Issues around deaccessioning run to two fundamental and related questions: what are museums for and what does the term “public collection” mean? Is a public… Read More »Museums and deaccessioning during the Covid-19 pandemic
A few months ago, the Piero Manzoni Foundation published a video showing the destruction of 39 alleged forgeries that were attributed to Piero Manzoni by… Read More »The Piero Manzoni Foundation and the destruction of 39 works
In November 2015, the (UK) Museums Association approved a new version of the Code of Ethics for Museums. The Code is one of a series… Read More »The New Code of Ethics of the Museums Association
Foundations are often established to manage large art collections after the death of the art collector. Unfortunately, the interests of the collector’s heirs do not… Read More »Peggy Guggenheim – when the heirs and the foundation disagree
