Helen Stoilas

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Kelli Morgan |Benjamin Sutton |Helen Stoilas |Elena Goukassian

In January, US president Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” , in effect terminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across federal institutions.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Helen Stoilas |Torey Akers |Lee Cheshire |Tom Seymour

For art museums, building bigger is not necessarily better, and offering free admission may actually make the most financial sense. This is according to a new report by Remuseum, an independent research project organised by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The project aims to help museums think outside the institutional box.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Barbara Reina |Helen Stoilas |Joe Ware

Ohan Breiding: Belly of a Glacier, an experimental film and photographic installation at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass Moca), reflects memories literally frozen in time. In collaboration with the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), the exhibition (until 14 December) is an intimate portrait of Switzerland’s Rhône Glacier, which scientists predict will be gone by the year 2050, melting prematurely due to climate change.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Benjamin Sutton |Torey Akers |Adam Schrader |Helen Stoilas

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order intended to eliminate seven federal agencies, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution. The order, which was signed on Friday (14 March), states that the president has determined a total of seven agencies to be “unnecessary”, and that each will “be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law”.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Adam Schrader |Gareth Harris |Helen Stoilas

The US General Services Administration (GSA) under President Donald Trump briefly published then removed a list of federal buildings it seeks to offload, including several properties of cultural interest. The “non-core property list”, published 4 March, initially included 443 properties but was revised to 320 after backlash over the inclusion of properties like the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC.