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For the First Time in Its History, the Netherlands Is Returning an Enormous Trove of Artifacts to Its Former Colonial Territory of Indonesia

January 14, 2020

artnet news - The objects, some of which date back to 5000 B.C., will go on view at the National Museum of Indonesia this June. - read more...

Images of 100,000 Artworks From Paris Museum Collections Now Freely Available to the Public

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January 14, 2020

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Hyperallergic - aris Musées announced yesterday that it is now offering 100,000 digital reproductions of artworks in the city’s museums as Open Access — free of charge and without restrictions — via its Collect...

Can MoMA’s Expansion Ever Really Be Finished?

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October 16, 2019

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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

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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...