Opinion
Rethinking the "Bigger Is Better" Museum Model
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?
Museums
News
Museum Workers Share Their Salaries and Urge Industry-Wide Reform
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
Artists in 18 Major US Museums Are 85% White and 87% Male, Study Says
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 Art Gallery of Ontario Makes Admission Free for Visitors 25 and Below
The Toronto museum will also stop charging added fees for special exhibitions in an effort to increase and diversify its audience.
Art
Spotlighting a Marginalized Master of Art Brut
According to his psychiatrist, Philipp Schöpke possessed “the extreme opposite of what is called drawing talent.”
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.
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.