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Indiana School Catches Heat for Plan to Deaccession Works  

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie February 10, 2023February 13, 2023

Top museums organizations condemned the Brauer Museum of Art’s plan to sell major artworks to fund the construction of new dorms.

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The Baltimore Museum Wants to Diversify Its Collection; It Should Be Allowed to

Avatar photo by Brian Frye November 25, 2020November 30, 2020

The best way to diversify a museum’s collection is by any means necessary. But an easy way is to sell overvalued art and buy undervalued art. Or at least it would be easy, if the art world establishment permitted it. The art world euphemism for museums selling art is “deaccessioning.” According to the Association of […]

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Baltimore Museum Will Sell Major Warhol as Part of Equity Initiative

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia October 5, 2020November 5, 2020

The BMA plans to sell three works by Brice Marden, Clyfford Still, and Andy Warhol. It will funnel $10 million of the proceeds into a fund to acquire works by women and artists of color.

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Why Did the Guggenheim Decommission a Donald Judd?

Avatar photo by Peter Karol May 31, 2020June 3, 2020

The Guggenheim recently repurposed the term, “decommissioning,” to designate works in its permanent collection that it has “deemed to be non-viable.”

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The Deaccessioning Debate in Museums

Avatar photo by Bob Beatty August 2, 2018August 6, 2018

Deaccessioning — the permanent removal of objects and art from a museum’s collection — has been at the forefront of many discussions around public and private collections of late.

Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries
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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries

Featuring two decades of interdisciplinary art along with new work created in response to the ongoing Women’s Rights Movement in Iran, the exhibition is on view in Hartford, Connecticut.

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