Opinion
Against Celebrity, In Defense of New York
Moby and David Byrne are just wrong. New York may be many things to many people, but it is most certainly creative.
Museums
Opinion
Using New Media to Shed Light on Old Art Narratives
The internet is a visual space, where virality comes most frequently to media rich in images, whether videos, animated GIFs or simple memes. Connecting these new forms of media with all the classic ways that human beings have told visual stories is a powerful way to reanimate them, sometimes literal
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On Saturday, 20 SoCal Museums Will Be Free
It's a Museums Free-For-All!
Opinion
Jeju Island, Land of 100 Museums
On beautiful Jeju Island in South Korea, you can see one of the longest lava tubes in the world, visit the crater of an extinct volcano, and watch a fire festival ... or you can stop in at the Museum of Sex and Health, the World Seashell Museum, and the Teddybear Safari. Your call.
Opinion
Nuclear Wintour at the Metropolitan Museum
It’s clear that money is the ticket to fame and success in the world of culture, even — OK, maybe especially — if you’re not an artist. Cue the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s renaming of the newly renovated, soon-to-be-opened Costume Institute as the Anna Wintour Costume Center.
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The Astounding Art and Artifacts Museums Didn't Know They Had
Sometimes museums and archives don't know the treasures they already have, collecting dust on some forlorn shelf or hidden away in a forgotten box. Through mislabeling or earlier disorganization, great works of art and history are sometimes lost for years before being "discovered" right inside the m
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China Has Almost 4,000 Museums
We've been reading about the boom in Chinese museum building for years now, and this week The Economist joins the slew of Western outlets that have reported on the craze. The piece offers an update on the situation, including a look at the latest numbers.
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Today Is #MuseumMascot Day!
Today is International Museum Mascot Day, and the animals, mummies, random curios, and other collection creatures that represent their respective museums are celebrating on on Twitter with the #MuseumMascot hashtag.
Opinion
Bringing Collections to Life
OAKLAND, Calif. — Floating around the web right now is The Whale Warehouse, a terrific look behind the scenes of Los Angeles's Natural History Museum. Produced by KPCC Los Angeles's AudioVision, it brings to life the collections in a new way, with a tour of a "warehouse down the street from a meatpa
Opinion
Donations to Museums Are Morally Reprehensible, Says Bill Gates
Late last week, the Financial Times published a wide-ranging interview with Bill Gates on the subject of his philanthropic work and relationship with the tech world. During the generally sensible discussion — Gates' critique of Silicon Valley's blinkered solutionism was particularly welcome — one of
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You Can Now Take Photos at MoMA PS1
The museum has quietly gone and changed its photo policy.
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Judge Rules in Favor of Met Admissions Policy
Judge Shirley Werner Kornreich of the commercial division of the New York State Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in parts of two different lawsuits today, deeming the institution's pay-what-you-wish policy acceptable and fair.