News
French strikers shut down Louvre
Protesters angry about the government’s pension reforms
US National Archives apologises for altering
image of 2017 Women’s March
Disneyfication of NG London – response
to local visits drop 35% & o/s up 150%?
UK’s Higher Education SA sees art history
drop 28.5% in over past decade
Extraordinary Emigrants: Irish Emigration
Museum EPIC on MV’s Frederick McCoy
IFAC & CA ANZ seek improved SDG disclosure
SDGs aligned with long-term value creation
QM’s top 10 new species of the Decade
10 of 1171 described at QM 2010-2019
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape bushfire reveals
new sections of ancient aquatic system
Bushfires & biodiversity – QM’s Martin Rix
on KI pelican spider & role of invertebrates
SAM’s Mike Lee – Bushfires could see
extinction of over 700 animal species
Gina Fairley’s overview of museum sector
offerings in 2020 – ArtsHub
Putin rewrites constitution with cultural
leaders – Directors of Hermitage & Tretyakov
Considering direct costs of deaccessioning
collns as fair use of funds raised by sale
Inside the Museum of Neoliberalism
– a need to partner with corporations?
Can museum Boards ever be immaculate?
– some think they have a solution
ACE treads carefully with ‘intrusive’
new social class metric
Some global museum openings
& reopenings in 2020
Te Papa’s role in meeting challenges together
– telling complex stories simply
The railways own cricket champion
Ray Argus & Ipswich Railways CC
Smithsonian opens NLA “Beauty rich & rare”
with Embassy of Australia
NMA engages Local Projects for new gallery
seeking visceral and emotional impact
Science & Technology Australia announces
Misha Schubert as new CEO
The young and curious: how Science Gallery
Melbourne can break down silos
Smoke impacts on collections & visitors
(& NGA vs NPG environmental controls)
Environmental stds for collections vary
– reviewing appropriate energy use
Jeremy Austin succeeds Alan Cooper to lead
Australian Centre for Ancient DNA
AWM redevelopment criticism
from AIA commissioned heritage review
How the superrich took over the museum world
– the wealthy dominate the art scene in recent years
BP UK’s arts sponsorship
& alternative energy initiatives
What makes a museum ‘fire-proof’?
cf Rio, Notre Dame & Glasgow School of Art