Will Tregaskes wins Activist Museum Award 2023
Award recognises Tregaskes for inspiring cutting-edge activist practice
Activism
Call for international community to cut cultural ties with Russia and Iran
Cultural institutions and practitioners worldwide urged to support boycotts
Icom says it shares climate activists’ concerns but condemns art attacks
International body says museums should be seen as allies against a common threat
Galleries on high alert as climate protesters target famous paintings
Activists have glued themselves to works at four institutions, including Royal Academy and National Gallery
Activists continue calls for British Museum to ditch BP
BP or Not BP and Culture Unstained mount pressure on museum to discontinue the oil giant’s sponsorship
Manual labour | Suzanne Lacy: What Kind of City? A Manual for Social Change
This powerful show at the Whitworth aims to bring people together to inspire change
A new age of activism?
As museums challenge government immigration policy, some say it’s time for the sector as a whole to speak up for communities
Four projects win Activist Museum Award 2021-2022
Winners to receive £1,000 each and tailored mentorship to support development of ideas
Mansfield Museum launches art therapy project for domestic violence survivors
Initiative aims to provide a ‘healing journey’ for victims of abuse and trauma
Secret Museum | Museum of Homelessness
A glimpse into the profundities of what it means to be homeless during a pandemic
National Trust gets caught in culture war crossfire
Trust accused of being ‘at odds’ with membership after report on slavery and colonialism
Q&A | ‘The time to hear the stories of the diverse women of east London is long, long overdue’
Like a phoenix from the ashes, the East End Women’s Museum has risen from unusual beginnings