Building projects

Construction of Pushkin Museum expansion to start next year

Major building project will transform the Moscow institution into a “Museum Town”

Russian dealer to help Abramovic get Montenegro art centre off the ground

<p> Performance artist’s Bauhaus-inspired venue was meant to open in 2013 </p>

London’s big growth spurt: Major galleries are reaching for the skies with £500m-worth of building projects

As the Tate and British Museum extensions reach their full height, institutions say business plans stack up

Designer basement extension on the cards for the V&A with new donation pledge

The museum extends down, not up with new plan that is largely below street level and much less expensive than the failed Spiral

V&A proposes underground galleries

Exhibition space will occupy area originally designed for abandoned Spiral project

Business as usual at Knoedler's renowned Upper East side branch after $500,000 restorations

The modernisation of this landmark is an example of Knoedler's adaptability, as one of the US's longest established commercial galleries

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Archaeologists given more time to survey Iran's Bulaghi valley before dam waters cause it to submerge

Experts at the ancient site of Izeh in the Karun River valley have not been afforded the same privileges

Construction of dams in Iran submerges crucial archaeological sites

“To see this happen breaks my heart”, says archaeologist Dr Henry Wright

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Iraqi government's dam across Tigris will bring to an end the ancient city of Assur

The ancient Assyrian empire, along with over a hundred other heritage sites, will face detrimental flooding

Moscow property development threatens site of Malevich grave

Local authorities have not been sympathetic towards Malevich's estate where he was buried

Criticism for Prado's approach to expansion project

Criticism from the Spanish architectural world as the museum launches huge open competition for its new extension

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Prince of Wales and World Monuments Fund step in to save Liverpool's St George's Hall

City officials are debating what to do with the Neo-Classical civic monument, which experts consider to be one of Europe's finest buildings