museums

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave

4:36pm March 31, 2025

The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave Monday morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

How will Trump's executive order affect the Smithsonian?

4:11pm March 28, 2025

The Smithsonian Institution, a vast complex of research centers, museums and galleries, is the latest culture target of President Trump's executive orders.

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Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE

6:16pm March 20, 2025

Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.

The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room

5:08pm January 28, 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron laid out an ambitious plan for a "reimagined, restored and expanded" Louvre. An art critic says Macron is aiming for another success after restoration of Notre Dame.

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A museum's confession: Why we have looted objects

5:00am January 28, 2025

by Chloe Veltman

An exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum points to a burgeoning trend: museums are engaging the public more openly around efforts to repatriate artifacts looted from other countries.

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Jewels stolen during a brazen 2019 heist are back on display in Germany

2:56pm August 14, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

The Grüne Gewölbe, or Green Vault, in Dresden said this week that the exhibit of historical items is reopening to the public in "almost all its glory" following the bold robbery five years ago.

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Wu-Tang Clan's unreleased 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' is now at an Australian museum

3:23am May 29, 2024

by Ayana Archie

The album, which features 31 songs, was previously owned by Martin Shkreli, who served seven years in prison for securities fraud, and had to forfeit it to the U.S. government.

Preview visitors attend the Neo Rauch exhibition "Begleiter" at Pinakothek der Moderne art museum in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 2010.

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Opinion: Open Wall nights could lead to the next artistic visionary

7:53am April 13, 2024

by Scott Simon

An art gallery worker lost his job in February after hanging up his own art. NPR's Scott Simon thinks an Open Wall night might be a good way to give artists who are not huge names a chance to shine.

In her new book Get the Picture, journalist Bianca Bosker explores why connecting with art sometimes feels harder than it has to be. Above, a visitor takes in paintings at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London in 2010.

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How the art world excludes you and what you can do about it

1:38pm February 07, 2024

by Elizabeth Blair

First of all, can we stop using the word "liminal"? Bianca Bosker spent five years doing in-depth research for Get the Picture — an irreverent book about "strategic snobbery" in the art world.

The Museo de Arte in Puerto Rico is one of 64 art museums receiving grants as part of a new initiative called "Access for All" funded by Alice Walton's Art Bridges foundation.

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Walmart heir wants museums to attract more people and donates $40 million to help

11:55am October 11, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

Alice Walton's foundation Art Bridges will give grants to dozens of museums around the country.

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