The Toledo Museum of Art has established a 20-year partnership with the Ethiopian Heritage Authority to return five unprovenanced objects from a private collection to Ethiopia, addressing a decades-long museum gap in acquisition standards following the 1970 UNESCO Convention, according to institutional announcements. Toledo Museum Partners With Ethiopian Heritage Authority The Toledo Museum of Art … Read more
Isamu Noguchi’s 40-ton granite sculpture Mississippi Fountain (also known as The Mississippi, 1961–62) is relocating to the New Orleans Museum of Art (Noma), according to the New Orleans Museum of Art. The monumental public artwork will be installed at the museum’s Beaux Arts entrance in City Park, where its integrated water feature will be restored … Read more
The Smithsonian Institution board of regents is scheduled to meet on 31 August to discuss housing the National Museum of the American Latino inside the historic Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall in Washington, DC, according to reporting by Robin Pogrebin of The New York Times. Opening the museum in a pre-existing structure … Read more
Elvira Dyangani Ose will take over as the artistic director of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town starting October, according to official statements released by the institution. She replaces Koyo Kouoh, the former executive director and chief curator, who died last year. Executive Leadership Restructuring at Zeitz MoCAA Alongside the appointment, … Read more