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Can MoMA’s Expansion Ever Really Be Finished?

October 16, 2019

artnet news - The grand, gleaming architectural and curatorial complex that is the new Museum of Modern Art is the work of hundreds of specialists, patrons, designers, and other visionaries. But it is above al...

First Look at MoMA’s $450m expansion

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October 10, 2019

Art and Culture, Museum News, museum watch, Trending

The Art Newspaper - It is striking how museum expansions are often experienced as a shock to the psyche—a sense that a familiar narrative has been jettisoned in favour of a creative leap off a cliff. But as the...

Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial is a “call to action” against climate change

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May 21, 2019

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dezeen - New York's Cooper Hewitt is trying to tackle the global challenge of climate change with its sixth design triennial, Nature. Director Caroline Baumann picks out five of the most forward-thinking design...

Artist duo Hesselholdt & Mejlvang says Danish museum did not pay them

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December 27, 2018

Art and the Law, Museum News, Trending

The Art Newspaper - One of Denmark’s most prominent museums, Aros Aarhus Art Museum in the country’s second city, has drawn criticism for not paying exhibiting artists. Responding to a radio interview in Novemb...

Man hospitalised after falling in Anish Kapoor installation

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August 22, 2018

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The Art Newspaper - A visitor to the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Serralves museum in Porto was hospitalised this week after falling inside one of the British artist’s installations, which features a 2.5-metr...

Italy scraps free Sundays at cultural sites like Pompeii and the Colosseum

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August 22, 2018

Art and Society, Museum News, Museums

The Art Newspaper - The new culture minister of Italy’s populist coalition government, Alberto Bonisoli, has sparked mixed reactions with the announcement that a monthly free-entry initiative at the country’s m...

Tate blockbuster to prove Pierre Bonnard was a great Modern painter

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July 24, 2018

Art History, Museum News, Trending

The Art Newspaper - Bonnard’s place in Modern art has long been debated. Picasso delivered a particularly damning verdict on him. “That’s not painting, what he does,” he said, accusing him of producing “a potp...

Philippe Vergne Resigns as Director of Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles

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June 1, 2018

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NY Times - After four years in the job and two months of intense speculation about his employment status, Philippe Vergne has confirmed that he is leaving his post as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art...

How Museums Handle Forgeries in Their Collections

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May 12, 2018

Art and Culture, Museum News, Museums, Trending

Artsy - Art forgeries are surprisingly common, to the point that scandals hit the news regularly. No one is safe from deception—forgers can be skilled enough to dupe experts at some of the world’s most prestigi...

MoMA Upends Its Collection to Celebrate Late Careers

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December 29, 2017

Art and Culture, Museum News, Museums

MoMA - Interestingly, as the aura and familiarity of MoMA-anointed landmarks ebbs and flows, you may find yourself on your own, responding in less filtered ways to what you see. This should occur more frequentl...