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Art Museum

Empty frame on ornate wall, flanked by two paintings.
4 days ago

Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closed Over a Planned Climate Protest

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum closed down on the 33rd anniversary of an art heist, after it was tipped off that a climate demonstration was planned for the same day.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Exterior shot of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Jan 20

A Vincent Van Gogh in Detroit’s Museum Was Allegedly Stolen From a Brazilian Collector

A 58-year-old law may prevent the return of an allegedly stolen Vincent van Gogh, which is currently on display at a Detroit museum.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Vermeer's 'Girl With a Pearl Earring'
Oct 27

Vermeer’s ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ Is the Latest Work Targeted by Climate Activists

The demonstration is another escalation of radical museum protests by European climate activists.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Two people holding the oil painting with gloves
Sep 29

A $100 Million de Kooning Painting Is Returned to an Arizona Museum 37 Years After Its Theft

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Exterior of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Sep 27

Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Are Striking For Better Healthcare and Salaries

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Room in National Gallery of Art with red hanging sculpture and colourful boxes on wall
Aug 23

U.S. Museums Historically Pay Terribly—Requiring Them to Post Salaries for Job Listings May Help Change That

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Two protestors glued to base of statue with red banner in between them
Aug 19

Climate Protestors Who Glue Themselves to Artwork Targeted the Vatican

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Four protestors glued to the base of a scultpure
Aug 4

SCOOP: Here Is the Money Behind the Climate Activists Gluing Themselves to Artwork

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Exterior of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jun 30

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is Now One of the Most Expensive Museums in the World

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Aug 12

The Dead Sea Scrolls Are Going Back on Display at the Israel Museum After a Hiatus

By Helen Holmes
Mar 20

Closed to Visitors, Museums Are Finding Their Community Outreach More Necessary Than Ever

By Helen Holmes
Jun 29

5 Summer Exhibitions Every New York Art Lover Needs to See

By Paddy Johnson
Compotiers et assiettes de fruits, ca. 1930, by Pierre Bonnard.
Jul 27

Should Museums Be Advocating For Viewers to Slow Down?

By Daniel Grant
Solange performs at Solange: An Ode To, part of Red Bull Music Academy Festival
May 19

Solange’s Guggenheim Show Fills a White Institution With Blackness

By Justin Joffe
Snøhetta's new SFMOMA expansion in the SOMA district.
Dec 26

Is Bigger Always More? How U.S. Museums Fared in 2016

By Daniel Grant
The Great Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Sep 13

The Met Named World’s #1 Museum, Rauschenberg’s Hillary Clinton Art

By Alanna Martinez
Social media may be the key to artistic success.
Jul 27

Social Media ‘Evangelists’ Discuss the Rise of Art Online

By Anna Staropoli
Oct 27

Redeveloped Staten Island Museum Is Just the Beginning

By Stephanie Grella
Jul 14

Which NY Art Museum is the Noisiest?

By Hailey Cunningham
Director of the Whitworth, Maria Balshaw speaks as the museum wins the U.K.'s largest arts prize. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for The Art Fund)
Jul 2

Transformed Whitworth Gallery Wins Britain’s Top Arts Prize

By Hailey Cunningham
May 29

Carnegie Museum of Art Tells the Stories of Its Collection and Its City

By Matthew Newton
The ICA, Miami. (Courtesy the ICA, Miami)
Feb 17

ICA Miami Expands Leadership By Adding 10 New Trustees

By Ashley Chappo
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