Openings
After 21 years and $194m: Pinault opens Bourse museum in Paris
The French billionaire's long awaited contemporary art space contains works that champion his values of diversity—though many of these have been shown in Venice before
Out of Africa and into Messums: UK gallery launches new photography department with vintage prints of Karen Blixen's life in Kenya
Some of the images taken by the younger brother of the Danish author, whose memoir became an Oscar-winning film, reflect colonialist attitudes that the exhibition aims to confront
'Intelligent design': Frank Gehry's surprisingly subtle $233m makeover of Philadelphia Museum of Art revealed
Architect's Core Project expansion creates 90,000 sq. ft of new galleries and reimagined public spaces at heart of 1928 landmark
Abu Dhabi’s next mega museum is back on track—now with a director
UAE’s withdrawal from a disastrous and costly war in Yemen means it can refocus on an ambitious cultural agenda including the opening of Zayed National Museum
Gifted to the English city 80 years ago, Coventry's medieval Charterhouse will finally open to the public
After a £4.3m National Lottery Heritage Fund grant and years of restoration, the historic priory is set to open this summer
Greece completes long-awaited National Gallery revamp for Independence Day bicentenary
Greek culture minister promises €59m expansion will put the museum "on the map" ahead of public reopening
World's biggest Inuit art collection revealed at Winnipeg's new museum within a museum
Qaumajuq centre aims to reframe Winnipeg Art Gallery’s colonial past with displays of more than 10,000 rarely seen Inuit works
First look: Hong Kong's mighty M+ museum building is finally finished
Newly released footage shows the full extent of the vast 65,000 sq. m space and the designs striking use of straight lines and concrete
After more than a decade, Hong Kong's M+ building is finished and will open in 2021—even if international travel ban persists
Herzog & de Meuron-designed museum will not shy away from displaying controversial works, director assures
Berlin dealer Johann König opens new space in Seoul
Opening next month, the new space will include a sculpture garden on a roof terrace
Poacher turned gamekeeper? Stefan Simchowitz opens Los Angeles gallery
“I support so many artists and I’d like to provide exhibition opportunities for them,” says the controversial dealer and art advisor
Frick Collection takes its jewels on a Brutalist sojourn
Evocative surprises await: while its Gilded Age home is closed for renovation and expansion, the Frick displays its masterworks in austere Modernist surroundings on Madison Avenue
Walk through the 2,000-year-old Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome's first emperor
The circular tomb—used through history as a fortress, a sculpture garden and an entertainment venue—reopens as a museum after an €11m restoration
From Goya to Goldin: new museum puts Spanish city of Cáceres on the art world map
Dealer Helga de Alvear has donated her entire collection of 3,000 works, which include pieces by Tacita Dean, Louise Bourgeois, Olafur Eliasson and Wassily Kandinsky
Fast forward: revamped Australian Centre for the Moving Image promises a high-tech experience
The Melbourne museum of screen culture reopens with a contactless device that allows visitors to curate virtual collections
From Roman dining to the victims of Vesuvius: Pompeii hails reopening of archaeological museum
The Antiquarium reveals treasures and recent discoveries charting the ancient Roman city's rich history before deadly volcanic eruption
Galleria Continua opens new Paris space with JR-curated show
Amid Covid-19 pandemic, Italian gallery hopes to "generate smiles" with second outpost in France
Treats for Van Gogh fans in 2021: exhibitions, museum openings and books
We look ahead at the events to enjoy this year—assuming coronavirus doesn't scupper them
Bourse de Commerce: opening of Pinault's long-awaited Paris museum is—pandemic permitting—finally around the corner
Two decades since the billionaire started planning a home for his collection in the French capital, the spectacular space is due to open on 23 January
Art in 2021—treats include Dürer blockbuster, new Munch museum and Caravaggio anniversary
Influential works by Duchamp, Picasso and Mondrian also celebrate centenary this year
Major museum openings and expansions in 2021
From the much-anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum to the Frick’s move to a Brutalist landmark, here are the building projects aiming to change cultural landscapes around the world
Amid Covid-19 adjustments, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles delays opening by five months
The museum’s debut, repeatedly postponed, is now anticipated in September of next year
'Humboldt Forum must have a clear policy that only objects of proper provenance can be used'
The question of restitution as well as a new order of north-south relations should be top of the agenda, says George Abungu an international adviser to the project
What exactly is the Humboldt Forum?
From the building, to the name and the cost, we bring you the Berlin art complex in a nutshell
Humboldt Forum: the empire strikes back?
The imperial origins and plundered artefacts of the Berlin art complex seem out of place in today’s Germany
Kunsthaus Zurich counts down to ‘quantum leap’ for Swiss art scene after Chipperfield expansion
City hopes the $230m new building will raise its profile as an art destination to match Basel
Dia Chelsea plans to reopen in April after connecting three buildings in a $20m project
Inaugural exhibition in New York will feature a film and light sculptures by Lucy Raven
Racist or responsive? Italy to exhume Mussolini's colonial museum collection in 'critical' new display
Alarmed post-colonial researchers have raised concerns over plans to open Museo Italo Africano "Ilaria Alpi" in late 2021
Boola Bardip: Perth’s revamped Western Australian Museum opens with new name and focus on Aboriginal heritage
The museum worked with around 60 Aboriginal language groups across the vast state to bring their perspectives into every gallery
Colourist painter and Royal Academician Philip Sutton opens new gallery—at the age of 92
Artist—who is now blind in one eye and lives in a sheltered care home—is launching a space in Bridport, England, to sell his own works





























