Three years after returning two stone sculptures, the museum has decided to give back another artwork to Nepal, this one thought to have been stolen from a temple in the Kathmandu Valley. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “museums”
A Harmonic Convergence of Signature Art Surveys
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2021
Greater New York, the New Museum triennial and the Performa biennial, which all open in October, should allow us to take stock of what the year has wrought. Source: New York Times
Why Some in Chinatown Oppose a Museum Dedicated to Their Culture
By Gotham Rex on August 19, 2021
In Manhattan’s Chinatown, anti-gentrification protesters are furious over funding granted to a museum that they say doesn’t represent their community. Source: New York Times
New York City Mandates Vaccines for Museum Visitors and Staff
By Gotham Rex on August 16, 2021
The mayor and cultural institutions agree to require vaccinations as coronavirus cases rise with the spread of the Delta variant. Source: New York Times
A Puppet Festival Returns to New York, All Grown Up
By Gotham Rex on August 10, 2021
Opening with five days of in-person performances, the International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC also includes streaming productions and an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York. Source: New York Times
Guggenheim Museum Curators Move to Join a Union
By Gotham Rex on July 30, 2021
The curators, as well as conservators and other staff, are looking to join a local of the United Auto Workers. Source: New York Times
Design Museum Hopes 11th Director’s the Charm
By Gotham Rex on July 27, 2021
Will turbulent times end at the Museum of Arts and Design, where a rapid turnover of executives and visions has thrown the institution into disarray? Source: New York Times
Reconnecting With Keith Haring’s Grace House Mural (in 13 Pieces)
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2021
Ever wonder what happened to the artist’s 85-foot stairwell, sold at auction? It’s at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver — sliced and diced and on loan from a collector. Source: New York Times
9/11 Museum’s 20th-Anniversary Exhibitions Become Victims of Cuts
By Gotham Rex on July 12, 2021
At an important vantage point in history, there will be no special shows looking back at the 2001 attacks, and critics say the museum keeps too tight a rein on the story. Source: New York Times
They Say Only Tourists in New York Look Up. Prove Them Wrong.
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2021
Let gorgeous ceilings, celestial views and snapshots of history catch your eye. Source: New York Times
The Oldest Museum in New York Is Expanding
By Gotham Rex on July 1, 2021
The New-York Historical Society is making way for the first L.G.B.T.Q. history and culture museum in the city. Source: New York Times
Tenement Museum Makes Room for Black History
By Gotham Rex on June 9, 2021
Reopening after a tumultuous year, this Lower East Side institution is addressing the omissions and erasures in the neighborhood’s history — and its own. Source: New York Times
Lines Never Felt So Good: Crowds Herald New York’s Reopening
By Gotham Rex on May 31, 2021
Museums broke attendance records, movie theaters sold out and jazz fans packed clubs on a Memorial Day weekend that felt far removed from the prior year’s pandemic traumas. Source: New York Times
Brooklyn Museum Employees Take Steps Toward a Union
By Gotham Rex on May 25, 2021
The new union would include curators, conservators, gift shop workers and others, as part of the U.A.W. Source: New York Times
Terence Riley, Architectural Force in the Museum World, Dies at 66
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2021
He was the chief architectural curator at MoMA, overseeing shows and the museum’s massive redesign, then moving on to the Miami art world. Source: New York Times