Openings

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

‘First museum in Europe dedicated to contemporary Palestinian art’ to open in Edinburgh

The Palestine Museum US’s director hopes the institution will challenge “dominant narratives and showcase the rich cultural heritage of Palestine”

How a Portuguese entrepreneur turned an 18th-century palace into a private museum

Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins opens on 22 March, at a time of significant growth in Lisbon’s art scene

‘We will not be a traditional institution’: Foto Arsenal Wien takes up the mantle of Vienna’s radical art roots

The new exhibition space, Austria’s first centre for photographic images and lens-based media, will open on 21 March

Masterwork by Mexico's foremost architect Luis Barragán becomes an art centre

La Cuadra San Cristobal, a complex on Mexico City’s outskirts, soft-launched with a project by Marina Abramović

Private museum addressing gender inequality in Norway’s art scene opens

Sixty percent of the acquisitions at PoMo in Trondheim will be by women artists

New arts centre opens in Brooklyn, housing three non-profits and a public library

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts has a large, fresh space at the L10 Arts and Cultural Center

Pace and Galerie Judin to open new Berlin gallery in 1950s petrol station in April

The space, on Potsdamer Strasse, will also include a bookshop and café

Ancient house at Herculaneum, known for its beautiful floor mosaics, reopens to the public

The Casa della Gemma is one of several buildings in the archaeological park in Campania, Italy, that are being made accessible for a limited period each year

Thaddaeus Ropac to open Milan gallery later this year

The Italian city is becoming a hub for millionaires thanks to an attractive tax regime for high earners

The most exciting art museum openings and expansions of 2025

The construction of Saadiyat Cultural District is due to be completed, while the Studio Museum in Harlem will unveil its new 82,000 sq. ft building

Saudi Arabia launches digital art institute as part of $62.2bn Diriyah complex

A vast new digital art institute, Diriyah Art Futures in Riyadh, opened earlier this month with "cutting-edge labs and immersive exhibition spaces"

Restored Notre-Dame to have its own museum in Paris's Hôtel-Dieu

Institution in historic hospital development could exhibit the heads of the kings of Judea from the cathedral's medieval statues

After 50 years, Milan’s new Modern art museum opens

Palazzo Citterio, part of the new Grande Brera cultural complex, is due to be inaugurated on 7 December

Long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum partially opens—but Tutankhamun Gallery remains closed

Some of the galleries in the museum near the Giza pyramids are now open to the public