This article was first published by the Museums Association. The University of Oxford and the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) are to work together to create a centre of excellence for archaeology in West Africa. The research institute will form part of the Pavilion – the first building of MOWAA, which is under construction […]
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This article was first published by The Art Newspaper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is edging closer to the metaverse in a bid to shake up the museum-going experience. The museum announced today that it has partnered with telecommunications company Verizon to launch Replica, a new app that allows users to engage with art from […]
This article was first published by The Art Newspaper. Iwona Blazwick is the former director of the Whitechapel Gallery in London and now an employee of the Saudi Arabian government, helping build a collection for the new contemporary art museum in the northwestern region of AlUla (her job title is Curatorial Lead, Contemporary Art Museum, […]
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This article was first published by The Korea Herald. The Hanwha Foundation of Culture and the Centre Pompidou in France have officially finalized a deal to establish and operate a Pompidou branch in Seoul, the cultural arm of Hanwha Group said Friday. The announcement follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding for a partnership […]
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Heritage Survey on Sites of Local History: The Case of an Ecomuseum Museum Talk In this talk, our invited speaker Wu Chun-Yun will demonstrate the fascinating case of heritage survey with Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum (DWAE) in Taoyuan, Taiwan, explaining how the concept of ecomuseum, which has been imported from Europe, is applied pragmatically in […]
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This article was first published by the Design Museum’s Future Observatory. The Design Museum, London has been working with URGE Collective to develop a report, supported by the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on strategies for reducing the carbon impact of temporary and touring exhibitions. The Design Museum’s guide to reducing […]
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Non-National accredited museums and galleries in Scotland will be able to apply for grants between £5,000 and £60,000. In exceptional circumstances applications may be considered that exceed £60,000 for high-impact projects that can clearly be delivered within two years. The purpose of the fund The fund will support capital costs that directly increase the resilience […]
This article was first published by Foreign Policy. As a campaign by Nigeria and other African countries for restitution of precious artwork plundered by Europeans and placed in museums and private collections there and in the United States has gathered momentum, it has spurred a countermovement. Some people now say Africans have essentially disqualified themselves from […]
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This article was first published by the Guardian. From Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi to Andy Warhol’s Four Marilyns, it amounts to an art collection that could grace any gallery in the world. But rather than being the highlights of a blockbuster exhibition at a major gallery, these are just some of the 300, and […]
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