This article was first published by Culture& Culture& and Sotheby’s Institute of Art have announced a groundbreaking partnership to accelerate diversity in the art world through education. Commencing from September 2023, the Culture& and Sotheby’s Institute of Art Cultural Leaders Programme – the first of its kind in the contemporary art world in the UK […]
This article was first published by ARTnews. At the 2024 edition of the Venice Biennale, the Republic of Benin will present a national pavilion for the very first time. Azu Nwagbogu, a curator and founder of the Nigeria-based non-profit African Artists’ Foundation (AAF), will organize the country’s inaugural pavilion. He was tapped by a joint […]
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This article was first published by Museum Association. Visitor numbers are picking up post-pandemic with many museums celebrating rises of more than 200% in footfall last year, according to the annual figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva). Museums and galleries saw the strongest growth of all attraction types, reporting an overall increase […]
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This article was first published by Museums + Heritage. Plans for the redevelopment of Ulster Folk Museum have been submitted by its parent organisation National Museums NI to Ards and North Down Borough Council. Expected to cost in the region of £50 million, the project at Cultra in County Down has already attracted just over […]
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This article was first published by NEMO. In a new episode of the ‘Tales from Culturopolis’, NEMO Secretary General Julia Pagel was invited to share her opinions on museums, cultural democracy, relevance and sustainability. Julia Pagel talked about the needs of museum to become a place about and for somebody, rather than only something. By […]
This article was first published by the Lincolnite. From 1 April 2023, The Collection Museum on Danes Terrace in the city, will simply be known as Lincoln Museum, to mark the start of a refresh of the popular venue. Ahead of the 20-year anniversary in 2025, Lincolnshire County Council is investing around £1m to update […]
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This article was first published by Artnews. Some six decades after Andy Warhol offered his laconic critique of consumerist culture via his silkscreens of Coke bottle after Coke bottle—“A Coke is a Coke,” he explained—Coca-Cola is delivering a rejoinder. If you can’t beat ‘em, its latest campaign seems to say, co-opt ‘em. This week, Coca-Cola initiated […]
2023 ICOM UK Conference: addressing the legacies of colonialism nationally and internationally In person, Monday 17 April – Tuesday 18 April 2023, Recital Room (City Halls), Glasgow Since the murder of George Floyd in 2020, there has been an increasing awareness of how racism shapes our societies around the world, and how that racism has […]
On March 20th and 21st, the ICOM International Research and Exchange Centre (ICOM-IMREC) puts Museums, Decolonisation and Restitution in the spotlight. Issues of emerging significance for the world’s museums are the core of ICOM-IMREC’s work. Through an expert seminar of academics and museum practitioners from across the globe, ICOM-IMREC will examine the challenges, opportunities, implications […]
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