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January 2023
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Association Of Children’s Museum Releases New Five-Year Strategic Plan

The Association of Children’s Museum (ACM), is the world’s foremost professional society supporting and advocating on behalf of children’s museums. The association is pleased to announce its new five-year (2023-2028) strategic plan.

To plan for this future, ACM engaged Lord Cultural Resources, to work collaboratively with the board, executive director, and staff leadership to facilitate a strategic planning process to revisit their current mission and vision, set impactful goals, and develop measurable objectives around four main priorities for the organization. Read More

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Niagara Parks Power Station Design Scoops Award
Niagara Falls Review, January 21, 2023

The Niagara Parks Power Station has won a major award for its design excellence. The refurbished 118-year-old building, which opened to the public two years ago, received one of two Grand Prize awards at the 2022 Niagara Biennial Design Awards this week.

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OUR WORK WITH NIAGARA PARKS POWER STATION
World Of Wonders - Explore Saudi's Must - See Architecture
The Independent, January 17, 2023

From historic monuments to mighty superstructures, ancient cities to modern megalopolises, we explore Saudi’s must-see architecture.

Lord Cultural Resources was honoured to be engaged on major five-year pre-opening consultancy assignment for ITHRA, advising on many aspects of this groundbreaking project in Saudi Arabia.

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Charleston Reckons with its Role in The International Slave Trade Through Its Museums
The Art Newspaper, January 12, 2023

This year, the historic Charleston Museum and the forthcoming International African American Museum will hold a series of exhibitions and public programmes that critically explore the role of the city in the transatlantic slave trade.

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OUR WORK WITH IAAM
It Started as a Blacks-Only Beach
Miami Herald, January 8, 2023

Much of the history of Miami history has been made on Virginia Key. In 2016, the consulting firm Lord Cultural Resources produced a business plan stating that the museum would need operating support from the government and private sources, It estimated an operating budget of about $2 million per year for the first three years.

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OUR WORK WITH VKBPM
Crowd Gathers in New York City to Bring an Art Installation to Life and Demand 'All Eyes on Iran'
CNN, January 6, 2023

Chants of "Woman, Life, Freedom" echoed around Roosevelt Island in New York City on Sunday as hundreds gathered to bring to life an art installation symbolizing solidarity with the women leading the uprising in Iran.

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OUR WORK WITH FOUR FREEDOMS PARK CONSERVANCY
A Patriotic Exhibition of The Most Iconic Items in The ROM’s New Canadian Modern Exhibition
Toronto Life, January 6, 2023

Canadian Modern, a new exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum, celebrates the country’s unforgettable contribution to design by showcasing a collection of 100 limited-edition and mass-produced objects—all made in Canada.

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10 Museum Openings to Look Forward to in 2023
Museum Next, January 4, 2023

Although some museums and visitor attractions  continue to suffer from lower-than-usual visitor numbers since the pandemic, there is still plenty of investment in the museum sector today. This can be seen most clearly in the number of high-profile museums and galleries that are scheduled to open their doors to the public in 2023.

Lord's specific role in the Grand Egyptian Museum centered on the project management of the exhibition design and construction.

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Feds to Rewrite Museum Policy to Promote Indigenous Culture
Western Standard, January 12, 2023

Indigenous advisors will be hired to help rewrite a 1990 museum policy to promote “equity, diversity and inclusion,” the Department of Canadian Heritage said yesterday.

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How The Frist Embraced Museum Patrons with Dementia
WPLN News, December 30, 2022

As museums have become more inclusive places, they have begun to welcome patrons with dementia. Many, including the Frist, took cues from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which started its Alzheimer’s Project in 2007.

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‘It’s Not About Wokeness, It’s About Doing the Right Thing’: MoMA Director Glenn Lowry on The New Political Landscape
The Art Newspaper, January 13, 2023

In a new podcast released this week, Glenn Lowry, the director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), discusses the political and cultural landscape post-Covid. He is raising issues such as the role of museums, abortion rights in America and whether “democracy will survive the next decade”.

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Frick Director Ian Wardropper on How the Museum’s Temporary Move to a Modern Building Sparked a Rethink of Its Iconic Old Master Collection
Artnet News, January 12, 2023

The museum is looking forward to it’s return to the Frick Mansion on 70th Street.

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Louvre Will Begin Limiting Daily Visitor Numbers to Create 'More Pleasurable Viewing Experience'
The Art Newspaper, January 6, 2023

In 2022, the Louvre received 7.8 million visitors—19% less than in 2019, albeit a rise of 170% from 2021 when French museums were closed for nearly five months. But the fall in attendance is not necessarily bad news. The Louvre Director Laurence des Cars has hit the pause button and decided to limit daily entries to 30,000.

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The British Museum is in Talks to Return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece in Landmark Loan Deal
Artnet News, January 4, 2023

The endless debate over the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece could soon see a hopeful conclusion as the British Museum has confirmed that it is engaged in “constructive discussions” with Athens.

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12 Must-See U.S. Museum Exhibitions in 2023, From LACMA’s Look at the Dawn of Computer Art to a Georgia O’Keeffe Revelation at MoMA
Artnet News, January 1, 2023

It’s 2023, and if you’re looking for a list of the most important, must-see exhibitions of the year. You have come to the right place! Here’s a round-up of the U.S. Museum shows you’ll definitely want to keep an eye on, through May.

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351 New Species Named by Natural History Museum – and a Quarter are Wasps
The Guardian, December 30, 2022

Eighty-five new species of wasp are among more than 350 new species identified in 2022 by the Natural History Museum. By combing through its collections, as well as sending scientists on research trips, curators and researchers have managed to describe a total of 351 new species.

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Inside an Underground Network of Los Angeles Museums
The New York Times, December 29, 2022

Over the past decade, Los Angeles has emerged as a global arts center, already renowned for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Broad and, most recently, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Less visible is an extensive and important network of smaller museums, catering to niche audiences interested in topics ranging from olive growing to the Garifuna people of the Caribbean.

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Why There’s No Hall of European Peoples in the American Museum of Natural History
Undark, December 28, 2022

Museum curators once regarded non-Western cultures as primitive. Now they’re trying to change the narrative.

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Our Behind-the-Scenes Peeks at Some of the World’s Most Interesting Museums
Atlas Obscura, December 27, 2022

Museums are more than just the curated artifacts in glass cases or artwork on white walls. There’s so much visitors don’t get to see. That’s why Atlas Obscura has a series called “Secret Lives of Museums,” to highlight the people of these amazing places and the sometimes unusual stuff they have to do.

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ARCHITECTURE
Chipperfield Beats Big Names to Win Athens Archaeological Museum Contest
Architects’ Journal, January 11, 2023

David Chipperfield Architects have won an international competition to design Greece’s New National Archaeological Museum in Athens. The London and Berlin-based practice – working with local firm Alexandros N Tombazis & Associates – was chosen ahead of 10 rival teams.

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SANAA’s New Sydney Landmark at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Architectural Record, January 10, 2023

Sydney is home to one of the most recognizable buildings in the world: Jørn Utzon’s Opera House. The shot of its shell-like nesting roofs, with the trussed arch of the Harbour Bridge rising beyond, is without question the image most associated with the city. But now, half a century since the completion of Utzon’s building, Sydney has an architectural landmark with an entirely different character—the expansion of the Art Gallery of New South Wales designed by the Pritzker Prize–winning architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, principals of Tokyo-based SANAA.

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ART & CULTURE
Thousands Of Artifacts to Be Returned to First Nations After Years Boxed Away in An Ottawa Building
The Globe and Mail, January 26, 2023

For years, around 300,000 finds – ranging from arrow heads to pots, pipe bowls and tools to make canoes – have been stashed in boxes in an office suite in a National Capital Commission building steps from Parliament.

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Clearing Gallery, a Bushwick Stalwart, to Depart Brooklyn After 12 Years
ART News, January 20, 2023

Clearing, one of the New York galleries that helped trigger a groundswell of artistic activity in Bushwick in the early 2010s, is set to leave the neighborhood after more than a decade there.

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It’s About Time Vancouver Was Recognized As a Cultural Hub
The Globe and Mail, January 19, 2023

The old trope of Vancouver being all mountains, oceans, Gore-Tex and no culture is tired and pure fiction. This is a city with an impressive and exciting cultural output – novels, rock songs and beyond.

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The Best Booths at San Francisco’s 2023 FOG Fair, From Harmonies of Color to Homages to the Occult
ART News, January 19, 2023

Celebrating its ninth edition, FOG Design+Art returned to San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture with an international roster of 48 galleries. Benefitting the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s education and exhibitions program, the fair’s preview gala on Wednesday evening drew notable faces such as Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, curator Larry Ossei-Mensah, and actor Owen Wilson.

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Under Gardiner Public Realm Plan
Under Gardiner Public Realm Plan website, January 17 to February 7, 2023

The Gardiner Expressway is a defining feature of Toronto’s landscape. As the City of Toronto works to rehabilitate the elevated expressway and bring new life to surrounding communities, there is an opportunity to reimagine how this piece of infrastructure can connect, perform, and inspire.

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How Canada Goose Turned Its Stores Into Galleries for Inuit Art
Fast Company, January 16, 2023

Canada Goose may be a luxury parka brand, but it has big ambitions when it comes to acquiring Canadian art.

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Remains of 100K+ Native Americans Held in US Institutions, Research Finds
Hyperallergic, January 15, 2023

Decades since the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act’s was passed, many museums and universities have still not returned remains in their collections.

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NFL Chooses Chicana and Indigenous Artist Lucinda Hinojos to Create Artworks and Ticket Design for 2023 Super Bowl
ART News, January 13, 2023

Hinojos, who is also known as “La Morena,” is the first Chicana and Indigenous artist to be selected by the NFL for a collaboration. This includes creating artwork that be featured on the tickets for the 2023 Super Bowl and displayed across Arizona in the month leading up to the game.

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Mumbai's Commercial Gallery Scene Undergoes Major 'Post-Pandemic' Expansion
The Art Newspaper, January 13, 2023

In what is being presented as a sure sign of India's flourishing art market, Mumbai Gallery Weekend (MGW) is currently holding its largest edition (until 15 January), with 32 participants—its first regular event since 2020.

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US Considers Rejoining Unesco Despite More Than $616m Membership Debt and Israel-Palestine Controversies
The Art Newspaper, January 11, 2023

The United States might rejoin Unesco, more than four years after their most recent departure. An article in the $1.7 trillion Omnibus Appropriations Bill passed on 22 December paves the way for the Biden administration to rejoin and finance the Unesco organisation—the United Nations (UN) culture and education body—as well as pay the huge debt accumulated in membership dues.

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Humanities Announces $28.1 Million in Grants
The New York Times, January 10, 2023

Projects to build a research center at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, to develop digital tours of an exhibition highlighting Jewish founders of the film industry at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, and to add touch-screen kiosks to the National Comedy Center in Lucille Ball’s hometown of Jamestown, N.Y., are among the 204 beneficiaries of new grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities announced on Tuesday.

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Don't 'Get' Art? You Might Be Looking at It Wrong
NPR, January 10, 2023

Life Kit talks to three art professionals about how to look at art and have a museum experience that leaves you feeling revitalized and inspired.

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US Returns a Palestinian Cultural Object for the First Time
Hyperallergic, January 10, 2023

The Manhattan District Attorney (DA)’s Office has returned looted antiquity to the Palestinian Authority in what it says marks the United States’s first repatriation of a cultural object to the Palestinian people.

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As Infrastructure Money Lands, the Job Dividends Begin
The New York Times, January 10, 2023

Archaeologists are on the leading edge of a wave of jobs that will result from $1.2 trillion in direct government spending from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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On Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary, Here Are the Essential Museum Shows Celebrating the Movement‘s History and Enduring Legacy
Artnet News, January 6, 2023

The exhibitions pay tribute to the groundbreaking genre in all its forms, from beats to art to fashion.

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‘Three Pines,’ Based on Louise Penny Books, Tackles Indigenous Suffering
The New York Times, January 3, 2023

The adaptation for television depicts the mistreatment of First Nations people in Canada and has drawn praise for its unflinching realism.

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TECHNOLOGY
Artificial Intelligence Tools Can Create New Images, But Who Is the Real Artist?
The Globe and Mail, January 19, 2023

Two new lawsuits – one this week from the Seattle-based photography giant Getty Images – take aim at popular image-generating services for allegedly copying and processing millions of copyright-protected images without a license.

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Davos’s Crypto-Powered Metaverse Museum Isn’t The Digital Art Gallery We’ve Been Waiting For
ART News, January 19, 2023

At the Crypto Valley Partners-sponsored networking lounge, attendees can strap on virtual reality goggles to visit the Octopus Contemporary Art Museum (OCAM) designed by ArtMeta, a metaverse and digital display company.

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SFMOMA Acquires Its First NFT
ART News, January 13, 2023

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has acquired its first NFT, a work titled Final Transformation #2 (2022) by artist Lynn Hershman Leeson.

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