In Brief
Denied Entry, Cats Try to Paw Past Japanese Museum Security Guard
The cunning kitties came to Hiroshima Onomichi City Museum of Art two years ago for a feline-centric exhibition and never left, demanding free entry.
Museums
In Brief
Why Are Attendance Rates Decreasing at London's Museums?
Statistics show a 6% drop in attendance at London's seven biggest art institutions over the last three years.
Opinion
Acknowledging the Intellectual Labor of Curators in a Museum
Thoughts on why curatorial effort isn't always acknowledged by museums and the press.
Art
A Pilgrimage to Art Brut’s Austrian Heart
An Austrian museum presents a wide-ranging survey of works made over almost 50 years by residents and other autodidacts associated with the Art Brut Center Gugging, near Vienna.
In Brief
Your New York Library Card Will Now Allow You Access to 33 City Museums
A new initiative encourages New Yorkers to use their library cards to get in free to museums across the city.
In Brief
A Museum Is Already Planned at Thai Cave Where 12 Boys were Rescued
Less than a day after rescuing trapped schoolboys and their coach from a flooded cave, Thai officials have plans to turn the whole ordeal into a museum to boost tourism in the region.
Art
What Will Be the Ripple Effects of the ICA Boston's Expansion Across the Harbor?
With its new Watershed space, the ICA has to navigate a delicate balance of bringing art into East Boston without displacing the communities and artists already there.
News
Glimpse the Orange County Museum of Art's Future and Futuristic Home
The shiny new building, designed by Morphosis Architects, will double the museum's exhibition space when it opens in 2021.
News
More Galleries Are Leaving the Contested Los Angeles Neighborhood of Boyle Heights
Chimento Contemporary and MaRS are joining the list of galleries relocating from Boyle Heights, a neighborhood long marked by gentrification tensions.
News
The World's Best-Attended Museums and Exhibitions in 2017
The Louvre remained the world's most visited museum last year, but Beijing's National Museum of China is closing the gap, with just 100,000 fewer visitors.
News
Miami's Pérez Art Museum Has Made Admission Free for Public School Students
Thanks to a Knight Foundation grant, Miami-Dade County Public School students can now visit their local art museum anytime, for free.
Art
The Plight of Museum Guards in New York Museums
Security guards' annual salaries are less than half the state’s annual median income, hovering just above the equivalent of minimum wage.