Museums
Yuz Museum and Lacma confident they can show Middle Eastern art in China—despite crackdown on Islam
Joint exhibition programme under way between Shanghai and Los Angeles will soon involve Qatar Museums
Social Issues
UN condemns threats against Kyrgyz museum director who staged feminist art exhibition
Government fired director whose museum hosted a ‘Feminnale’ that included performance work highlighting plight of sex workers
Crime & Theft
Lincoln library director fired for loaning handwritten copy of Gettysburg Address to museum founded by Glenn Beck
Gov. J.B. Pritzker fired the director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in September after a state watchdog found he violated procedures by lending an “irreplaceable and priceless” handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address to an upstart museum affiliated with conservative pundit Glenn Beck, according to a report released Friday.
Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities
Lincoln library director fired for loaning handwritten copy of Gettysburg Address to museum founded by Glenn Beck
Gov. J.B. Pritzker fired the director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in September after a state watchdog found he violated procedures by lending an “irreplaceable and priceless” handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address to an upstart museum affiliated with conservative pundit Glenn Beck, according to a report released Friday.
Fine Art
South American galleries face down turmoil
Civil unrest and economic shifts have Latin American dealers doubling down on Miami’s international market
War, Looting and Repatriation
Quai Branly to send fragment of feather belt worn by first King of Tahiti back to Polynesia
Rediscovered maro ‘ura will go on show at Museum of Tahiti and the Islands on long-term loan from 2021
