Recently, three New York City museums partnered with a Saudi museum to bring Arab art to the United States. Does this partnership bridge cultural divides, or is its main value to cleanse the reputation of the Saudi regime? It’s complicated.
The world of art museum curation remains heavily white-dominated even as the nation becomes increasingly diverse. In this podcast, NPQ’s Amy Costello interviews three women of color working in the art world to identify what can be done to change this picture.
Museums in the United States have done an unusually thorough job of curating Native Americans out of this country’s history.
What can you do to break down the seemingly impregnable barriers between departments in your organization and replace them with an open and positive culture? The Nonprofit Whisperer is here to help!
The development of pipelines at HBCUs and elsewhere for curators of color will need to be accompanied by the creation of internal systems by museums to train and promote leaders of color for prized curatorial roles. The public is growing reluctant to accept any less.
A $5.4 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation aims to encourage students in three Atlanta-area historically Black colleges and universities to pursue careers in art history and curatorial studies.
While the Smithsonian Institution has won awards for its efforts to better incorporate the Latinx experience in its displays, in terms of senior leadership, Latinx leadership fell from 4.4 to 2.2 percent of senior leaders between 2007 and 2016 while overall Latinx employment remains flat.
An artist has paused her work at the California State University Long Beach’s University Art Museum after the museum director who collaborated with her was fired. Though the school denies it, the artist says the museum deliberately interrupted the work, which examined police violence against people of color.
The CMA has adopted an explicit racial equity lens in support of its vision to become “a global leader among museums.” The test, of course, is whether the organization follows through on its plan.
Both the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Mauritshuis in The Hague have recently terminated long-term, financially lucrative partnerships with one corporation. What’s up with that?
