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** Tehran Museum Director Ousted After Artist Plunges into Oil Pool
The Iranian government replaced the director of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) last week after an aerial performer flubbed their performance above a cherished museum installation.
** A lab in rural Virginia is racing to preserve Ukraine’s cultural heritage
In the southwest corner of rural Virginia, about 5,000 miles from the war zone, a small but mighty team of archaeologists, historians and high-tech mapping experts are using sophisticated satellite imagery to help to protect Ukraine’s cultural heritage.
** Norway’s £500m National Museum to open after eight-year wait
From its “grey box-like” appearance and eye-popping price tag to protracted construction delays, Norway’s new National Museum has kept the critics busy.
** The mountain stronghold that has kept Georgia’s medieval art safe for centuries
Centuries ago, the story goes, when the once-glorious Kingdom of Georgia was under attack from foreign enemies, patriotic art-lovers sent its treasures to the mountain fastness of Svaneti – a place no Mongol horde or Persian army could ever reach.
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** Record-Breaking $32 M. Dinosaur Skeleton Heads to New Abu Dhabi Museum
A $32 million Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that sold at Christie’s in 2020 will become the centerpiece of a new museum in Abu Dhabi set to be completed in 2025.
** Fossil fuels arts money: where are the alternatives?
It’s the responsibility of arts organisations to establish a framework that will help them assess whether they’re willing to accept corporate donations, and where they draw the line in terms of ethical decision making.
** Most visited UK museum in 2021 revealed
The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) has revealed that London's Natural History Museum had a 21% increase in attendance, with 1,571,413 visitors last year making it the most popular indoor attraction in the UK
** An Australian Art Gallery investigates donor for Holocaust links
The Wollongong Art Gallery is grappling with shock revelations a prize donor with a gallery named after him was likely a Nazi collaborator before emigrating to Australia in 1950 from Lithuania.
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** Poussin and the Dance Podcast Shines New Light on French Painter
Although Nicolas Poussin is widely regarded as the most influential painter of the 17th century—the father of French classicism—he is not as well-known as many of his contemporaries, such as Rembrandt, Rubens, and Caravaggio.
** Fresco fragment from Pompeii reopens row over ‘looted’ artefacts
A leading expert on looted antiquities is calling for the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles to return a Roman fresco fragment to Italy, claiming he has evidence that links the piece to a notorious dealer.
** Academy Museum took heat for its handling of Hollywood’s Jewish founders
Answering accusations that the museum was erasing Hollywood’s Jewish roots, Bill Kramer, the museum’s director and president, quickly pointed out that an exhibit on Hollywood’s founders was slated to open in spring 2023, and, in consultation with museum staff and donors.
** For the first time in 70 years, Nazi propaganda posters on display at museum
Our intention in preserving, exhibiting and teaching with the posters is not to perpetuate the narratives contained within the propaganda, but to critically examine the dark motives and dire consequences of artful propaganda and ensure the lessons of one of the worst atrocities in modern history are not forgotten.
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** Museum Ships and Submarines Offer History Afloat
According to the National Park Service, some 120 vessels in the United States are designated as national historic landmarks.
** Researchers Identify The First Dinosaur Respiratory Infection
A group of researchers throughout the United States worked together and identified traces of a respiratory infection that affected a dinosaur almost 150 million years ago.
** Museum experiences ‘are not designed around exam grades’
Museum sector bodies have responded to a recent Observer article that reported no correlation between museum visits and improved exam results.
** After MoMA Stabbings, Museums Review Their Safety Protocols
Violent acts in museums are rare, experts say, but the seriousness of the recent attack at the Museum of Modern Art has focused attention on protecting visitors and employees.
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** Officials Recover Thousands of Cultural Goods in Crackdown, Including Roman Gold Coins
A four-month operation across 28 countries led to the seizure of more than 9,000 cultural goods between June and September of last year, Interpol announced last week.
** Ceramics Collector Donated 3,000 Pieces to a Museum with One Caveat—the Works Must Be Used
While participatory art that involves eating has become somewhat common nowadays, such an experimental approach to displaying a collection is surprising
** Why Auckland Museum acquired a bench from Karangahape Road
For most, public benches are temporary rest stops, yet for some, public furniture offers more than just seating, they can be much more meaningful sites of shelter, some may even call it home.
** Museum explains why there are no snakes in Ireland
The National Museum of Ireland's earliest record of an Irish snake was the offer of a specimen for sale in 1892, but a letter in our archives shows that the snake was destroyed due to a 'nervous sister'.
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** Deaccessioning 108 Arnold Scaasi Couture Gowns
The non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) in Delray Beach, Florida
** Call For PapersThis year, UMAC will join NATHIST, ICME AND ICR to hold a joint annual conference under the theme of “The Power of Museums: Sustainability” in August.
** Call for Participation: ICHORA 2022
The call for participation is open for the 10th International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (ICHORA) which will be held online during the week of 25-29 July 2022
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