Populist Matters: The Rise and Fall of London’s Museum Attendance – Edward Lucie-Smith
At a time when London’s big art museums are going all out to be populist, they also seem to be witnessing a fairly general fall in attendances.
9 August 2018
At a time when London’s big art museums are going all out to be populist, they also seem to be witnessing a fairly general fall in attendances.
9 August 2018
It’s a cliche to conclude that people who are passionate about sport are just not interested in Art, but this… Read More
6 September 2012
The latest government report on museum attendance in the UK has revealed a concerning trend of declining numbers despite the end of pandemic restrictions.
17 March 2024
Artemisia Painting Acquired By Getty Museum – Musée d’Orsay Rebranded – Museums Visitors Plummet By 77%
31 March 2021
Tate Modern is easily the most popular gallery of modern art in the world… For a location that consists mostly of open spaces, lightly sprinkled with the odd moment of art, that is some achievemen
2 June 2020
Visiting The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania reminded me of how important and sometimes more impactful smaller museums are.
4 August 2019
I don’t often read the financial sections of newspapers. I’m too dim and out of touch for that. Occasionally, however, when flipping through the pages on my way to something that’s more my cup of tea I encounter something so splendidly deranged that I have to stop and give it a go.
29 August 2018
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a new director, Max Hollein.
11 April 2018
Keith Haring’s (1958-1990) ‘The velum’ painted by the NY street artist in 1986 as a centrepiece for his solo show at the Dutch museum has been reinstalled and is on display again at the Stedelijk Museum.
14 October 2017
Yayoi Kusama the creator of polka-dot “infinity” rooms and outsider paintings has announced she is to open her own dedicated museum in her hometown, Tokyo.
11 August 2017
The world’s leading museums are the focus of a new online platform developed by Sotheby’s which will promote video content created by many major institutions. The… Read More
7 August 2016
Art Dubai’s tenth edition closed last night with participating galleries and artists reporting one of the most successful years of the fair to date.
20 March 2016
A new exhibition examining the issue of creativity—a topic rarely touched upon in the multitude of exhibitions on Chinese contemporary art is… Read More
26 January 2016
Do I detect a pattern here? There is an exodus afoot amongst the highest echelons of museum management; in the past twelve months… Read More
10 April 2015
The best known art fairs such as Art Basel and FIAC are slipping in popularity. Skate’s Art Market Research have… Read More
3 March 2015
The Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, a new museum dedicated to the history of Jews in Poland,… Read More
31 October 2014
The British Museum have released their 2013 attendance figures as well as announcing the opening of its new World Conservation… Read More
12 July 2014
The £100,000 Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2014 has been awarded to Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The announcement… Read More
11 July 2014
Figures released in an annual survey have placed the British Museum as the second most popular gallery in the world…. Read More
27 March 2014
UNTITLED. one of the better satellite fairs taking place last week during Art Basel Miami week drew to a close… Read More
12 December 2013
The 28th London Original Print Fair closed with 50 exhibitors reporting strong sales and record visitor numbers. The fair welcomed… Read More
30 April 2013
The controversial exhibition ‘Nude Men’ mounted by the Leopold Museum in Vienna is to travel to the Musée d’Orsay in… Read More
13 April 2013
British Museums are still top of the leagues for the most visited in the world, taking three out of the… Read More
30 March 2013
More than 30 private museum owners are gathering in London this week for the inaugural Private Museum Summit. This is… Read More
25 February 2013
The most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted to the leading Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein opens at Tate Modern this Thursday. Co-organised… Read More
18 February 2013
Tate Modern one of London’s most popular cultural attractions has seen a record 5.3 million visitors in 2012. This is… Read More
8 January 2013
This Spring punk in all of it’s debauchery will signal a stomping, thrashing and pogoing revival in New York. It’s… Read More
5 October 2012
Details of The Art Newspaper’s Museum Attendance have today been released on the web The survey reveals the top ten… Read More
23 March 2012
Figures released today place British Museums at the top, taking three out of the first five positions globally. Only the… Read More
31 March 2011
The DCMS, as part of its four-year business plan, has announced that it will no longer fund eight Museums that… Read More
16 November 2010
Entry to National Museums has been free since Labour abolished charging in 2001. The upshot was that attendance in… Read More
26 September 2010
Yayoi Kusama, The world-renowned Japanese artist, has designed a balloon for this year’s iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
24 October 2019