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

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...

Why the Getty Center’s Art Stayed Put as Fires Raged Nearby

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December 16, 2017

Art and Society, Museum News, Museums

The New York Times - Visitors come to the Getty Center in Los Angeles to see Vincent van Gogh’s irises and other great works. What they don’t see is the reason that these masterpieces could stay put while thous...

Tate Modern, Hepworth Wakefield and John Soane’s museum shortlisted for Art Fund’s Museum of the Year award

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April 28, 2017

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The Art Newspaper - The Art Fund’s Museum of the Year shortlist has been announced with the Lapworth Museum of Geology in Birmingham; the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art, Newmarket; ...

What Happens to Whitney Biennial Curators after the Show’s Over?

Artery

March 15, 2017

Art and Culture, Museum News

Artsy - Inclusion in the Whitney Biennial—the influential and sometimes controversial snapshot of contemporary American art that takes place every two years—has launched or resuscitated many an artist’s career....

New Museum and Nokia Bell Labs to support art and technology

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February 28, 2017

Art and Technology, Museum News

AN - The New Museum in New York has announced a new partnership with Nokia Bell Labs, the American research and scientific development arm of the Finnish phone company. The news means that artists and designers...

Why Hasso Plattner opened an art museum in Potsdam

Artery

January 24, 2017

Museum News

DW - Hasso Plattner: I've been collecting art for many years. I bought by first oil painting in 1972. I've never sold a painting, so the collection has continued to grow. With the growth of SAP, my stock, which...

50 Museum Directors Sign Letter Supporting Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

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September 21, 2016

Museum News

Artnet News - The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s historic battle to stop the Dakota Access pipeline has attracted international attention, galvanizing public discussion about environmental justice and Native Ameri...

Who will build a permanent art centre in Copenhagen?

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September 20, 2016

Art and Culture, Museum News

The Art Newspaper -Competition is heating up over who will build and run a permanent art centre—or ‘kunsthal’—on Copenhagen’s Paper Island—a popular harbourside location in the Danish capital famous for its str...