In Brief
North America leads in the number of newly completed or announced art museums and other cultural projects, but Asia is catching up with the world's costliest constructions.
In Brief
The International Council of Museums will vote on a new definition of museums in September. The proposed change includes language about "social justice, global equality and planetary wellbeing." Critics say the text is too political for most museums to employ.
Art
Internships have largely remained outside the conversation about diversity and equality in museums. Economist Richard Reeves is bent on changing that.
Opinion
Current museum expansions are hung up on the concept of size. Instead, could we rethink the “grow or die” museum mentality of the 1990s and 2000s?
News
Over 660 arts professionals have added to a spreadsheet detailing their salaries. The pay for these prestigious positions may be lower than you expect.
Art
In response, artist and data journalist Mona Chalabi offered her version of what the composition of a museum collection should look like if it were to represent the entire population.
In Brief
The Toronto museum will also stop charging added fees for special exhibitions in an effort to increase and diversify its audience.
Art
According to his psychiatrist, Philipp Schöpke possessed “the extreme opposite of what is called drawing talent.”
In Brief
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.
In Brief
Statistics show a 6% drop in attendance at London's seven biggest art institutions over the last three years.
Opinion
Thoughts on why curatorial effort isn't always acknowledged by museums and the press.
Art
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.