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** How Emotional Intelligence Can Create Happier and Healthier Museums
So, why are museums—despite namely being about learning, well-being, and inspiration—sometimes unhealthy places to work?
** At the Met, She Holds Court. At Home, She Held 71 Looted Antiquities
Shelby White has given the museum generous gifts and 33 years of service as a trustee; but investigators recently seized many of her ancient artefacts, including 17 that were on loan to the Met.
** ‘Bastion of the super-rich’: inside a New York billionaire’s private museum
But according to Robert Storr, former senior curator of painting and sculpture at MoMA and one-time holder of a professorship at NYU, “the idea of a private museum is kind of an oxymoron, because a museum is a public space.”
** Vienna’s Jewish Museum Chose a non-Jewish Director. Misunderstandings Ensued
Staudinger believes that the museum should challenge and provoke, that a Jewish museum's role isn't to fight antisemitism.
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** This feels exactly the right place to be’: Natural History Museum leader on pandemics, eco-anxiety
The UK’s former chief scientific adviser, a familiar face during Covid, talks about his new role as chair of the London museum and putting its collection at the heart of our climate response.
** From the Ground Up: A Toolkit for Starting a Museum
Starting a museum is a tremendous amount of work, and this toolkit provides a comprehensive guide to the basics of creating, launching, and operating a sustainable museum.
** Museum biologist studies a tiny Canadian lake with global significance
Plant-like microbes and algae from the depths of a tiny Canadian lake may help to define a new geological epoch—a time period in the earth’s history that humans will have had a direct hand in creating.
** Ten Artworks to Understand Early United States History
The portraitist who popularized the steamship. The failed painter who invented the telegraph. The Black sailor who gave his life to protest British occupation.
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** ‘A Century of Displacement: Climate & Mass Migration’ at the Whitney
The Whitney Museum of American Art staged “A Century of Displacement: Climate & Mass Migration,” a series of talks that expand on the ecological ideas explored in the landmark survey at the museum, Josh Kline: Project for a New American Century.
** Sensational Museum aims to change how museums work for everyone
The recently launched Sensational Museum project has outlined its goal to challenge the hierarchical split between museum provision for disabled and non-disabled people, and create a museum that "works for everyone".
** Wales unveils plans for dispersed national contemporary art collection
Works from Wales’ national contemporary art collection will be dispersed in galleries across the country under plans unveiled by the Welsh Government.
** Artworks Stashed By Disgraced Australian Dealer Have Been Finally Returned
At the time of his disappearance, the Melbourne-based dealer had been accused of defrauding artists and collectors out of tens of thousands of dollars in cash and artworks.
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** After a year of climate protests, the toll rises for museums and activists
In what appears to be a tipping point in the United States, prosecutors have brought serious federal charges against protesters who threatened the safety of art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, which is a federal institution.
** Fish Tech
Museum technology is shifting how fish skeletons are processed providing more accessibility for research, education, outreach and global collaboration
** Italy seeks the return of seven possibly looted works from the Louvre
The museum's director says works with dubious provenance are 'a stain in the collections of the Louvre'.
** Glasgow’s Burrell Collection named 2023 museum of the year
The Burrell Collection in Glasgow has been named as the 2023 museum of the year after judges described it as a world-class treasure trove of objects.
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** National Museum of Ireland launches 2023-2028 Strategic Plan
The Museum launched a new, five-year strategy which will focus on three key lenses of community, planet, and shared knowledge.
** Mulchic — a glimpse into Maya Warfare in the Puuc Valley
Maya societies were far from homogeneous and, like us, could achieve beautiful feats of wonder while having an eye always set on warfare.
** Museums distance themselves from David Adjaye after allegations
A number of museums have distanced themselves from the architect David Adjaye following allegations of sexual assault and misconduct against him published in the Financial Times.
** Indian Museum Staffer Fired for Criticizing PM Modi on Facebook
An employee at a private art museum in India has been dismissed from his position in the latest instance of the nation’s continued suppression of and retaliation against critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his politics,
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** Call for submissions: Animacy of Objects
Deadline: August 15, 2023
** Call for papers - Inheriting the Family: Emotions, Identities and Things
The editors of Emotions and Society invite submissions for the special issue Inheriting the Family: Emotions, Identities and Things
** Black Country Living Museum opens new high street
The venue for the AIM Conference 2024, Black Country Living Museum, has opened a new high street.
** This Week's Horoscopes
Sagittarius: Sagittarius, your tech-savvy nature will shine this week when you successfully train your voice-activated assistant to respond to the name "Your Majesty." Just remember, when it starts demanding a royal tax, it's time to reset the device. Read the full horoscopes here.
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