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The Dead on Display: Why Museums Must End Human Remains Exhibits
Museums worldwide, including the British Museum, face renewed scrutiny over the public display of human remains as calls for repatriation and ethical reforms grow.
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Steve Martin Wants You Back in The Frick
Steve Martin stars in a video inviting the public back to The Frick Collection after its $220M, five-year renovation, highlighting its restored Gilded Age intimacy.
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Southern Artists Can Apply for the $10,000 1858 Prize and Yearlong Feature at the Gibbes Museum of Art
Apply now for the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art—$10,000 cash and a yearlong presentation of their work at the Gibbes Museum await the winning Southern artist.
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Arts Council England’s Reapplication Mandate and Budget Cuts Threaten Nearly 1,000 Cultural Organizations
Arts Council England’s surprise funding changes and government cuts place 990 arts organizations at risk.
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The Chumash Museum Opens. But Who’s Still Not Listening?
The new Santa Ynez Chumash Museum restores language, land, and memory—but its institutional form also reveals the limits of recognition when preservation must remain legible to outsiders.
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Smithsonian Removes Trump Impeachment References, Fueling Political History Debate
The Smithsonian Museum of American History removed Trump’s impeachment references from its exhibit, raising concerns about political influence, historical erasure, and institutional censorship under the current administration.
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Hauser & Wirth and Société Unite for States of Being at Berlin Art Week
Hauser & Wirth collaborates with Berlin gallery Société for States of Being, a Berlin Art Week 2025 highlight featuring Louise Bourgeois, Rashid Johnson, and Petra Cortright in a powerful dialogue on identity and agency.
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San Francisco Art Institute Archives Survive Closure with SFMOMA Exhibit and CASA Revival
Despite the 2022 closure of the San Francisco Art Institute, archivists Becky Alexander and Jeff Gunderson are preserving its 150-year legacy while a new SFMOMA exhibit and Laurene Powell Jobs’ CASA project promise a creative revival.
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Eames House Survives California Wildfires, Reopens with New Visitor Studio
Charles and Ray Eames’s Case Study House #8 endures Pacific Palisades fires, reopening after restoration with first-ever accessible creative studio.
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Cincinnati Art Museum Launches First Fashion Gallery with $5 Million Gift from Mary W. Baskett
Cincinnati Art Museum receives a $5 million gift from collector Mary W. Baskett to launch its first dedicated fashion gallery, showcasing renowned Japanese designers like Issey Miyake and Rei Kawakubo, and expanding its textile arts program.
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‘Indiana Jones of the Art World’ Arthur Brand Recovers Priceless Dutch East India Company Archives
Renowned art detective Arthur Brand recovers stolen Dutch East India Company archives, including 17th-century ship logs and the corporation’s founding manuscript, restoring invaluable global history.
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Louvre Museum Launches $316 Million Expansion Competition to Ease Overcrowding
Facing overcrowding and staff strikes, Paris’s Louvre Museum initiates a $316 million architectural competition to build new entrances and underground galleries, with a dedicated space for the Mona Lisa.