Beginning Thursday, visitors to the Bronx Museum of the Arts will not be asked to pay for a ticket. The institution announced today that it will get rid of its $5 suggested donation to mark its 40th anniversary. Read More
The American Folk Art Museum will stay at its new home near Lincoln Center, The New York Times reports, after much-needed financial infusions from its trustees and the Ford Foundation.
The museum recently became the focus of public drama surprising for an organization with such a provincial Read More
In one of many recent museum shakeups, Bruce Katsiff, Director and CEO of James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Penn., announced his plans to step down today. Mr. Katsiff, also a fine art photographer, has worked at the museum for over twenty years and intends to use his free time to focus on his Read More
The South Street Seaport Museum will receive $2 million in grants from the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., the city announced this morning, part of $17 million in post 9/11 grants for the recovery of downtown nonprofits.
The Seaport Museum received the largest grant of any institution included in the package and the cash Read More
The fashion label Alexander McQueen is currently in talks to bring the “Savage Beauty” exhibit of the designer’s work to London. The wildly popular show debuted at the Met this spring to record attendence numbers.
“We have been in discussion with a number of major venues in London for some time now however nothing has Read More
Last week news broke that the follow-up to the Met’s wildly successful Alexander McQueen exhibit will reportedly be a Costume Institute show featuring Miuccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli. Read More
The Museum of Modern Art, which just announced that it will be closed on Saturday and Sunday, has partially cleared its sculpture garden in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Irene, which is expected to pelt the city with 100 mile-per-hour winds this weekend. Read More
In June the European Taxidermy Federation warned its members to be wary of people asking about rhinos but failing to leave their names and contact information. Such people, it said, “are probably not normal businessmen.” — Read More
One week into his tenure as president and CEO of the Getty Trust, James Cuno–who previously served as director of the Art Institute of Chicago and who looks a bit like former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine–sat down with Jori Finkel at The Los Angeles Times to discuss his plans for the $5.3-billion institution. Below, some highlights. Read More
