Chile to get a new contemporary art museum
A new museum project is underway in Chile. Led by the businessman and philanthropist Claudio Engel and his four children, the New Museum of Santiago (dubbed...
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Art Institute of Chicago’s director on leave amid investigation into airplane incident
James Rondeau, the director and president of the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC), has taken voluntary leave from his role while the museum conducts an...
As Kazakhstan cautiously strengthens ties with western Europe, new art venues herald a change of direction
Two wealthy entrepreneurs are opening private art institutions in Kazakhstan this year as the country, which has long been under authoritarian rule, tries to...
Two new art centres set to open in Venice
Two new art spaces are due to launch in Venice early next month. The first, the San Marco Art Centre (SMAC), will be located on the second floor of the...
MFA Boston to return Benin Bronzes to wealthy donor, close gallery
The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on 28 April, but most of the works it had been created to display will not be...
Chicago’s Intuit Art Museum set to unveil $10m renovation
After a two-year, $10m renovation, the Intuit Art Museum (formerly known as Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art) will open for a public preview...
Judge orders the Art Institute of Chicago to restitute Nazi-looted Schiele drawing
A New York judge ruled on Wednesday (23 April) that the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) must return a Nazi-looted Egon Schiele drawing, the latest development...
British Museum to loan ‘some of the rarest surviving examples’ of Ice Age art to UK’s City of Culture – The Art Newspaper
More than 70 objects from the British Museum will go on show in an Ice Age exhibition due to launch later this year in Bradford as part of the 2025 UK City of...
Vancouver Art Gallery parts ways with director and chief executive Anthony Kiendl – The Art Newspaper
The Vancouver Art Gallery Association announced on Tuesday (25 March) that Anthony Kiendl, the gallery’s chief executive and director since 2020, has left to...
Yale Center for British Art reopens after two years – The Art Newspaper
The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) in New Haven, Connecticut, holds the largest collection of British art outside the UK. After a two-year closure amid a...
