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The Uffizzi Had A Huge Collection Of Pre-19th-Century Work By Women Hidden Away – But Now It’s Coming Out
It’s almost mind-blowing that what the Guerilla Girls have been saying for years is finally filtering to the places it needs to be: “Eike Schmidt, who became the Uffizi’s director in 2015 after a stint at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, says he drew inspiration from the Guerilla Girls, a group of feminist art activists, […]
An Ancient Canaanite Treasure in Gaza Was Leveled to the Ground by Hamas
(Palestine)
Haaretz, 6th Oct 2017.
"Tel Es-Sakan (hill of ash) was the largest Canaanite city between Palestine and Egypt"
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Metropolitan Museum Changes Its Leadership Structure, Subordinating Artistic Leadership To Fiscal Direction
In a striking leadership reorganization, the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday announced that Daniel H. Weiss, its president and chief operating officer, will lead and run the museum, filling the new, higher-ranking role of president and chief executive. And in a sign that fiscal responsibility now trumps artistic control, the museum’s next director, who […]
Read moreMuseum Ethics: Forecasting, Round Three!
The third round of the Delphi Forecasting Exercise, a joint project of the Center for the Future of Museums and
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