Guatemala museum that suddenly shuttered after court-ordered raid to reopen – The Art Newspaper
The Museo de Arte Colonial in Antigua, Guatemala, will reopen after a court-ordered raid shut it down in…
UK government places export bar on £71m Rembrandt portrait – The Art Newspaper
The UK government has placed an export bar on a Rembrandt painting valued at £71m, making it “the most expensive object ever to be…
Chief executive of Sydney’s anticipated Parramatta Powerhouse museum steps down two months before grand opening – The Art Newspaper
Crisis has engulfed Sydney’s major, A$915m museum project Powerhouse Parramatta, with its chief executive officer Lisa Havilah stepping…
Monumental Noguchi sculpture donated to the New Orleans Museum of Art – The Art Newspaper
Isamu Noguchi’s sculpture Mississippi Fountain (also known as The Mississippi, 1961-62) will soon be installed at the Beaux…
Ruth Mackenzie to reportedly oversee museums, libraries and relationship with Arts Council England for UK culture ministry – The Art Newspaper
The new UK arts minister, Ruth Mackenzie, will oversee museums as part of her brief at the government…
More than 100 works from Canada’s federal collection of Indigenous art are ‘unaccounted for’ – The Art Newspaper
The federal government of Canada still cannot locate 111 Indigenous works missing from its art collection, the Canadian…
Smithsonian races to finalise site for national Latino museum – The Art Newspaper
The Smithsonian Institution’s board of regents will meet later this month to discuss housing the new National Museum…
Dresden’s star Correggio altarpiece, newly restored, will anchor major exhibition – The Art Newspaper
Correggio’s Madonna of St Sebastian shares a distinction with Raphael’s Sistine Madonna: it is one of the standout High Renaissance paintings…
San Diego Museum of Art lays off 11 employees – The Art Newspaper
On 5 August, the San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) laid off 11 employees. These included at least…
New museum in Argentina honours Lola Mora, a pioneering female sculptor – The Art Newspaper
The Argentine artist Lola Mora (1866-1936), one of Latin America’s first female public sculptors, is getting long overdue…