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** Foreign Museum Directors in Italy Face Losing Their Jobs
Italy’s right-wing culture minister has left the directors of many its most
famous museums wondering if they will be out of a job at the end of the
year.
** Embracing The Old And The New: Museum Fundraising Tips For The Future
Innovative directors are learning how to connect the past to the present by
using modern technology to build new audiences and enhance the way those
visitors interact with their museums.
** UK Museums, Galleries Rushing To Ship Art Before Brexit Deadline
British institutions and galleries are rushing to ship works to and from the
European Union (EU) before the Brexit deadline of 29 March as uncertainty
mounts over the free movement of goods in the event of a no-deal scenario.
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** The Museum of the Dog is unleashed in Manhattan
A museum devoted to dogs seems like it could be vapid Instagram candy but
the Museum of the Dog is serious, and its initial exhibition of collection
highlights is composed of dignified paintings of dignified dogs.
** The Museum of the International Baroque's Restrained Homage to
Over-the-Top Art
Mexican goldsmiths, ironworkers, ceramicists, masons, builders, painters,
plasterers, musicians, writers, priests, aristocrats, and congregations all
had a hand in shaping the baroque in the Americas.
** How Do Artists Get To Be Famous? Study Says It’s Who You Know
While past studies have suggested that there is a link between creativity
and fame, Ingram and Banerjee found, in contrast, that there was no such
correlation for these artists.
** Do historical objects belong in their country of origin?
Four historians consider one of the most contentious questions facing the
West’s museums and galleries.
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** Two Centuries Of Incorrect Labelling And George Washington’s Enslaved
Chef
A white tall hat, an embroidered silk coat, and a ruffled cravat glowed
eerily in the ultraviolet light as a dozen art experts from around the world
gathered at Mount Vernon to solve an art mystery that has lingered in the
public’s imagination for half a century.
** Digital archive hopes to help rebuild Syria
The special exhibition that opened in a Berlin museum features a digital
treasure trove of photographs, maps and films as well as artefacts to take
visitors on a virtual journey through Aleppo and other cultural marvels of
Syria.
** Leicester museums to restructure curatorial team
These UK museums are to move away from subject specialist curation in order
to focus on linking their collections more to audiences, under new plans
proposed by Leicester City Council.
** The Islamic world: the big themes
Curator William Greenwood explores the themes connecting objects from a vast
and fascinating area, now on display in the British Museum's Albukhary
Foundation Gallery of the Islamic world.
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** Woman with rare bone disease donates skeleton to Philadelphia museum
Orzel’s dying wish came true when the Mütter debuted the exhibit of her
reported 4-foot-7-inch skeleton — along with her costume jewellery
collection.
** End as Beginning: Chinese Art and Dynastic Time
In the first of a live-streamed, six-part lecture series, Wu Hung, Harrie A.
Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History at the
University of Chicago, introduces the concept of "dynastic time" and its
sustained role in narrating the history of Chinese art.
** Searching for the ships Cortés burned before destroying the Aztecs
Eager to march inland to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, Cortés destroyed
10 of his 11 ships, cutting off his men’s only hope of retreat and leaving
them with no option but to head inland.
** Masterpiece or Mistake? A Hawaii Museum’s $7.5 Million Question
Last fall, a fact-finding delegation of curators from the Bishop Museum
visited experts in London and Paris, including Mr. Meyer, to investigate the
history of the sculpture.
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** Are museums being clear enough about what’s real and what’s fake?
There are, however, museum curators and professionals who consider the idea
of displaying copies without full disclosure at odds with the educational
mission of museums.
** Van Gogh Museum Suggests Artist’s Last Painting Has Long Been
Misidentified
A major piece of evidence - namely, a letter written by the
Post-Impressionist that dates the work’s creation closer to July 10, 1890, a
full two-and-a-half weeks before he committed suicide - contradicts an
earlier attribution.
** The New England Ski Museum
With a collection of over 1,000 pairs of skis, 365 pairs of boots, 970 ski
posters, and thousands of photographs, this museum is a must-see for
hardcore skiers who are interested in how the sport progressed from its
ancient roots to its current state.
** The Middle East's hottest new museum is almost here
It's been delayed by more than two years, but the new National Museum of
Qatar will finally open on March 28 and is another stunning new
architectural highlight along Doha's already spectacular waterfront.
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** Dinosaur fossil collectors ‘price museums out of the market’
The booming market for specimens, driven by their popularity with wealthy
private collectors, including Hollywood stars, is pushing up prices and
putting them out of reach of museums and scientists.
** The Preservation of Digital Prints
Tucson, AZ
** Development-led Archaeology in Europe
A themed issue based on presentations from the 2018 EAC symposium on
Development-led Archaeology in Europe
** Registration to the XXth Universeum Conference
8th-21st June 2019.
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Leo - By this time next year, you’ll be $400,000 richer, two cars the
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