“’It is just about the largest single amount of purchases we've ever made at one time,’ said Ray Cronin, curator of Canadian art at the gallery. ‘That was only made possible by a combination of factors, including … the deaccessioning of a painting.’”

We developed a strategic and business plan for Beaverbrook Art Gallery in 2019. That plan included the 9,000 sq. ft. Harrison McCain Pavilion addition to provide improved orientation, visitor amenities, and additional art storage facilities, as well as host the new Marion McCain Institute for Atlantic Art.

“When I curate Indigenous artists, I’m making that space within the gallery a sovereign place, where we have a voice and power,” said Felicia Gay.

“Artadia, a nonprofit grant-making organization and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennie Lamensdorf to the Artadia Board of Directors.”

Jennie is a Los Angeles-based Thought Leader at Lord, and is currently contributing her expertise and research on digital art in the public sphere and digital communications strategy to several ongoing projects.

“As a member of Ciência Viva International Advisory Committee, I had an opportunity to participate in the launch of Gail Lord new edition of The Manual of Museum Management: for Museums in Dynamic Change. Great discussions at the event hosted by the amazing Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves in Porto.”

“In September 1999, New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani threatened to terminate the lease of the Brooklyn Museum of Art for hosting an exhibition so scandalous and provocative that minors could only attend if they were accompanied by an adult.”

“Featuring the perfect balance of old and new tech, this brilliantly executed family exhibition was built on detailed research, bringing the behind-the-scenes of the museum to life for families and children.”

“Community museums steward local history through the preservation and interpretation of culturally significant landscapes, heritage buildings, and artifact and archival collections, but they are also hubs for research, learning, community events and services, and much more.”

“On the waterfront of the picturesque town of Kristiansand in southern Norway stands Kunstsilo, which opened its doors to the public on May 11 after eight years in the making. Dedicated to Nordic art, this enormous institution is aiming to put art from the region in the global spotlight.”

“In an effort to keep its women-only exhibition alive, Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is considering turning it into a toilet — or a bible study. These alternatives are just two of six legal exemptions that would allow the private art museum to bar men from accessing the Ladies Lounge — an exhibition by artist and curator Kirsha Kaechele that deliberately excludes self-identifying male visitors from entry.”

“The program aims to encourage galleries and institutions to minimize their environmental impacts by providing tools to achieve “climate fluency.” Some participating museums are rethinking how they could relax typical climate control standards in exhibition spaces to preserve energy.”

“When Hersi Osman first sat down to talk with the Algonquin Times about his role in an Ottawa-based Somali museum, the first thing he did was pull out his phone and call his mom, the one who made the dream of preserving Somali history come true.”

“Earlier this month, an emotional groundbreaking ceremony was held in Ottawa for Thunderhead, a LGBTTQ+ national monument set to rise in the shadow of Canada’s Parliament buildings. The project’s design presents a layered experience that weaves together landscape and built form, realized through a collaboration between Winnipeg-based architecture and design studio Public City, artists Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, and Two-Spirit Advocate Albert McLeod.”

“Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has completed The Atrium at Sumner Houses, an affordable housing block with 190 apartments for seniors in Brooklyn, New York. The majority of the apartments will house seniors earning below or equivalent to 50 percent of Area Median Income, while 57 units are for seniors who have formerly experienced homelessness.”

“It is to be called Montreal’s Afro-Canadian Cultural Centre (MACC) and will be housed in the former School of Fine Arts building on Saint-Urbain Street near Sherbrooke Street. The complex will include spaces for performing and visual arts as well as a museum and a library.”

“Fewer people believe that science has a mostly positive effect on society: That share plummeted from 73 percent in 2019 to 57 percent in 2023. For the public to support and trust scientific research, they need to be able to engage with it. Decisions need to involve not only experts but also the people those policies intend to serve.”

“The legendary city has been the subject of countless books, searches, and conspiracy theories.”

“The Santa Fe-based art collective revealed its next location as reports emerged that the immersive art experience was heading to a West Los Angeles movie theatre.”

“Ranging from the movie Up to the Musee D'Orsay to Prince's Purple Rain home, there's at least one option that will make you want to win the golden ticket and get to be the rare person to stay overnight at one of these beloved cultural landmarks.”

“Imagine standing beneath the expansive skies of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, enveloped by the divine drama and intricate details of one of the world’s most treasured artistic achievements. Now picture this experience not in the Vatican, but in your local community centre, museum, or as part of a touring exhibition.”

“The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have returned more than 100 antiquities worth a total of $14m to Pakistan. The artefacts were seized from multiple trafficking networks, including those of the notorious antiquities smugglers Subhash Kapoor and Richard Beale.”

“Even a stout navy veteran like Frank Sullivan was unable to maintain his composure Thursday following an unexpected chance to pay his respects to an unknown Newfoundland soldier who will soon be repatriated to his native soil.”

“A 900-year-old statue that spent three decades at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York after being smuggled out of Thailand more than 50 years ago was welcomed back to the kingdom in a formal repatriation ceremony in Bangkok.”

“Beneath the rolling hills around Lethbridge, now tinged with green after the past week's rain, understanding of the past is lodged in the landscape itself. It's here, at the city's university, that archaeologists have gathered to listen and learn from the voices of the people who have always been here, and whose ancestral belongings are objects of desire to museums across the country.”