“‘We are as close to a town square as Oakland has,’ says Lori Fogarty, the director and chief executive of the Oakland Museum of California, founded 50 years ago by the city as a ‘museum for the people’ and bringing together the art, history and natural sciences of the region. The museum is keeping that inaugural faith with a campaign to raise $85m for a renovation and landscaping project, as well as exhibitions and other initiatives to make the museum more welcoming to visitors in one of the most diverse cities in the US.” – The Art Newspaper