This article was first published by The Art Newspaper. Shows dedicated to Lynda Benglis and Edvard Munch will open next year at Tate Modern, along with a Sonia Boyce retrospective at Tate Britain and two shows focused on the work and legacy of David Hockney marking his 90th birthday. Tate’s statement announcing the 2027 programme, […]
This article was first published by the Museums Association. Museums Galleries Scotland has awarded grants worth £2m through a new scheme supporting museums to achieve long-term sustainability. The Museum Futures programme was announced by the Scottish Government last year to “accelerate innovation and collaboration while securing a more sustainable future for Scotland’s museum sector”. This tranche of £2m funding will support museums […]
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This article was first published by Twentieth Century Society. C20 Society has submitted a listing application for the former River and Rowing Museum in Henley, Oxfordshire (1989-97), as the future of the pioneering David Chipperfield designed building is currently being decided by Trustees of the Museum. Opened by Queen Elizabeth II in November 1998, the […]
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The International Council of Museums – ICOM expresses deep concern over the protection of museums and cultural heritage. ICOM expresses its serious concern over the recent conflict in Iran, the Gulf Region and the Eastern Mediterranean, its humanitarian impact, as well as the risks facing museums and cultural heritage sites. We are alarmed by reports of serious damage to cultural sites in the region, confirmed by intergovernmental organisations such as UNESCO. ICOM is closely monitoring the situation in coordination with […]
At a recent Accreditation Redesign ‘Show & Tell’ meeting, Arts Council England shared that ICOM’s definition of a museum will be used for the new Accreditation Standard for museums in the United Kingdom. ICOM’s definition of a museum was approved at the General Conference in Prague in 2022 following an 18-month participatory process involving hundreds of museum professionals from […]
This article was first published by The Art Newspaper. Two Bauhaus buildings in the Unesco World Heritage site of The White City in Tel Aviv were damaged by Iranian missiles on Saturday 28 February. One woman died and more than two dozen people were injured as a result of the blast, according to the Times of Israel. The […]
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This article was first published by the Museums Association. The UK Government is working on a “package of measures” to support local museums in England, the creative industries and arts minister Ian Murray has told MPs. Appearing at a Westminster Hall debate this week on the contribution of local museums, Murray – standing in for the museums and heritage minister Baroness Twycross – was questioned on how the government is addressing the challenges facing the sector. […]
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This article was first published by The Guardian. The vast number of overseas human remains held by UK museums is a shameful legacy of colonialism, with many items kept in ways that are sacrilegious, according to MPs and archaeologists. An investigation by the Guardian found that UK museums hold more than 263,000 items of human […]
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This article was first published by Museums + Heritage Advisor. The Ashmolean Museum has returned a 16th-century bronze statue to the Government of India following research into the object’s provenance and liaison with Indian authorities. The handover of the statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar took place at the High Commission of India in London on […]
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