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Paris, the Centre Pompidou will be closed for renovations for at least 3 years

February 16, 2021

domus - It was announced as a “total renovation”, which will affect the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris from 2023, forcing the museum to shut down its doors to visitors for over three years. A drastic but nece...

Goya: The Dreams, the Visions, the Nightmares

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February 16, 2021

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NY Times - In more than 100 drawings and prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the brilliant Spanish artist navigates the turbulence of politics and looks deep within the chambers of his heart. - read more ...

The Whitney Canceled Their Exhibition. Now Those Artists Want Reform

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September 18, 2020

Art and Culture, Museums

The NY Times - The Whitney Museum of American Art had planned to show an exhibition of artistic responses to the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter demonstrations shortly after reopening. - read more ...

The Africa Center Is Commemorating the End of Slavery in the US With a Three-Story Black Lives Matter Installation

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June 23, 2020

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Artnet - The Africa Center in New York is celebrating Juneteenth, the holiday marking the end of slavery in the US, with a new 45-foot-tall window display proclaiming the message “Black Lives Matter.” - read m...

Want to See Michelangelo Again? The Vatican Museums Are Reopening Next Week

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May 15, 2020

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artnet news - What will reopening look like for the Vatican Museums, which have been closed since March 9? Mandatory face masks, temperature checks at entry, and strict social distancing requirements. - read mo...

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“Rather than attempt to reconcile museums’ contradictions, we should start again”

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May 15, 2020

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dezeen - In late summer 1939, in anticipation of the imminent start of the second world war, all the paintings in London's National Gallery were taken down and transported to an old slate mine in Wales for safe...

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Climate activists urge British Museum to reject BP funding, as Arctic exhibition announced

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January 14, 2020

Art and Culture, Museums

The Art Newspaper - The British Museum has announced a “bold and ambitious” exhibition exploring how Arctic peoples who have lived with extreme weather for millennia are at the front line of man-made climate ch...

The Inmaculada Concepcion church, built in 1841, is seen partially collapsed after an earthquake hit the island in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico on January 7, 2020. - A strong earthquake struck south of Puerto Rico early January 7, 2020 followed by major aftershocks, the US Geological Survey said, the latest in a series of tremors that have shaken the island since December 28. The shallow 6.4 magnitude quake struck five miles (eight kilometers) south of the community of Indios, the USGS said, revising down its initial reading of 6.6. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP) (Photo by RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)

Puerto Rico’s Museums Face Devastating Losses After a Spate of Earthquakes Struck the Island

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January 14, 2020

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artnet news - Puerto Rico has experienced a series of increasingly strong earthquakes in recent days, culminating in a 6.4 earthquake on Tuesday that triggered a widespread blackout, leveled buildings, and kill...

Can MoMA’s Expansion Ever Really Be Finished?

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October 16, 2019

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artnet news - The grand, gleaming architectural and curatorial complex that is the new Museum of Modern Art is the work of hundreds of specialists, patrons, designers, and other visionaries. But it is above al...

Understanding Vermeer’s Mysteries, beyond “Girl with a Pearl Earring”

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July 24, 2019

Museums, Spotlight

Artsy - Only about 34 canvases survive from Johannes Vermeer’s enigmatic oeuvre (a 35th is disputed). The Dutch artist’s most famous work is undoubtedly Girl with a Pearl Earring (ca. 1665), which features a “t...