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Telfair Museums Lays Off 15 Percent of Its Staff

01/13/2026

Telfair Museums abruptly laid off some 15 percent of its staff on January 9. The news was reported by Savannah television station WJCL. While the museums offered severance, the layoffs were announced without warning on an afternoon Zoom call, according …

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Fired Philadelphia Art Museum Head Says CEO Title Was Nearly Removed

01/13/2026

In her first extensive interview since her firing from her post as director and CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum last year, Sasha Suda told Philadelphia Magazine that the board had attempted to strip her of the CEO portion of …

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Louvre Closes as Staff Strikes Continue

01/12/2026

The Louvre Museum closed to visitors on Monday, January 12, after staff launched another strike over pay, staffing levels, and working conditions, according to Le Monde. The closure marks the latest in a string of disruptions at the world’s most …

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Columbia Museum of Art Opens Newly Configured Collection Galleries

01/10/2026

The Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina, is unveiling newly reconfigured collection galleries to cap its 75th anniversary and culminate a yearlong renovation. While the institution is currently hosting “Keith Haring: Radiant Vision”—a traveling exhibition that previously visited …

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Pokémon Pop-Up at London’s Natural History Museum Sells Out Ahead of Opening

01/09/2026

The Natural History Museum in London is set to host a Pokémon pop-up shop later this month, an event that has already proved popular enough to sell out timed entry slots well ahead of its opening. According to Time Out …

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British Museum Seeks Specialist to Hunt Down Missing Treasures

01/07/2026

British Museum Seeks Specialist to Hunt Down Missing Treasures TheBritish Museumis looking for an experienced treasure hunter to track hundreds of Greek and Roman antiquities that went missing from its collection in recent years and were possibly stolen by an …

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The US's Only Weather Museum May Have to Close Due to Poor Funding

01/06/2026

The National Weather Museum and Science Center in Norman, Oklahoma, the only US museum dedicated to weather artifacts, said late last month that it is at risk of closing. The nonprofit, launched in the early 2000s, has relied completely on …

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M HKA Says Government Plan to Dissolve Museum Is Illegal

01/06/2026

A plan by the Flemish government to dissolve M HKA, a beloved contemporary art institution in Antwerp, has come under further fire, with a legal review initiated by the museum now claiming that such a move would be illegal. VRT …

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The Egyptologists’ Guide to the Grand Egyptian Museum

01/06/2026

After more than a decade of anticipation, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest museum devoted to a single civilization, has fully opened its exhibitions, including the long-awaited King Tutankhamun halls. Originally announced in 2002, the idea for the museum …

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Dib Bangkok Opens at a Critical Turning Point in the Thai Art Scene

01/06/2026

Despite the proximity to the holiday season, about a hundred guests—including many of the contemporary art world’s most influential figures—gathered in Bangkok on December 20 for the highly anticipated opening of Dib Bangkok. Positioned as one of the most significant …

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After Audit, Baltimore’s Lewis Museum Says It’s On Road to Compliance

01/03/2026

The leadership of Baltimore’s Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture is working to iron out problems uncovered in an August 15 audit by the Maryland Department of Legislative Services, according to a report in the …

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Erie Art Museum Won’t Return “Abandoned” Watercolor by George Demiel

01/03/2026

The Erie Art Museum has responded to a lawsuit filed on Nov. 7, 2025, by the daughter of a local artist, requesting the return of a watercolor painted by her late father. The artist, George C. Demiel, submitted the painting …

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Bad Bunny Gets Backlash from Mexico for Touching Museum Artifact

01/01/2026

Bad Bunny struck a nerve, rather than a chord, after touching an artifact on display at a Mexico City archaeology museum. On Saturday, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) issued a public scolding of the musician for allegedly …

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Stolen Shield Returns to View—and More Art News

12/31/2025

The Headlines EARLY BATH. The current Istanbul Biennial, titled “The Three-Legged Cat,” won’t continue on as planned following the resignation of its curator, Christine Tohmé. The news was announced by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), which organizes …

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