Image via Skirball Cultural Center It’s going to be a starry, spangled, banner year for shows at the Skirball Cultural Center. Grammy-winning Guatemalan folk singer Gaby Moreno kicks off the 23rd annual season of concerts at the iconic Jewish educational institution on July 18 with a three-piece band playing songs from her upcoming album ‘Spangled,’ […]
Guggenheim Workers Vote to Join a Union, the Museum’s First
Art installers and maintenance workers are to become part of the International Union of Operating Engineers, which also represents workers at MoMA PS1. Source: NYT > Business – Colin Moynihan
Look Out, Broad: MOCA Will Offer Free Admission Too
Ever since the arrival of the Broad in 2015, MOCA’s Grand Avenue museum has seemed a little quieter, competing with a flashy new neighbor that packs in visitors–thanks, in part, to the Broad’s free general admission. Now, MOCA will be able to offer art-lovers the same deal, thanks to a gift that will allow the […]
The Aquarium of the Pacific Opens a New Wing This Week and It’s a Stunner
The new Pacific Visions wing at the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA © 2019 Tom Bonner This Friday, May 24, the Aquarium of the Pacific opens Pacific Visions, a two-story, 29,000 square-foot expansion featuring a state-of-the-art immersive theater, an art gallery, interactive consoles, touchable wall screens, and new live animal exhibits. It’s a […]
The Met Will Turn Down Sackler Money Amid Fury Over the Opioid Crisis
The decision by one of the world’s leading museums could spur other institutions to turn down philanthropy from the family behind OxyContin. Source: NYT > Business – ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
MOCA in Los Angeles Appoints Mia Locks as Senior Curator
The museum’s director, Klaus Biesenbach, hires Ms. Locks, an organizer of the 2017 Whitney Biennial; he has no plans to name a chief curator. Source: NYT > Business – JORI FINKEL