Museum Moves 9 – 15 August 2024

Appointments

Charleston museum in Sussex has announced the appointment of Kim Jones OBE, Creative Director of Dior Men and Fendi Womenswear and Couture, and Sigrid Rausing, publisher of Granta Magazine and Granta Books, as Vice Presidents.

Creative Director of Dior Men appointed at Charleston

Openings & closures

After four years of closure, the Peace Museum in Bradford has reopened its doors to the public at a new location. An empty room in Salts Mill, Saltaire, has undergone a four-month transformation to house some of the museum’s collection of 16,000 artefacts.

Tate St Ives has revealed a first look at plans to conserve the Palais de Danse, Barbara Hepworth’s former studio in St Ives, Cornwall. Once complete, the hall will be used for new artistic commissions, installations and performances, as well as hosting community events and talks.

Tate St Ives unveils preliminary designs for Barbara Hepworth’s former Studio

Exhibitions

Imperial War Museums (IWM) opens a major exhibition next month exploring the psychological dimensions of conflict through over 150 objects spanning more than 100 years of warfare. ‘War and the Mind’ features IWM collections and research projects funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council, examining how humans start, experience, and make sense of wars. Runs from 27 September – 27 April 2025 at IWM London.

The exhibition “Drawing the Italian Renaissance” at The King’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace will showcase around 160 works by over 80 Renaissance artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. It features drawings from the Royal Collection, with over 30 works on display for the first time and 12 never before shown in the UK. The exhibition runs from 1 November 2024 to 9 March 2025.

The National Coal Mining Museum for England has launched a major online 3D exhibition titled ‘84/85 – The Longest Year’ commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike. The interactive tour features 84/85 Miners’ Strike memories, including interviews, quotes, photography, and artifacts from 1984/85. The physical exhibition at the Wakefield-based Museum runs to March 3, 2025, and the remainder of the exhibition includes a panel discussion with lawyers about their experiences during the Strike in September, the launch of a poetry anthology in November, and a Toy Swap in the spirit of communities pulling together at Christmas.

A new solo exhibition by artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman MBE opens in October at Compton Verney in Warwickshire. ‘Chila Kumari Singh Burman: Spectacular Diversions’ will feature newly commissioned work, including a neon and a series of works on paper, and will explore a broad range of themes, from Hindu Punjabi identities to feminist thought, Bollywood idols, the blending of popular culture and high art, and working-class experiences, all through a prism of colourful multi-layered works. Runs 26 October 2024 – 1 March 2025.

The Ashmolean, the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, has announced 2025 exhibition ‘Anselm Kiefer: Early Works’, wicih will showcase approximately 45 rarely displayed works produced between 1969-1982, including paintings, photos, prints, artist books, watercolours, and mixed-media pieces from the artist. The collection, drawn from the Hall Collection, will feature important early works such as an untitled 1974 mixed-media artwork, a 1977 woodcut portrait series, and a mid-1970s watercolour titled “Die Etsch”. The exhibition opens on 14 Feb 2025, with tickets available later this year.

The Fitzwilliam Museum opens ‘Glenn Ligon: All Over The Place’ next month, a major exhibition featuring the artist’s work from the past 35 years alongside site-specific interventions throughout the museum. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, prints, and Ligon’s curatorial selections from Cambridge collections, exploring themes of cultural hybridity, annotation, and legibility. Runs September 8 2023 – January 14 2024.

Funding

The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds has received two substantial funding grants totaling £250,000. The Wolfson Foundation contributed £100,000 and the Garfield Weston Foundation contributed £150,000 towards the establishment of a Special Exhibitions Gallery. This gallery marks the initial phase of the Armouries 700 project, a redevelopment and renewal program honoring the museum’s 700-year history.