Building projects
An edifice worthy of the pharaohs rises next to the pyramids
The Grand Egyptian Museum aims to lure foreign visitors back to Cairo
Frank Gehry’s Luma project takes shape in Arles
Patron Maja Hoffmann is building a €100m cultural campus on vast site previously used to manufacture trains in southern France
Rupertinum revamp puts Salzburg on the contemporary art map
Franz West lounge and Generali Foundation collection among highlights of refurbished 17th-century site <br>
National Museum of Oman opens in Muscat
Institution to focus on the display and conservation of the sultanate’s cultural heritage from prehistory to the present
Bass museum to fill expanded space with shows by Ugo Rondinone, Mika Rottenberg and Pascale Marthine Tayou
The architects were tasked with the difficult job of increasing exhibition space without adding to the building
This is what the planned V&A East building in Olympicopolis will look like
Detailed images reveal the design for the new museum outpost in east London
Obama library architects chosen
Husband-and-wife team Tod Williams and Billie Tsien designed the Barnes Foundation’s new Philadelphia home and the former American Folk Art Museum in New York
Québec City museum doubles space for local artists with $103m expansion
OMA-designed Pierre Lassonde pavilion opens in the Parc des Champs-de-Bataille
Smithsonian scales back London plans at Olympicopolis
The Washington institution will share space in the new V&A East building, where it will show selected work from its 19 museum collections
Gilbert & George to convert East End house into non-profit gallery
Contemporary art foundation would host two exhibitions a year and is expected to bring 200 visitors a week
Yale restores Louis Kahn’s vision for his Modernist landmark
Decade of research underpins groundbreaking conservation plan at US university’s centre for British art
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel makes last-ditch effort to save George Lucas museum
Star Wars creator could see plans thwarted by case brought by local non-profit Friends of the Parks
Italy spends €1bn in historic boost for cultural heritage
Sites including Pompeii, Paestum and the earthquake-stricken city of L’Aquila get major cash injection
Manchester arts ‘factory’ will house Turbine Hall of the north
Planned Rem Koolhaas-designed, £110m home of the city’s international festival seeks project director on top salary
Twice the size and seven storeys high: the new San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is ready for lift-off
Galleries filled with blue-chip gifts plus highlights of the Fisher Collection will greet visitors when museum reopens <br>
Lacma nearly halfway to goal for new building with two pledges totalling $75m
Museum has raised $275m towards $600m Peter Zumthor-designed project—but the donations come with a deadline
Shanghai museum dedicated to 20th-century artist reopens in new venue
Liu Haisu Art Museum will also showcase work by emerging artists
After years of delays, M+ to open first permanent space
New pavilion due to launch with exhibitions this autumn
Is the British Museum heading east to London's Olympic park?
Smithsonian trustees due to meet today to decide whether to open satellite in Stratford <br>
Huntington expands American art galleries
The new $10.3m wing is due to open in October with an exhibition of lead donors’ 18th and early 19th-century art collection
Frick expansion, take two
The museum has put out a call to architects for new designs to create more gallery space—but the gated garden remains safe
Homegrown philanthropy fuels the new Speed Art Museum
Decade of renovation ends with marathon opening for expanded gallery
Antony Gormley backs campaign to create affordable studios across London
Artist helps launch Studiomakers with appeal to property developers and politicians
People of Geneva say ‘non’ to museum extension designed by Jean Nouvel
The proposal for the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire is sent back to the drawing board after 54% vote against it<br>