Art
Why Museums Can’t Always Fall Back on Endowments
The COVID-19 pandemic may be an opportunity to look transparently at museum endowments and their limitations, and consider the need for alternative sources of support in the months to come.
Museums
News
Survey of US Arts Organizations Points to Devastating Losses During Pandemic
Based on its findings, Americans for the Arts estimates nearly $5 billion in losses across the US’s 120,492 arts nonprofits.
Opinion
COVID-19 Pandemic Sheds New Light on Access to the Arts
We’ve seen an increase in online programming as museums close to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. One arts administrator ponders how we can maintain this accessibility, and how it is colored by race and class.
News
Museums Thank Healthcare Workers by Sharing Medical-themed Art
Using the hashtag #MuseumsThankHealthHeroes, institutions are sharing artworks related to medical workers.
News
American Alliance of Museums Asks Congress to Allot $4B for Nonprofit Museums
“Nationwide, our museums are losing at least $33 million a day due to closures as a result of COVID-19,” explains a letter to House and Senate Leaders by museum association leaders.
News
2,500 Museums You Can Now Visit Virtually
If you’re feeling hungry for art while you’re stranded at home, here are our 12 selections out of 2,500 world-class museums and galleries that are now offering virtual tours and online collections.
Art
NYC Cultural Workers Consider What Museums Can Do for Immigrant Communities
A colloquium at the NYU Steinhardt School plumbs the potential of art institutions to make an impact on immigrant lives.
Art
Sustaining Art in the Midst of Venezuela's Humanitarian Crisis
If President Nicolás Maduro ever leaves Venezuela and the country can recover, art and culture must be priorities. For now, we can only encourage and support Venezuelan artists.
Art
Gauging the Possibilities of Impermanence at the New MoMA
MoMA’s recent expansion embodies the tension between the ways in which cultural spaces can offer visitors comfortable narratives and on the other, how they can suggest the potential for radical inclusiveness by iteration, reinvention, and reinstallation.
Art
Saying Goodbye to the Newseum in the Age of Fake News
It felt important to visit the Newseum 10 years ago, when every journalist I knew still believed great reporting would always win. Now, in the wake of its recent closure, the delusory nature of that kind of thinking doesn’t get any more obvious.
Art
Reimagining Museum Design, With Education at the Forefront
It's time to conceive of museums as social, educational centers with libraries, classrooms, gathering spaces where everyone — especially young people — love to hang out.
Art
The New MoMA: A Mix of Innovative Choices and Missed Opportunities
The renovation aims to be big enough to not only hold the institution’s art, but its promises.