Where Do Works of Art Belong? An Artist's Response to James Kierstead’s “The Elgin Marbles: Playing for Keeps" Megan Gafford 27 Mar 2024 · 12 min read
The Elgin Marbles: Playing for Keeps The Ancient Greek sculptures are a bellwether of where the “decolonization” of museums is headed. James Kierstead 11 Jan 2024 · 14 min read
But is it a Bernini? A Tale of Contested Identity in the Art World How the bronze crucifix in the Art Gallery of Ontario got from seventeenth-century Rome to twenty-first century Toronto is an intriguing tale, but it is a narrative filled with gaps. Jonathan Salem-Wiseman 4 Sep 2023 · 11 min read
Equity Concerns Lead to a Mass-Firing of Museum Volunteers The firing of the AIC docents was only possible because unpaid staffers are not covered by its provisions, and the MMA was able to circumvent equal opportunity requirements by exclusively recruiting from local black colleges. Robert Cherry 15 Nov 2021 · 7 min read
Against the Politicisation of Museums Activists wanted museums to pivot away from historic collections and towards their audiences, focusing more on excluded groups. Michael Savage 4 May 2018 · 6 min read
