Observer

L.A. Museums Are Rethinking the Rules of Art Ownership. Will Others Follow?

Museums continue to collect art, but most of it sits in storage indefinitely. A new model in Los Angeles is challenging the idea that art ownership must mean exclusivity. RBL/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images ...
Observer

What Happens to the Art When Museums Close?

The entrance to the Rubin Museum of Art at 150 West 17th Street in New York City on October 4, 2024—two days before the museum closed for good. Arno Reyes Baetz for Observer Outside of the art sphere, ...
The Conversation

Museums have tons of data, and AI could make it more accessible − but standardizing and organizing it across fields won’t be easy

Ice cores in freezers, dinosaurs on display, fish in jars, birds in boxes, human remains and ancient artifacts from long gone civilizations that few people ever see – museum collections are filled ...
The Conversation

How the new V&A Storehouse is reshaping public access to museum collections

Around 70-90% of museum collections around the world are kept in storage . Often housed in buildings far away from their public institution, they represent a picture of hidden cultural and historical ...
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Museums, collections, and social repair in Vietnam / Graeme Were

"Museums, Collections, and Social Repair in Vietnam analyses the relationship between museums, collections, and social repair in contemporary Vietnam. Drawing on fieldwork in a range of museums in the ...