Openings

Almine Rech reopens in London with downsized gallery

The new venue is around a quarter of the size of Rech’s former London gallery, which closed in August

New London venue to focus on global majority arts—and host ‘necessary conversations’

Ibraaz, funded by the Kamel Lazaar Foundation and opening on 15 October, is a multi-disciplinary art space in Fitzrovia that seeks to address “urgent questions”

Gaudí’s Casa Batlló to launch contemporary art gallery in previously unseen space

The newly designed gallery will build on the artist's legacy through commissions and new technology

New Frida Kahlo museum, focused on the artist's youth and family life, opens in Mexico City

Museo Casa Kahlo is located a short walk from the popular Casa Azul museum in the Coyoacán neighbourhood, in a home long owned by members of the Kahlo family

Calder Gardens opens this weekend in Philadelphia

The long-awaited project is not a museum but a contemplative, multi-sensory space—or an underground cathedral

Uptown and downtown, re-imagined museums in New York prepare to reopen

This autumn, the Studio Museum in Harlem and the New Museum will reopen with ambitious new facilities that reflect renewed commitments to artists and the evolving civic role of contemporary art

Alexander Calder finally gets hometown space in Philadelphia

The $70m Calder Gardens is a unique space serving as both a celebration of the artist’s work and a meticulously landscaped oasis on the city’s grandest boulevard

‘Sometimes you just have to go for it’: as others close, Ben Hunter expands his London gallery

The art dealer, who has taken over an entire townhouse in coveted St James’s, talks overheads, growth and balancing the primary and secondary markets

Sicily's new anti-mafia museum honours ‘strength of the vulnerable over fear’

The Museum of the Present examines the legacy of the Italian island’s century-long fight against organised crime

New photography venue to open in Dublin’s gentrifying east docklands

PhotoIreland, the organiser of Ireland’s longest-running photography festival, has set up its first permanent exhibition space

Turkish power plant reborn as regional cultural hub

Motorhane has been created as part of a European Union-backed effort to bring the arts to neglected regions

‘Research powerhouse’: Abu Dhabi's Zayed National Museum confirms 2025 opening

The mega museum, set to open in December, will fund projects aimed at enriching understanding of UAE’s cultural and historical legacy

Chile’s immigrant legacy to be brought to life by new museum

Destino Valparaíso, an ambitious new museum funded by a local businessman and housed in a historic former school, seeks to tell the stories of the many diverse groups who helped shape the scenic coastal city

Taxidermists—prized by Damien Hirst—open museum in Amsterdam

The Art Zoo Museum will present the stuffed creations of Ferry van Tongeren and Jaap Sinke, who sold a collection to the YBA in 2016

Grand Egyptian Museum opening delayed again due to 'current regional developments'

The long-awaited museum has been postponed yet again amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran

New venue for video, sound and other durational art forms coming to Manhattan

Helmed by the philanthropist Robert Rosenkranz and the founding director of Mass Moca, Joe Thompson, Canyon will open on the Lower East Side in 2026

Cezanne family home opens to the public as Aix-en-Provence fetes its famous former resident

The Bastide du Jas de Bouffan is also celebrated in a major Cezanne exhibition at the Musée Granet

Albanian dictator’s fortress-like palace becomes ‘hub for artistic experimentation’

Vila 31, which opened in Tirana in April, is the latest initiative by the Paris-based foundation Art Explora

Pompidou to launch outpost near Unesco heritage site of Iguaçu falls in Brazil

The new museum on the border with Argentina and Paraguay is due to open in November 2027

Japan’s art islands gain a new attraction with museum designed by Tadao Ando

Naoshima New Museum of Art, showing work by contemporary Asian artists, opens on 31 May

Pallets, not plinths: the V&A opens its vast storehouse to the public

The V&A East Storehouse, opening at the 2012 London Olympics site on Saturday 31 May, offers visitors an experience akin to a trip to Ikea—including the chance to “order an object”

Artist couple open north London not-for-profit in former Zabludowicz gallery

Husband-and-wife artist duo Philip and Charlotte Colbert have opened Camden Arts Projects, which kicks off its programme with a show of works by Martin Creed

Key member of Die Brücke art movement gets museum in hometown

Never-before-seen works by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff will go on show in Chemnitz, which was home to three of the German Expressionist group's founders

As Kazakhstan cautiously strengthens ties with western Europe, new art venues herald a change of direction

Due to open in September, the Tselinny Center and the Almaty Museum of the Arts are both financed by Kazakh entrepreneurs

Two new art centres set to open in Venice

The new San Marco Art Centre will be based in St Mark’s Square from next month, while the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation will take over the Dorsoduro building

Taiwan's newest art institution taps into a flourishing local scene

The New Taipei City Art Museum, which opens to the public on 25 April, is part of a drive to distinguish the municipality from the neighbouring capital

Changing the narrative: National Public Housing Museum opens in Chicago

Housed in one of the historic Jane Addams Homes, the new museum aims to challenge perceptions about the sector

The Frick: Annabelle Selldorf interview and our review, plus a Taiso Yoshitoshi woodblock print—podcast

A chat with the architect behind the New York institution’s transformation and an art historian’s view on it, plus a discussion about a sea-themed work by the last great ukiyo-e master

Comment | Why Edinburgh was the obvious location for the Palestine Museum's first satellite branch

While many jurisdictions are making it increasingly hard for Palestinian artists, Scotland's hospitality has been heartwarming, says the Connecticut-based institution's director

The latest Hong Kong art hot spot: Wong Chuk Hang on the Southside

The up-and-coming area has seen a boost to its local art organisations and gallery offering due to the pandemic and increased transport links