Building projects
In pictures: six global Guggenheim museums that never happened
As the Guggenheim Bilbao turns 20, we look back at some of the cities that considered, but abandoned, their own branch of New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Courtauld Institute sets its sights on £50m revamp—and sends art on tour
Two-year transformation, starting next summer, will open up the London gallery’s historic Great Room
Louvre Abu Dhabi opens but questions over welfare of migrant workers persist
Improvements are well documented, but rules are still inadequately enforced
Post-Harvey, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston moves Glassell School of Art opening to May 2018
The first phase of the campus expansion master plan has been delayed and there will be an estimated $1m to $2m in hurricane-related expenses, but storm preparations saved the museum from more costly damage
Norman Foster plans subtropical landscape for Norton Museum's $100m expansion
Florida museum will show sculptures by Keith Haring and Mark di Suvero in new 'garden rooms'
Kettle's Yard to reopen in 2018 after £11m transformation
Cambridge house-museum and its art influenced the student Nicholas Serota to switch from economics to art history
Penn Museum unveils multi-phase revamp
University museum will highlight its archaeological expeditions in new galleries
British Museum ends loan deal with Abu Dhabi
Construction delays to the Zayed National Museum are behind the move
Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries reopen after $13.6m renovation
Asian art museums on National Mall get a physical and “mental” makeover
Leeds Art Gallery raises the roof for £4m revamp
New collection displays fill renovated building after two-year closure
MoMA expansion is boon for Paris and Melbourne
Major loans from New York will be shown in both cities while the US institution adds one-third more exhibition space in Manhattan
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park launches $115m expansion
The successful $115m capital campaign for the Tod Williams and Billie Tsien-designed project includes funds for future acquisitions
Princeton University celebrates new Lewis Center for the Arts
College’s first purpose-built arts facility was a decade in the making
New York’s natural history museum works with First Nation community on Northwest Coast Hall renovation
As part of conservation of its indigenous American art collection and gallery, the institution will send some objects back to Native American groups to be replicated
The Studio Museum in Harlem’s new home is grounded in the neighbourhood
Construction will launch next year on the David Adjaye-designed building, due to open in 2021
Ofili adds restaurant design to his CV
To celebrate its 50th birthday this year, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago has given itself a gift as part of a building redesign: a new restaurant
Museums move into Moscow's huge Soviet-era fairground
Exhibition complex inspired by world's fairs targets 40 million visitors
Inside Zeitz Mocaa: our guide to Cape Town’s new mega-museum
From spectacular architecture to an army of curators, what you need to know about Africa’s landmark contemporary art institution
Moscow’s Zaryadye Park opens to divided opinion
“New symbol of Russia” created by New York’s High Line architects is accused of being “catastrophically” out of place
Louvre Abu Dhabi to open on 11 November
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit the Emirate for the inauguration of the international museum
Museum openings this autumn and winter
From Shenzhen to Cape Town, new or improved institutions prepare to open their doors in the second half of 2017
Tate paid Herzog & de Meuron reduced fee for Switch House extension
Contract was renegotiated after project went over budget and was severely delayed
MoMA gets $50m from Steven and Alexandra Cohen for expansion
In recognition of the gift, the New York museum will name its largest new gallery after the collectors
Pinault’s (circular) designs on Paris
Billionaire seals deal to create museum in historic former stockmarket building
National Gallery of Ireland’s grand reopening worth the protracted wait
Hundreds of works were restored during Dublin museum's refurbishment
MoMA finishes first phase of expansion project
The museum has also announced plans for its $400m extension due to open in 2019
The Bass is back: Miami Beach museum set to reopen in October after $12m renovation (and multiple delays)
A trio of solo shows will inaugurate the restructured space, which aims to respect the building’s Art Deco roots
First major contemporary art institution in Bangladesh takes shape
Srihatta-Samdani Art Centre and Sculpture Park includes artist residency spaces and a gallery for international and regional art
Chilean architects win competition to design Qatar’s huge Art Mill gallery
Elemental will convert the waterfront flour mill into an 80,000 sq. m space for exhibitions and storage
Facelift for the Henry Moore Foundation on its 40th anniversary
Sculptor’s studio and gardens to get a revamp including new archive and visitor centre