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Louvre Director: Security Plan Was Being Implemented Days Before Heist

11/21/2025

Louvre director Laurence des Cars sat down for an interview with the New York Times this week, one of her first since last month’s robbery. In it, des Cars forcefully pushed back on the idea that she had neglected the …

Метки : луврбезопасностьискусствоинтервьюмузейограбление

Coin Collectors Society Founded in 19th Century Moves to Toledo Museum

11/20/2025

The American Numismatic Society, an organization of coin collectors founded in 1858 whose motto is “Parva Ne Pareant” (“Let Not the Little Things Perish”), is moving to Ohio’s Toledo Museum of Art to mint a new institutional partnership that will …

Метки : нумизматикаискусствотолидомузейколлекцияпартнерство

SFMOMA’s Fisher Collection Galleries Will Reopen in April 2026

11/20/2025

Donald and Doris Fisher’s collection of blue-chip contemporary art has been on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art since 2016, several years after the museum arranged a long-term loan—a 100-year-long one, to be exact—with the Fisher Art …

Метки : искусствосовременное искусствовыставкиколлекциимузейсан-франциско

Grand Egyptian Museum Over-Books Tickets, Causing Chaos

11/20/2025

The Grand Egyptian Museum, two-decades in the making and inaugurated earlier this month in a ceremony attended by world leaders, is not having a grand time with crowd control. Only days after the museum opened on November 4, images surfaced …

Метки : египетмузей#культурапроблемытолпытутанхамон

The Phillips Collection to sell works by O’Keeffe, Dove, and Seurat

11/18/2025

The HeadlinesCONTROVERSIAL SALE. The Phillips Collection, the art museum located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC, plans to auction major works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, and Georges Seurat at Sotheby’s New York on November 20, sparking controversy. …

Метки : искусствомузейватиканкультурное наследиеджорджии о’кифсовременное искусство

J. Paul Getty Trust Adds Glenn Lowry, Lionel Sauvage as Trustees

11/14/2025

The J. Paul Getty Trust has appointed Glenn D. Lowry, the former director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and Lionel M. Sauvage, a French philanthropist and collector, to its board of trustees. Both will begin as trustees in …

Метки : искусствомузейгеттипопечителифилантропия#культура

After Museum Heist, Syrian Cultural Authorities Face Scrutiny Over Lack of Transparency

11/13/2025

Syria’s Ministry of Culture yesterday appeared to publish details of the artifacts stolen from the Damascus National Museum on Sunday, only to delete the brief statement several hours later. The now-removed post has intensified demands for transparency over what was …

Метки : сириямузейкражаартефактыбезопасностьюнеско

Toronto’s Gardiner Museum Reopens After a 15-month Renovation

11/13/2025

The Gardiner Museum in Toronto has reopened after a 15-month, C$15.5 million (about $11 million) renovation of its ground floor spaces. The museum, founded in 1984 by George and Helen Gardiner, focuses on ceramics and has a collection of some …

Метки : гардинермузейкерамикаиндейцыискусствоторонто

Qatar will build the Gulf region's largest art storage facility

11/12/2025

Qatar is planning an enormous museum of international modern and contemporary art, and will soon have its very own Art Basel fair. It is also now preparing to build the Gulf region’s largest full-service storage and logistics facility for fine …

Метки : катарискусствомузейart baselсовременное искусствологистика

Heist at National Museum of Damascus Spurs Search for Missing Artifacts

11/12/2025

The National Museum of Damascus closed temporarily this week following the audacious theft of several artifacts from its classical department, Syrian cultural authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Established in 1919, the museum houses thousands of antiquities spanning from prehistory through the …

Метки : музейкража#культурасирияохранавосстановление

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum Names New President and CEO

11/12/2025

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, named Allison Blais as its new president and CEO starting in January 2026. Blais, who will replace Jeffrey N. Brown after five years in the role, is currently executive vice president …

Метки : искусствомузейхартфордэллисон блэйзджеффри браунсовременное искусство

Ousted Director Sasha Suda Sues Philadelphia Art Museum

11/12/2025

Ousted Director Sasha Suda Sues Philadelphia Art Museum Sasha Suda, who last week wasabruptly firedfrom her roles of director and CEO of thePhiladelphia Art Museum(PhAM), is suing the institution. TheNew York Times, which broke the story, reports that Suda filed …

Метки : sasha sudaфиладельфияискусствосудебный процессмузеймодернизация

Protesters Storm Nigeria's New Museum, Forcing Abrupt End to Event

11/11/2025

After more than five years in development, Nigeria’s glitzy Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City was set to host a series of preview events this week ahead of a grand public opening on Tuesday. Instead, it was …

Метки : музейпротестызападная африканигерияискусствоистория.

Museum of West African Art Opening Delayed by Protesters

11/11/2025

Museum of West African Art Opening Delayed by Protesters The opening of theMuseum of West African Art(MOWAA) inBenin City, Nigeria, originally slated for November 11, has been postponed after a group of some twenty protesters disrupted a preview event on …

Метки : нигерия#культурапротестмузейсанкцииискусство