Canada: The Aga Khan Museum, the first museum in North America devoted to Islamic arts and culture, opened last month in Toronto. The collection, which includes illuminated manuscripts, textiles and scientific instruments, is drawn from the personal collection of the Aga Khan, the leader of the Ismaili Muslim community.
France: Fleur Pellerin has been appointed minister of culture following the resignation of Aurélie Filippetti in late August. Pellerin previously served as the delegate for small and medium-sized enterprises, innovation and the digital economy at the finance ministry. Her priority will be to confirm the 2015 culture budget for national museums.
Iraq: Two renovated galleries housing Hellenistic art have reopened at Baghdad’s National Museum of Iraq. More than 500 works are on display, including several pieces looted after the US-led invasion of the country in 2003.
US: Ford W Bell will retire as the president of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) in May. Bell, who was appointed in 2007, led a restructure of the AAM “with dramatic increases in member services coinciding with a 27% reduction in staff”, according to a press statement. The AAM, a non-profit association representing almost 3,800 institutional members, was founded in 1906.
Seen in the Guardian, Le Monde and New York Times
France: Fleur Pellerin has been appointed minister of culture following the resignation of Aurélie Filippetti in late August. Pellerin previously served as the delegate for small and medium-sized enterprises, innovation and the digital economy at the finance ministry. Her priority will be to confirm the 2015 culture budget for national museums.
Iraq: Two renovated galleries housing Hellenistic art have reopened at Baghdad’s National Museum of Iraq. More than 500 works are on display, including several pieces looted after the US-led invasion of the country in 2003.
US: Ford W Bell will retire as the president of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) in May. Bell, who was appointed in 2007, led a restructure of the AAM “with dramatic increases in member services coinciding with a 27% reduction in staff”, according to a press statement. The AAM, a non-profit association representing almost 3,800 institutional members, was founded in 1906.
Seen in the Guardian, Le Monde and New York Times
