National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation
The $66m project includes expanding galleries, creating research and education spaces and restoring its landmark 1908 building
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‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore
Experienced divers and casual bathers alike will gain access to ancient marine monuments, which remain where they were found on the seabed
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Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments
“Independence cuts both ways,” UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden warns museums and heritage bodies
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Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
The museum looks to a “new era” after a difficult history, including long delays in the opening its new home and the termination of two of its directors by the Culture Ministry
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Museums in Belgium and Italy to re-open mid-May under phased lifting of lockdown
Belgian museum director says his institution is “ready to serve as a test room”
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Detroit’s Library Street Collective launches virtual exhibitions inside historic city buildings
The first group show will place digital renderings of work by artists Daniel Arsham, José Parlá, and Kennedy Yanko in the abandoned Beaux-Arts-style State Saving Bank
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Greetings from a museum leaving lockdown: lessons from Beijing’s UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
Philip Tinari, the director and CEO of the Chinese museum, shares what the institution has learned during closure and its future plans
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AAMD loosens rules for museums seeking to divert income amid coronavirus crisis
While legal hurdles remain, the museum directors’ association will not penalise members who redirect restricted funds to cover operating expenses
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Can’t pay your rent? Here’s what you can do if you’re a UK gallery
Coronavirus has left many art businesses struggling to pay their bills, but there are resources available to help
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Coronavirus might be limiting our travels but one painting is still on the move (somewhere)
Terry Frost’s work, which was last seen on a train between London Euston and Crewe, joins a long list of disappearances associated with public transport
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