Leading lights - Curators
Prado announces a re-evaluation of collection to better represent women artists
For the director of the Prado, Miguel Falomir, the pandemic has led to at least one positive: a re-evaluation of their collection. With that, the Madrid museum has announced that […]
As Trump exits the White House, the Trump baby balloon enters the Museum of London
On the week that President Donald Trump will leave the White House, a six-metre tall inflatable caricature of The Apprentice star turned president will enter the Museum of London’s collection. The […]
Smithsonian collects ephemera from insurrection at US Capitol Building
Curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, DC spent the aftermath of the January 6th unrest at the country’s capital collecting signs and posters. The ephemera […]
Statue of Robert E Lee quietly removed from DC, may be replaced with sculpture of civil rights activist
A statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee has been removed from Washington DC following a summer that saw tensions over police brutality reach a breaking point. The monument is […]
Curator’s discover sheds new light on “Michelangelo’s Graffiti” at the Palazzo Vecchio
Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio is home to many treasures but it’s a bit of carved graffiti on the façade of the building that is receiving renewed interest recently. Known as L’importuno […]
Penn Museum to repatriate skulls of enslaved people held in the Morton Cranial Collection
The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Museum has announced it will repatriate a number of crania that belonged to enslaved peoples. The skulls are part of a larger collection of more […]
The V&A wants your COVID-19 signs to document life in lockdown
There’s no doubt that in a few generations, the COVID-19 pandemic will be included in history books. By then, people will have moved on, living lives less directly touched by […]
