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March 2025
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Women's History Month
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Our Women’s History Month Celebration

Every year, for Women’s History Month, we shine a spotlight on incredible women who are making a real difference. This year's nominees are four incredible women who are making a huge impact in the independent foundation sector thanks to their extraordinary dedication and vision. 

We also asked them all the question: “How do you stay positive in these challenging times?” Read on to see what they had to say!

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URGENT CALL TO SAVE IMLS
OUR CLIENTS & LORD
MUSEUMS
ART & CULTURE
ARCHITECTURE
TECHNOLOGY
REPATRIATION
URGENT CALL TO SAVE IMLS
US agency that funds museums and libraries ‘cannot’ be unilaterally eliminated, advisory board warns
The Art Newspaper, March 25, 2025

“In a letter to the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ new, Trump-appointed acting director, the agency's advisory board emphasised that its activities are governed by Congress.”

The American Alliance for Museums has a put together a step-by-step guide to helping save the Institute of Museum and Library Services. It includes templates for contacting your elected officials, draft scripts and language for email and social media outreach. You can find it all here.  

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OUR CLIENTS & LORD
What ancient treasures does the Grand Egyptian Museum hold? Here’s a sneak peek
Artnet, March 17, 2025

“The largest archaeology museum in the world, and the largest institution dedicated to just one civilization, the vast, sprawling $1 billion complex laid out across some 120 acres was built to fit over 50,000 artifacts spanning 3,000 years, from the prehistoric era of 7,000 BCE through to the rise of the Roman Empire.”

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OUR WORK WITH GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
Eye to the future: Museum reno, expansion work 'coming along well'
Collingwood Today, March 17, 2025

“Something new is coming to the Simcoe County Museum in Midhurst. While the museum closed to the public in November so crews could begin work on interior renovations, there’s still been a lot going on at the site, located just a few minutes outside of Barrie.”

Lord conducted an expansion feasibility study (2021-22), followed by interpretive planning and exhibition design (2023-24), with WeatherstonBruer Associates for the Matthews Innovation and Transportation Gallery at the Simcoe County Museum.

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Sayisi Dene First Nation artist displays special exhibit at Canadian Museum for Human Rights
CBC, March 16, 2025

“Artist Jedrick Thorassie revealed his series of works, entitled My Peoples Journey, for a special one-day viewing at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on Sunday.

The exhibit, which was accessible to the public in conjunction with Free Museum Day, reflects on the Sayisi Dene people's forced relocation to Churchill in 1956, the racism they experienced, their survival, and the eventual return to their land at Tadoule Lake in northern Manitoba.”

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OUR WORK WITH THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Pelli Clarke & Partners completes Muscarelle Museum of Art expansion in Virginia
Archinect, March 14, 2025

Pelli Clarke & Partners have shared news of their completed renovation and expansion of the Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Their reworking of the original Carlton Abbot design of 1983 includes a 42,000-square-foot expansion while renovating the existing 17,000-square-foot facility to enable more modern exhibitions programming and research of its 8,000-object permanent collection.

Lord worked with Pelli Clarke & Partners on the facility program and design advisory.

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MacArthur Foundation boosts giving to 6 percent in wake of crisis
Philanthropy News Digest, March 3, 2025

“The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced plans to increase its giving over the next two years to 6 percent of its endowment in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to cut federal funding and programs.”

Lord Cultural Resources provided research, strategy development and program design services to The MacArthur Foundation. The team explored how to best support arts and cultural strategies that can contribute to advancing spatial, community, and economic development in Chicago’s neighborhoods.

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MUSEUMS
The making of a feminist audio guide at The Met
Hyperallergic, March 26, 2025

“Curator Iris Moon knew she wanted to bring the voices of Asian-American women into Monstrous Beauty, and an audio guide provided the perfect platform.”

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‘No more velvet rope’: how New York’s beloved Frick opened up – and will now even sell coffee
The Guardian, March 25, 2025

“It is a Gilded Age gem full of Old Masters, from Vermeer to Holbein. Now, after a ravishing $300m revamp, it is even more welcoming. Our writer revels in its silk-clad walls and the freshly trickling fountain of its light-filled sculpture court.”

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At the Americas Society, a show honoring Olmec art challenges museum protocol
Artnews, March 25, 2025

“Temporal dislocation—the sensation of experiencing multiple temporalities at once—can be felt inside three galleries of New York’s Americas Society/Council of the Americas, now host to the latest collaboration of Beatriz Cortez and rafa esparza. Titled ‘Earth and Cosmos,’ it’s exhibition of sculpture and installation art with vast ambitions.”

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Discover the 14,000 ancient Roman artifacts just donated to the London Museum
Smithsonian Magazine, March 25, 2025

“Among the items are sandals, pottery and Britain’s largest collection of Roman writing tablets, bearing IOU notes and gossip in stunningly well-preserved wax.”

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The Swiss town of Neuchâtel is offering its residents a novel medical option
ABC News, March 23, 2025

“The world’s woes got you down? Feeling burnout at work? Need a little something extra to fight illness or prep for surgery? The Swiss town of Neuchâtel is offering its residents a novel medical option: Expose yourself to art and get a doctor’s note to do it for free.”

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ART & CULTURE
A group of friends walks into a mall, and stays for four years
Hyperallergic, March 26, 2025

“Was it a crime? A prank? A work of art? A new documentary unveils the full story of an artist collective’s secret mall apartment, and other ephemeral actions.“

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What gardens tell us about how humans view nature
ARTnews, March 25, 2025

“Perhaps more than any other art form, gardens give us particular, material insight into the relationships between humans and their environment. So proposed the renowned garden historian John Dixon Hunt, who described gardens as ‘sophisticated… deliberate… and complex in their mixture of culture and nature.’”

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In India’s art world, it’s boom times. But ‘not everything is hunky-dory,’ experts say
Artnet, March 23, 2025

“Institutions are opening at a rapid clip, but 'we have too many artists and too few established galleries,' according to one dealer.”

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More Medieval texts were scribed by women than previously believed
Hyperallergic, March 19, 2025

“A new study ‘provides statistical support for the often-overlooked contributions of female scribes over time,’ said researcher Åslaug Ommundsen.”

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ARCHITECTURE
Designing inclusive cities: The role of universal design in creating accessible urban atmospheres
Arch Daily, March 26, 2025

“This growth raises essential questions: How can we consolidate a design approach that ensures equitable access to spaces, resources, and services? How can we make emerging and consolidated metropolises more inclusive and accessible?”

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Seven massive sports stadiums set to be built across the US
Dezeen, March 20, 2025

“Following the release of a video showing a proposed HKS-designed stadium for the Cleveland Browns, we've rounded up seven stadiums in progress across the US, including a domed baseball arena by BIG in Las Vegas.”

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TECHNOLOGY
Something bizarre is happening to people who use ChatGPT a lot
The Byte, March 24, 2025

“Researchers have found that ChatGPT ‘power users,’ or those who use it the most and at the longest durations, are becoming dependent upon — or even addicted to — the chatbot.”

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How to get computers—before computers get you
WIRED, March 24, 2025

“If you don’t understand how digital tech is changing, you’ll be swallowed by it. From post-quantum algorithms and thermodynamic hardware to open source architectures and apocalypse-proof programming, WIRED journeys to the freaky frontiers of modern computing.”

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REPATRIATION
New British Museum trustee opposed to returning Parthenon Marbles to Greece
ARTNews, March 24, 2025

“Among the new trustees appointed to the British Museum is an academic expert opposed to the return of antiquities taken from their country of origin in colonial contexts, such as the museum’s most contested holding, the Parthenon Marbles.”

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Art Institute of Chicago returns sacred Buddha statue to Nepal
Hyperallergic, March 4, 2025

“The sculpture was identified by the online heritage activist group Lost Arts of Nepal as matching one stolen from Kathmandu.”

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