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Author: Tom McGee

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The Guggenheim Goes Me One Better On The Commercialism Front

October 13, 2011 Tom McGee 0 Comments commercialism, fees, guggenheim, press

Beginning this fall, the Guggenheim will share trade secrets with homeowners, interior designers, architects, and art lovers everywhere.

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Symposium on litigation and cultural property in Geneva

October 10, 2011 Tom McGee 0 Comments symposium

The University of Geneva will organize a symposium titled “Litigation in cultural property: judicial and alternative means of international dispute resolution.”

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New Museum Does It Again: Just Where Are Its Ethical Boundaries?

October 10, 2011 Tom McGee 0 Comments Metropolitan Museum, mission, museums, website

Traditionally, art museums have kept an arm’s length from corporations that use the prestige of a non-profit art museum to enhance the corporation.

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A Happy Ending, Partly, In A 13-Year-Old Theft In Bolivia

September 21, 2011 Tom McGee 0 Comments American, theft

Here’s a lesson in keeping good art records, with photographs.

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An Art Theft Anniversary

September 6, 2011 Tom McGee 0 Comments crime, theft

Marking the anniversary of two famous art thefts– The Mona Lisa and The Duke of Wellington.

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Pair tried to steal historical documents worth millions, police say

July 12, 2011 Tom McGee 0 Comments archives, crime, documents, theft

Barry H. Landau has met with presidents, planned inaugurations, and claims one of the largest private collections of Oval Office memorabilia.

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Tate Liverpool set to cut staff

July 12, 2011 Tom McGee 0 Comments budgets, funding, United Kingdom

Jobs are to be cut at the Tate Liverpool art gallery, its management has confirmed.

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What Went Wrong at the Getty

July 6, 2011 Tom McGee 0 Comments antiquities, crime, looting, plunder

A portrait of the Getty Museum and its former curator, Chasing Aphrodite sets out to debunk the notion that art museums might have legitimate reason for collecting art from the ancient past.

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Autry center could lose grant over Southwest Museum

July 6, 2011 Tom McGee 0 Comments antiquities, native american, renovations

The long-running controversy over the Autry National Center of the American West’s stewardship of the Southwest Museum may be coming to a head.

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China row over Einstein display

July 6, 2011 Tom McGee 0 Comments history, politics, science

7 June 2011 Last updated at 06:40 ET Einstein, awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921, was the author

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National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation
Museums 

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics

The $66m project includes expanding galleries, creating research and education spaces and restoring its landmark 1908 building

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore
Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities 

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments
Cultural Heritage Deaccession 

Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
Museums 

Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director

May 14, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics

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#RepresentationMatters
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#RepresentationMatters

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Devon Mancini 0

How the 92nd Annual Academy Awards reminded museum professionals about the importance of representation in the arts.
Written by Devon Mancini, MA Candidate in Museum Professions at Seton Hall University

Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains
IME Blog 

Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains

January 16, 2020February 6, 2020 Devon Mancini 0
Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums
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Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums

April 1, 2019January 2, 2020 Hannah Gaston 0
Lobbying and Museum Ethics:  A Surprisingly Good Marriage
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Lobbying and Museum Ethics: A Surprisingly Good Marriage

October 26, 2011October 10, 2019 Kelsey 0

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Devon Mancini Graduate Assistant College of Communication and the Arts MA in Museum Professions Candidate devon.mancini@student.shu.edu

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation
Museums 

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics

The $66m project includes expanding galleries, creating research and education spaces and restoring its landmark 1908 building

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore
Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities 

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments
Cultural Heritage Deaccession 

Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
Museums 

Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director

May 14, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation
Museums 

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore
Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities 

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments
Cultural Heritage Deaccession 

Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
Museums 

Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director

May 14, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
#RepresentationMatters
IME Blog 

#RepresentationMatters

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Devon Mancini 0
Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains
IME Blog 

Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains

January 16, 2020February 6, 2020 Devon Mancini 0
Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums
IME Blog 

Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums

April 1, 2019January 2, 2020 Hannah Gaston 0
Lobbying and Museum Ethics:  A Surprisingly Good Marriage
IME Blog 

Lobbying and Museum Ethics: A Surprisingly Good Marriage

October 26, 2011October 10, 2019 Kelsey 0
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