alleged-bribery-scheme-in-us?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Sponsorship

Rotterdam’s new museum of migration, Fenix, to open in May https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/22/rotterdams-new-museum-of-migration-fenix-to-open-in-may?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Fenix

Vancouver Art Gallery expands Asian art programme with $1.1m gift https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/20/vancouver-art-gallery-centre-global-asias-donation?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #VancouverArtGallery

Unesco steps in to protect Lebanese heritage sites https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/19/unesco-steps-in-to-protect-lebanese-heritage-sites?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Unesco

Smithsonian American Art Museum’s director removed following staff complaints https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/18/smithsonian-american-art-museum-director-stephanie-stebich-removed?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #SmithsonianInstitution

Toledo Museum of Art uses cryptocurrency to acquire digital art piece https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/18/toledo-museum-art-cryptocurrency-acquisition-yatreda-nft?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #ToledoMuseumofArt

Toronto will celebrate Henry Moore Day on 13 November https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/08/henry-moore-day-toronto-art-gallery-ontario?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #HenryMoore

North Carolina museum receives $5m in art and funding from artist and philanthropist Carol Cole Levin https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/10/23/carol-cole-levin-donation-weatherspoon-art-museum-north-carolina?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Museumacquisitions

Smithsonian receives $40m from the Lilly Endowment https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/10/23/smithsonian-institution-40m-gift-lilly-endowment?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #SmithsonianInstitution

Royal Academy removes works from young artists’ exhibition following accusations of antisemitism https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/07/17/royal-academy-removes-works-from-young-artists-exhibition-following-accusations-of-antisemitism?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #RoyalAcademyofArts

France’s leading arts PR firm Claudine Colin Communication acquired by Finn Partners https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/07/09/frances-leading-arts-pr-firm-claudine-colin-communication-acquired-by-finn-partners?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Acquisitions #MuseumsHeritage

After public vote, Los Angeles Natural History Museum’s star dinosaur fossil christened with unusual gname https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/06/27/dinosaur-fossil-name-vote-natural-history-museum-los-angeles?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #NaturalHistoryMuseum

Fire guts historic Toronto church, destroying its Group of Seven murals https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/06/11/fire-destroys-toronto-church-group-of-seven-murals?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Disastersdestruction #MuseumsHeritage

Amid backlash, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will modify exhibition on Hollywood’s Jewish founders https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/06/11/academy-museum-motion-pictures-antisemitism-accusations-jewish-hollywood-exhibition?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #AcademyMuseumofMotionPictures

What do the Magna Carta and five small, costly, enamelled brackets have to do with each other? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/06/11/palazzo-madama-guala-bicchieri?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Turin

UBS Art Collection gives 166 photographs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/04/22/ubs-art-collection-gives-166-photographs-to-national-gallery-of-art?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MuseumsHeritage #Donations

Notre Dame's fresh interior—cleaned with controversial latex paste—will deliver a 'shock', restoration chief promises http://dlvr.it/Sd9lpG #MuseumsHeritage #CathedralofNotreDame