Art leaders across the country and the world wrestled with the same question. Pandemic closures stretched on for weeks and months, shuttering exhibitions and bringing ticket sales to a standstill. The upshot? Art institutions shifted their creativity into high gear, finding new and innovative ways to engage with the public. […]

TikTok, purveyor of pop culture, lifestyle hacks, and bits of random joy, has yet again taken over screens and conversations this year, in equal bouts. For one thing, nearly every app is attempting to transition into TikTok territory. And why wouldn’t they? In September, the social media app claimed that a whopping one billion […]

The eye-popping sale price of US$69 million on March 11, 2021, for a non-fungible token created by the digital artist Beeple sent shock waves through the art world. More multimillion-dollar sales of these digital assets that exist on a blockchain and are maintained on networked computers soon followed. At the […]

There are a near-record 10.5 million job vacancies in the United States, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The hiring crunch has left the upper echelons of the art world empty, with almost two dozen openings for what may be the most coveted role in […]

THERE have been many times over the past 18 months where the challenges that we have had to navigate have felt like an endurance test – not just for National Museums NI but for society at large. Throughout this period – even with our doors closed – we knew we […]

We talk to museum innovators around the world who are taking climate action, from the art on the walls to the food on the restaurant menu

Dubai: 178 and counting – believe it or not, that’s the number of museums that the UAE is currently home to. And no, they are not places where some forgotten objects find display.

Museums should downsize storage for commercial, environmental, social and ethical reasons. The issue of storage for museums is the metaphorical elephant in the room. It takes up a lot of space, but museums feign its absence. Some museums have taken defensive action moving collections out of the main site or […]

As sales of licensed goods soars, battles loom over the use of works by long-dead artists Traditionally, museums have been protective of high-resolution versions of their artworks, charging stiff fees for photos or venue hire. There are multiple reasons: protecting copyrights, preventing forgeries and controlling lucrative revenues from brand deals. […]

It’s estimated that nearly a quarter of Americans worked remotely in 2021, and according to the 2021 State of Remote Work, almost 98 percent of those folks would prefer to continue to work remotely, at least part time, for the rest of their careers. (Some people are actually quitting rather than giving up work […]