Big Pharma
Has a Tipping Point Been Hit on the Sacklers as Donors?
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The Sackler family, founders of Purdue Pharma, faces a reckoning this week as several institutions distance themselves from what they seem to consider tainted philanthropy.
art museums
Study Confirms Artists in US Museum Collections Overwhelmingly Male and White
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A large-scale study of the artists exhibited in major US art museums has found that 85 percent of those artists are white, and 87 percent of them male.
decolonizing artwork
Is a New “Wind of Change” Rising Today?
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If an artifact is stolen in the woods and the original victims are no longer around, do the thieves get to keep it?
museum management
A Former Prison Takes Sides in the Struggle against Mass Incarceration
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A few years ago, in Philadelphia, the Eastern State Penitentiary, a historic prison that had been operating as a museum since 1994, shifted its mission to challenge mass incarceration.
Framing & Narratives
Teaching Moments: Museum Guides as Living Links between Ancient and Modern Worlds
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With its novel Global Guides Program, the Penn Museum advances cross-cultural understanding and brings its collection to life with first-person accounts from immigrants and refugees new to Philadelphia.
Museum of Modern Art
MoMA Renovation Outlines Multicultural Vision for Modern Art
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In New York City, MoMA will shut down from mid-June until mid-October as the museum undergoes its most significant renovation since opening in 1939. In expanding the museum, curators have also sought to redefine what is meant by the phrase “modern art.”
museum management
Museums: Nonprofits in the Eye of the Perfect Narrative Storm
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The daily online newswire, produced by NPQ’s collaborative journalism program, traces developments in fields, practices, and the operating environments of nonprofits. This compilation of one line of NPQ reportage highlights the realms of activities and issues involved in decolonizing the museum, acknowledging the role of museums in anchoring narratives about the world we live in.
museum management
Study: Diversity in Intellectual Leadership at Museums Marginally Improved
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A new survey of museum staff shows some gains in the number of people of color serving in educational and curatorial roles, but very limited gains at the level of C-suite leadership.
nonprofit real estate
Hopkins Buys the Newseum Building: A Two-fer Nonprofit Strategy
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For the small sum of $372.5 million, Johns Hopkins purchases from the Newseum prime Pennsylvania Avenue real estate between the White House and the Capitol. For Hopkins, it establishes the school as a major player in Washington DC. For the Newseum, the cash infusion may give the financial struggling institution a new lease on life.
museum management
The New Museum and its “Union Avoidance Consultant”
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A museum claims to embrace “difference, debate, and multiple viewpoints,” but apparently not so much when it comes to the labor rights of its employees.