Indianapolis Museum Announces New Leadership After Accounting for Racism

Newfields, a sprawling campus that includes the Indianapolis Museum of Art, announced on Tuesday that educator Colette Pierce Burnette will become its next president and CEO. She is the first Black woman to lead the Newfields in February 2021. apologized for the job posting sought candidates who could help diversify the museum while maintaining a …

You went to the Brooklyn Museum. But Have You Seen This?

Museums periodically refresh the exhibits of their permanent collections to refresh the visitor experience and draw back viewers. With a new show opening in February, the Brooklyn Museum has done exactly that and more. With a permanent collection of nearly 6,000 European works of art, the museum has re-displayed some of the 19th and 20th …

The Renovated Hall of the Natural History Museum Holds Treasures and Sorrows

Made from wood, iron, plant fiber and animal nerves, the 10 models of men rowing a canoe are a beautiful object that will catch the attention of most viewers. But for the Haa’yuups, head of the Huupa’chesat-h First Nation’s Takiishtakamlthat-h House on Vancouver Island, Canada, it also has mystical power. A spirit canoe represents the …

Louvre Bids To Store A Chardin Purchased By The U.S. Museum In France

On a computer screen, the still life “Basket of Wild Strawberries” by 18th-century French painter Jean Siméon Chardin is quiet and modest. The ability to capture the reflection of light from the rim of a water glass is quiet in this environment. In person, though, it casts a spell. “Deceptively simple, absolutely captivating and magical,” …

A Challenge Exhibit at the Museum An Artist Helped Create

This article is part of our latest article Special section on museumsfocusing on new artists, new audiences, and new ways of thinking about exhibitions. Raphael Montañez Ortiz was a famous avant-garde artist in 1969 when he helped a group of East Harlem parents, teachers, and students create El Museo del Barrio. of fine arts. He …

Using the Museum Experience Outdoors

This article is part of our latest article Special section on museumsfocusing on new artists, new audiences, and new ways of thinking about exhibitions. Full moon backlighting colorful towers Sculpture Ground One recent evening, visitors—first-time visitors to the institution outside of Trenton—stopped as families, small groups, and couples strolled through the 42-acre contemporary art museum …

How a Museum Curator Handles the Return of ‘Looted’ Art

This article is part of our latest article Special section on museumsfocusing on new artists, new audiences, and new ways of thinking about exhibitions. BOSTON — Victoria Reed’s role at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts couldn’t be more important at a time when supposedly looted artworks and how to return them to their rightful …

San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art Opens After Renovations

This article is part of our latest article Special section on museumsfocusing on new artists, new audiences, and new ways of thinking about exhibitions. SAN DIEGO – The Pacific Ocean is constantly rippling on the beach, not far from the recently renovated and expanded. San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art It serves as a metaphor …