Museums

In further news: cultural figures demand resignation of Germany’s foreign minister; Joan Miró paintings damaged in Venice floods

At Manchester Art Gallery, an exhibition brings attention to how the selected ‘highlights’ of a collection tell a deeper story of erasure 

With museums suffering from cash-strapped councils and national cuts, the new plan is ‘miles away’ from addressing the crisis

20 Museum directors from major institutions around the world nominate a favourite work by a woman artist in their collection

The Director of London’s ICA, Stefan Kalmár, on why publicly funded institutions must respond to the emergencies defining our world today

Can a ragtag cluster of artists, curators and critics really push back against our ‘bare’ art world?

Artist Andrea Fraser’s 2016 in Museums, Money and Politics lifts the lid on US museum board members and political funding

In further news: the future of Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building uncertain; Ai Weiwei returns to eBay

The union of museum employees want to draw attention to problematic contract changes for staff healthcare and overtime

With her retrospective at Manchester Art Gallery, the artist and curator talks censorship, stereotypes and dismantling power in the age of #metoo

Ahead of the museum’s ‘The Future Starts Here’ exhibition, eco-activists protested the sponsor’s production of diesel cars

Rome’s Galleria Borghese director Anna Coliva was suspended last month, and faces charges of absenteeism and defrauding the public purse

Despite the departure of culture minister Dario Franceschini, who championed foreign talent, hope remains for the country’s famed art institutions

Move to make ticketed exhibitions more affordable for a younger audience 

In other news: a stay of execution for the NEA and NEH and the most popular exhibition of 2017

A brief look at arts funding, the future of museums, and the dangers of efficiency

An open letter in support of the soon to be ousted curator María Inés Rodríguez has been signed by more than 50 prominent art professionals

What makes a commercial exhibition 'museum quality' 

In other news: the inaugural Lahore Biennial will go ahead and the controversially cancelled Max Stern exhibition is back on

Canada’s newest art museum attempts to reconcile local and international interests