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June 2023
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Cultural diversity: What makes the Rockford region shine?

The Rockford Area Arts Council is hosting several workshops and public input sessions to see what attracts entrepreneurs, artists and creators to the Rockford region. “We are so honored to be working with the unique and inspiring community of Rockford and look forward to hearing what Rockford needs and wants from this cultural plan,” said Eve Moros Ortega, Director of the U.S. Office of Lord Cultural Resources, who will lead the planning effort.

Lord Cultural Resources has been engaged by the Rockford Area Arts Council to develop the Rockford Region Cultural Plan to support a thriving arts and culture sector that will benefit all who live and work in the region. Read More

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Vancouver's Chinese Canadian Museum opening for business July 1
Business Intelligence for B.C., June 21, 2023

Vancouver's Chinese Canadian Museum (CCM) is readying to launch operations July 1 in a site at 51 East Pender Street.

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OUR WORK WITH THE CHINESE CANADIAN MUSEUM
More Funding for Montreal's Contemporary Art Museum
Galleries West, June 17, 2023

The federal and Quebec governments have announced more infrastructure funding – some $56 million – to support the expansion of Montreal's Musée d'art contemporain. The expansion project includes improvements to visitor services and enhanced protection for the museum's collection, as well as reorganized interior spaces and modernization.

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OUR WORK WITH MONTREAL'S CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
Ebony G. Patterson Brings a Crowd to the New York Botanical Garden
The New York Times, June 15, 2023

Jamaican-born mixed media artist Ebony G. Patterson’s “… things come to thrive … in the shedding … in the molting …,” at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, brings more than 400 black, glittering foam vultures together.

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OUR WORK WITH NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Dallas Is Named a 2023 ‘All-American City’ by the National Civic League
Dallas Innovates, June 15, 2023

The city of Dallas was one of 10 U.S. cities to win the honor, marking its first win since 1970. The city was recognized for its efforts to engage youth in meaningful ways via the Dallas Youth Commission, the Welcoming Strategic Plan, and the Dallas Cultural Plan.

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Gender balance redressed as Tracey Emin creates new 'every woman' front doors for the National Portrait Gallery
The Art Newspaper, June 19, 2023

The 45 portraits, cast in bronze, have been installed on the entrance to the newly restored London museum.

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Largest museum union in the US ratifies its first contract
The Art Newspaper, June 12, 2023

More than 500 workers at the Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh voted to ratify their first contract after 18 months of negotiations.

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Museum lawyers weigh in on diversity initiatives, joint acquisitions and more at industry conference
The Art Newspaper, June 1, 2023

The annual gathering organised by the American Law Institute and co-sponsored by the Smithsonian took place recently in Philadelphia.

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MUSEUMS
In Charleston, a Museum Honors a Journey of Grief and Grace
The New York Times, June 23, 2023

“Here, in the 18th and early 19th centuries, ships carrying tens of thousands of enslaved Africans deposited their human cargo, a population that would, through unthinkable adversity and creative perseverance, utterly transform what ‘America’ meant, and means. On this spot now, looking a bit like a ship itself, stands the eagerly awaited and long-delayed new International African American Museum.”

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Amid record visitation, Harvard Art Museums do away with entry fees
The Art Newspaper, June 23, 2023

The university’s three art institutions—the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger and Arthur M. Sackler museums—are now free for all visitors.

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A maritime museum shifts its focus to ocean health
The Art Newspaper, June 19, 2023

The Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut is foregrounding ocean ecology in its first contemporary art exhibition, with new commissions by American painter Alexis Rockman.

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A director's tour of the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery in London
The Art Newspaper, June 16, 2023

The director of the NPG shows The Art Newspaper one of the new attractions he has introduced during the gallery’s long closure. Nicholas Cullinan thinks these morbidly intimate portraits will fascinate visitors, but his innovation is also a creative use of the available floorspace at his West End domain.

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How New York's Hispanic Society is reinventing itself
The Art Newspaper, June 16, 2023

As the Hispanic Society Museum & Library reopens after a six-year renovation—and two-month strike—its leaders are re-imagining its founder's legacy.

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The Brooklyn Museum Has Hired Its First Full-Time Curator of Indigenous Art
Artnet, June 16, 2023

Darienne (Dare) Turner has been appointed the Brooklyn Museum’s first-ever full-time curator of Indigenous art. She is currently assistant curator of Indigeous art of the Americas at the Baltimore Museum, and takes up her new post in August.

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The Louvre Has Displayed Sacred Treasures Rescued From Ukraine as Part of Its Partnership With Local Museums
Artnet, June 15, 2023

The display also offers an opportunity for new analysis and research into the remarkable Byzantine icons.

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Hudson River Museum Announces Grand Opening of Its New West Wing
Hyperallergic, June 14, 2023

This transformational project will bring a premier museum experience and new community spaces to all in Westchester and the NYC metropolitan area.

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Toronto Holocaust Museum by Reich&Petch opens
Canadian Architect, June 14, 2023

On June 8, 2023, the Toronto Holocaust Museum opened its doors to the public, unveiling the city’s only museum dedicated to Holocaust remembrance and education. The new museum was established to educate visitors about the atrocities of the past, while revealing connections between the Holocaust, world events, and our present-day society.

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Rossland Museum renewal project gets underway
Rossland News, June 14, 2023

In October 2023, the museum will launch “Gold Mining to Gold Medals: A Century of Skiing in Rossland.” The Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre has raised the required initial funds to begin the first stage of its Phase Two Renewal project.

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Previously free, some UK museums are starting to charge as cost of living crisis bites
The Art Newspaper, June 13, 2023

In the post-pandemic era and straitened financial times, regional galleries and museums in the UK that have been free to enter are now asking visitors to pay admission charges, a move that is polarising cultural commentators.

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Metropolitan Museum to open interactive learning centre for children in September
The Art Newspaper, June 13, 2023

Designed by Koko Architecture + Design, the firm behind Greenwich Village’s Children’s Aid Society playgrounds and the Robot Garage in Detroit, the new facility, dubbed 81st Street Studio, will be a science and art play space for children between the ages of three and 11.

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Germany has the most private contemporary art museums in the world, new report reveals
The Art Newspaper, June 13, 2023

According to the art collector data company Larry's List, the burgeoning private museums sector now comprises 446 institutions worldwide, 111 of which have opened since 2016.

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Brett Littman Steps Down as Director of Noguchi Museum
ARTFORUM, June 12, 2023

Brett Littman, who since 2018 has served as the director of the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, New York, has left his role at the institution. No reason was given for Littman’s departure.

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Quebec gallery director and curator Jean-François Bélisle to lead National Gallery
The Globe & Mail, June 7, 2023

Jean-François Bélisle is well recognized in the visual art world for curating contemporary exhibitions and was the founding director of the Arsenal art foundation in Montreal and Toronto.

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What Does It Take to Run a Museum? The Job Description Is Changing.
New York Times, June 6, 2023

It’s not only about the art anymore: Today’s museum leaders must increasingly confront staff revolts and calls to return looted art while navigating labor unrest and social justice controversies.

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German museums hold 40,000 objects from former colony Cameroon, study finds
The Art Newspaper, June 2, 2023

The new study is the result of two years’ work by researchers from Germany and Cameroon and was supported by curators at 45 German museums. Cameroon has set up a restitutions committee to work with the museums.

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The British Museum and BP's sponsorship deal will end after 27 years
The Art Newspaper, June 2, 2023

The museum has been under pressure for more than a decade to break off its affiliation with the oil and gas corporation.

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Empathy Interviews: A Tool for Museums to Understand the Feelings and Experiences of Others
American Alliance of Museums, June 2, 2023

In research and evaluation, an open-ended, story-based, and inclusive alternative to traditional surveys and focus groups is gaining traction.

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Whitney Museum Sells Breuer Building to Sotheby’s for About $100 Million
The New York Times, June 1, 2023

The auction house will make the Brutalist icon on Madison Avenue its flagship in 2025.

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The Sackler Family of Art Patrons Must Pay $6 Billion to Combat the Opioid Crisis—in Exchange for Immunity From Civil Lawsuits
Artnet, June 1, 2023

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has approved a new deal in the Purdue Pharma settlement, ordering the Sackler family to pay $6 billion—about half of their estimated wealth—to combat the opioid crisis.

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Victoria and Albert Museum's ambitious east London storehouse is finally complete
The Art Newspaper, May 31, 2023

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s (V&A) new open-access storage building in east London has just been completed, providing a home for over 250,000 objects. The process of transferring the collection was described by a museum spokesperson as “the UK’s biggest house move.”

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ARCHITECTURE
Intriguing new University of Toronto exhibit explores Antarctica’s architecture of the extremes
The Globe & Mail, June 21, 2023

The new exhibition Resolutions for the Antarctic: International Stations & the Antarctic Data Space documents the impact of polar explorers on the continent and asks probing questions about climate change, science and global diplomacy.

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How an Installation by Architect Andrés Jaque Predicted New York’s Apocalyptic Orange Smog
ARTNews, June 15, 2023

When smoke from wildfires in Canada turned the New York City air orange, architect Andrés Jaque noted an eerie parallel between the smoky sky and an installation that he premiered at the latest Venice Design Biennale.

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SFMoMA acquires architectural capsule from Tokyo's famed Metabolist tower
The Art Newspaper, June 14, 2023

Architect Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower was demolished last year, but 23 of its distinctive pods were preserved.

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As Museum Design Moves Beyond Starchitecture, New Blueprints Show Signs of the Future
ARTnews, June 9, 2023

Writer and museum consultant András Szántó speaks with ARTnews about aspirational architecture, museums’ new trend toward humility, and how the art world can help guide society at large.

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The Buffalo AKG Art Museum reveals its $230m transformation
The Art Newspaper, June 1, 2023

More than three years after it closed, the museum in upstate New York has made major upgrades across its campus and added more than 500 works to its collection.

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City of Calgary eyes bundling three downtown projects as Glenbow costs grow
Global News, June 1, 2023

Calgary city officials are looking to bring together three major revitalization projects in the city’s downtown core as part of ongoing efforts to bring vibrancy back to the area.

The city’s plan is to bundle together the Arts Commons Transformation, improvements to Stephen Avenue and upgrades to Olympic Plaza in what a city report describes as an aligned investment approach.

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‘Sense of belonging’: Vancouver commissions 21 Indigenous artists for public art
Terrace Standard, June 13, 2023

Vancouver’s “Platforms,” a public art program, is featuring all Indigenous artists for the first time in its history. Celebrating National Indigenous History Month, the city launched the 2023 program June 8 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

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Finalists revealed for Canada’s top contemporary art prize
The Art Newspaper, June 12, 2023

Five Canadian artists, representing all corners of the vast land, learned today that they are at least $25,000 richer, with a bigger payday possibly to come in autumn. The five were shortlisted for the prestigious Sobey Art Award, which offers total prize money of  $300,000, among the richest rewards available to artists.

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King Charles’s ethical dilemma over looted objects in the Royal Collection
The Art Newspaper, June 12, 2023

The monarch will likely face calls for the return of priceless objects that were seized by British military forces during 19th-century operations.

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The New Documentary ‘Copyright Infringement’ Unpacks the Art and Action Behind Artist Cj Hendry’s Beloved Scavenger Hunt
Artnet, June 9, 2023

Watch the Instagram sensation get chased across five cities in four countries in this new documentary film.

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What the art world doesn’t want you to know about Yayoi Kusama
Hyperallergic, June 1, 2023

A new publication tries hard to reinvent Kusama as a champion of racial equity despite her troubling record of anti-Black statements.

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New documentary gives inside view of art museum’s attempts to become more diverse
The Art Newspaper, May 31, 2023

“White Balls on Walls” shows how the staff of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum have tried to implement change amid a shifting social landscape.

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TECHNOLOGY
Tech, human rights groups call on Ottawa to take action on facial recognition, AI
The Canadian Press, June 21, 2023

A group of technology and human rights organizations are calling on the federal government to take immediate action to address concerns around artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology.

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How A.I. Is Helping Architects Change Workplace Design
The New York Times, June 15, 2023

With more hybrid workers and new office needs, firms like Zaha Hadid Architects are turning to artificial intelligence for solutions.

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Toronto’s new tech-forward Holocaust Museum aims to educate future generations in a ‘post survivor era’
Now Toronto, June 9, 2023

“Toronto’s first and only Holocaust Museum, located at the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre, is now open to the public. As humanity at large hurtles towards an age without survivors, and the need for Holocaust education morphs into insidious necessity, the immovable weight of duty rests heavy on the hearts of Jews the world over.”

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The Met Returns $550,000 in Donations From Sam Bankman-Fried’s Bankrupt Crypto Exchange
Artnet, June 5, 2023

The company is scrambling to recover $93 million worth of donations to repay creditors.

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A Prophetic San Francisco Pop-Up Art Show on the Possibilities and Dangers of A.I. Is Looking for a Permanent Home
Artnet, May 31, 2023

Select pieces that explore technology's "power for destruction and good" remain on private display in the Mission District's Salesforce Tower.

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