The Fight Between a Watch Heiress and an Art Museum on the French Riviera
An eccentric watch heiress wants to revoke her grandfather’s donation of Jean Cocteau’s artworks after the museum built to display them was flooded by a freak storm.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art Restores Its Old Name
The museum is working to rehabilitate its image after an unpopular name change and the firing of its director.
Hirshhorn Museum Will Lend Artworks to Museums Throughout U.S.
Washington, D.C.’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden announces a new massive partnership with the Bridge of Arts Foundation. The initiative, called “50 for 50,” will bring important works of art by American
Hammer Museum Names Chief Curator, Chief of Learning and Engagement
The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles today announced two senior leadership appointments: Michael Wellen will serve as chief curator and Regan Pro will serve as the newly created director of learning, engagement
M HKA Will Remain a Museum After All, Flemish Culture Minister Says
The government of Belgium’s Flanders region has canceled plans to close Antwerp’s M HKA and transform it into a new cultural centre, temporarily ending a months-long controversy over one of Europe’s most
Jewish Heirs Say Met Museum Pissarro Was Sold Under Nazi-Era Duress
The museum said a Jewish collector purchased the work in 1941 for a reasonable price. Sales from that point on are considered forced and void under French law, the heirs said.
Judge Sends Ousted Philadelphia Museum Director’s Suit to Arbitration
A judge has ruled that the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s tumultuous conflict with its former director and CEO Sasha Suda will be submitted to arbitration rather than a jury trial as Suda
Louvre Abu Dhabi’S Rabaté to head India’s largest private art museum
The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi, one of India’s leading private art institutions, has announced the appointment of Manuel Rabaté as its first CEO and Director. The Frenchman joins
Art for All: A Smithsonian Museum Spreads Its Bounty for America’s 250th
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will loan a large collection of modern and contemporary masterpieces to museums in all 50 states.
Art for All: A Smithsonian Museum Spreads Its Bounty for America’s 250th
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will loan a large collection of modern and contemporary masterpieces to museums in all 50 states.
Highlights from the Baltimore Museum of Art’s 2025 Acquisitions
The Baltimore Museum of Art added 250 works of art to its encyclopedic collection last year. A statement released by the museum said the collection’s breadth – coming from around the world
Erdem Moralioglu Reflected on Twenty Years in Fashion with Alina Cho at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Erdem Morarioglu, Alina Jo Despite falling snow and freezing winds, New Yorkers headed uptown this week, gathering at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the latest episode of “The Atelier,” hosted by
Newark Museum of Art Names Lisa Funderburke as Next Director
The Newark Museum of Art (NMOA) in New Jersey has appointed Lisa Funderburke as its next director and chief executive officer, effective February 1. She succeeds Linda C. Harrison, who left the
Brooklyn Museum Names Robert Wiesenberger Senior Curator
Robert Weissenberg will become the Brooklyn Museum’s new senior curator of contemporary art, filling a position that has been vacant since 2023. “I’m delighted,” Weisenberg said in an email art news. “I
Newark Museum of Art Names a New Leader
Lisa Funderburke will serve as CEO and director of the state’s largest art museum.
National Museum of Asian Art Returns Three Looted Sculptures to India
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art announced today that it will return three bronze sculptures to India, a continuation of a Khmer-period work returned to Cambodia last month. The three bronze
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to Lay Off Over 30 Staffers
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sent an internal email to staff Wednesday notifying them of the upcoming layoffs. According to emails obtained by Boston-area NPR station WBURThe museum said it faces
US Holocaust Museum Denounces Tim Walz for Anne Frank ICE Comparison
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum fired back at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz this week for comparing victims of ICE raids in the state to Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who was murdered
Alison Weaver Named Next Director of NYU’s Grey Art Museum
New York University announced Tuesday that Alison Weaver will serve as the next director of the Gray Museum of Art. She will begin her duties on May 26, following the end of
Studio Museum Extends Closure After ‘Sprinkler Emergency’
The Studio Museum in Harlem will remain closed until February 7 for repairs related to a “sprinkler emergency” that forced an evacuation on Friday. As first reported allergy, Visitors were directed to
Guggenheim Museum Reveals 2025 Acquisitions
New York’s Guggenheim Museum is showcasing 39 works from its collection last year, which include paintings by some of today’s most famous artists. Last year, a number of new historical works were
Inside ABC News Correspondent Will Reeve and Amanda Dubin’s Wedding at the Rubell Museum
The love story of event planner Amanda Dubin and ABC News reporter Will Reeves began online—where neither of them expected to meet their forever love. They met in late summer 2022, but
Jaume Plensa Sculpture Collapses Outside Notre Dame Museum.
Last month, a 36-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture designed by Jaume Plensa collapsed outside Notre Dame’s Lacklin Murphy Museum of Art, and museum officials said the cause of the failure remains unclear, Notre
Artists Circulate Letter Urging Jewish Museum to Save New Deal Murals
The latest attempt to save New Deal-era artwork at the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington, D.C. includes a letter written by a group of artists urging the Jewish Museum in