News
Te Papa’s objects collected by Cook
– their biographies from Aotearoa & back
AWM pigeon builds nest in Hall with
poppies from Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Vale MV’s Martin Hallett PSM
Man of kindness
QM’s Jeff Johnson identifies Qld grouper
from local fish market as new for science
AM’s Andrew Mitchell & 10’s Sunday Project
show 50% of market fish wrongly labelled
AM’s Jodi Rowley ask Tasmanians to record
calls for Frog ID Week 8-17 Nov
QVMAG’s collections audit progresses
– Whiteley’s Waves V still to be found
Aboriginal remains from King George Sound
returning home from Leipzig Museum
AM’s Mariko Smith on museums as sites of
cultural revival, not scientific racism
ANMM’s ‘Capturing the Home Front’ – photographs
from Depression & WW2 incl Dorothea Lange
Canberra’s role as custodian of heritage
critical – Sunday Canberra Times Editorial
Sydney Opera House aligns program goals
with UN Sustainable Development Goals
Roy Clare’s response to divesting
fossil fuel sponsorship
Semi-naked activists protest National
Portrait Gallery London’s links with BP
Climate Heritage Network argues cultural
sector has a “moral duty” to act
NG London’s ‘Brexit-ready’ exhibitions
schedule caught by new deadline
AWM AR changes donation reporting
in line with donor requests & DART style
DCMS museums & galleries visits up 5.5%
for 2018-19 & 11% outside London
NGA’s 2019 Indigenous Arts Leadership
& Fellowships announced – 100 over decade
Cultural leadership & breaking down silos
– mentoring from unrelated industries
NPG’s Kate Quinlan ready to take risks
celebrating the diversity in this nation
ACMI reveals designs for Bendigo
Creative Industries Hub
TMAG review – Julie Gough’s “Tense Past”
Aboriginal history unearthed & reclaimed
MAAS takes a “Step into Paradise” at PM
Jenny Kee & Linda Jackson fashion narrative
MAAS launches Powerhouse digitisation
project aligned with relocation
TRA reviews regional dispersal of Australian
tourists – The beach, the bush & beyond
MoMA protests call for removal of trustee
linked to Puerto Rico “vulture” fund
MoMA reopens after $450m makeover
shifting modernist art history narrative
Ancient Bible fragments allegedly stolen
& sold to Hobby Lobby by Oxford professor
History is messy – what’s local history?
Challenges for regional history museums