How Mumok’s New Director Plans to Make Museums Feel Alive Again • Hidden Underground Railroad Passage Discovered at New York Museum Faces Development Threat • Israeli Artist’s Show in Mexico City Closes After Antisemitic Harassment

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How Mumok’s New Director Plans to Make Museums Feel Alive Again
In a March 27, 2026 Artnet News interview, curator Fatima Hellberg—newly appointed director of mumok in Vienna after leading the Bonner...

Hidden Underground Railroad Passage Discovered at New York Museum Faces Development Threat
An Artnet News report dated March 28, 2026 says a hidden Underground Railroad passage was discovered at a New York museum and is now at risk due...

Israeli Artist’s Show in Mexico City Closes After Antisemitic Harassment
An Artnet News report dated March 28, 2026 states that an exhibition by an Israeli artist in Mexico City closed after antisemitic harassment,...

German artist Anne Imhof to be subject of ‘ambitious’ Hong Kong solo exhibition
German artist Anne Imhof will have her first solo exhibition in Asia at Tai Kwun in Hong Kong, running from September 26, 2026 to January 3, 2027,...

Members of European Parliament call on EU to pull Venice Biennale funding over Russian participation
At least 34 members of the European Parliament (with Politico reporting 37 signatories) have urged the EU to suspend all funding to the Venice...

UK Museums Hold Over 260,000 Human Remains, Report Finds
A Guardian investigation summarized by Hyperallergic reports that UK museums and institutions hold more than 263,000 items of human remains across...

Precious Okoyomon’s Whitney Biennial Installation Is on View After a Delay, and It’s a True Shocker
Precious Okoyomon’s room-filling installation Everything wants to kill you and you should be afraid (2026) went on view at the Whitney Museum of...

How to Survive AI
Hyperallergic reviews two feature documentaries about artificial intelligence that screened amid AI-focused programming at the 2026 Sundance Film...

European Parliament Members Call on EU to Strip Funding from Venice Biennale Amid Russian Pavilion Controversy
ARTnews reports that 37 members of the European Parliament signed a letter urging the European Union to stop all funding to the Venice Biennale...

I Saw a Great Show in China That Would Be Censored in the United States
ARTnews criticizes US cultural politics while reviewing “The Great Camouflage,” a contemporary-art exhibition at the Rockbund Art Museum in...

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