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San Diego Museum of Art. Wikimedia Commons The San Diego Museum of Art laid off 11 employees on Wednesday, August 5, citing “rising operational costs,” the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The layoffs affected departments across the museum, including programs, development, and exhibitions, and leave the total staff count at 118. The news comes six months …

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France’s Culture Minister Catherine Pégard (4th L) listens to Michael Lewis (3rd L), lead curator of the exhibition, as she inspects the Bayeux Tapestry during a visit to its unveiling at the British Museum in central London on July 17, 2026, a week after the 11th-century artwork depicting the 1066 Norman conquest of England arrived …

Before France Approved Bayeux Tapestry Loan, a British Official Had To ‘Get On His Knees and Propose’ Read More »

A painting hangs from a crumbling wall at the Museo de Arte de Pereira, Colombia, after Monday’s earthquake. Courtesy Alejandro Garces As workers race against the 72-hour, so-called golden window to rescue survivors from collapsed buildings following Monday’s devastating 7.4 earthquake in northern Colombia, the region’s museums are also in serious jeopardy. On Monday evening, …

Colombia’s Museo de Arte de Pereira Closes due to Extensive Earthquake Damage Read More »

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Youth, 1842. Courtesy the National Gallery of Art The Last Museum, an online search engine without any names or credits attached to it, now offers up images of some 6.3 million artworks held in museum collections around the world, searchable by “theme, style, subject, vibes, or any description you …

‘The Last Museum’ Search Engine Serves Up Millions of Artwork Images from More Than 3,000 Institutions Read More »

A general view of the three-story central Collections Hall inside the new V&A East Storehouse on May 27, 2025 in London, England. Getty Images Tristram Hunt, director of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), is on the receiving end of criticism from the two unions, Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) and Prospect, which have …

Unions Call V&A Director’s Absence from Contract Negotiation Talks ‘Shocking’ and ‘Disrespectful’ Read More »

Dani Forest, left, and Amelia Redgrift, both of whom have resigned from senior positions at Pace Gallery. The shakeup at Pace Gallery isn’t over. Just two months after the gallery laid off roughly 50 employees in a sweeping restructuring, two of the executives who helped shape Pace during its years of rapid expansion are headed …

Top Executive and Senior Sales Director Leave Pace Following Gallery’s ‘Restructuring’ Read More »

A rendering of the Irthi Museum. Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council The United Arab Emirates landscape is expanding once again, with Sharjah set for the region’s first contemporary crafts museum. The Irthi Museum will open in Sharjah’s Creative Quarter sometime in 2029 and house a permanent collection of contemporary crafts from across the Gulf, the Irthi …

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Sabyasachi cuffs inspired by artworks at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Courtesy Sabyasachi The distinguished Indian fashion brand Sabyasachi has partnered with New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for a new line of jewelry inspired by the institution’s vast collection. Sabyasachi, which was founded by designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee, will unveil the jewelry line on September …

Indian Luxury Brand Partners with Met Museum for New Jewelry Line Premiering During NY Fashion Week Read More »

Excerpt from a mystical treatise by Omar Saïdou Tall, held in the manuscripts department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France [National Library of France], in Paris. Photo courtesy of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Photo courtesy of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. For decades, the descendants of the Senegalese Muslim mystic, scholar, and military commander …

New French Law Sparks Hope for Long-Awaited Return of Looted ‘Ségou Treasure’ to Senegal Read More »

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Photo J. David Ake/Getty Images A former senior executive of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., has accused the institution of “soft censorship” for relocating, without explanation, a symposium inspired by its exhibition on race in American and Mexican art last year. The symposium, titled …

Former National Gallery Executive Accuses Institution of ‘Soft Censorship’ After DOGE Visit Read More »