contemporary art news

Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (MoCAUP) has opened an exhibition which provides a retrospective of the research and practices of MAD Architects. ... More

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum has launched the final phase of its huge new photography centre, making it the largest space in the UK housing ... More

Virgin Active and Myrtha Wellness have joined forces to open a health club and wellness centre at Milan’s new Bocconi University. The entire campus was ... More

Culturespaces has announced that its new digital art centre, Fabrique des Lumières, will open in Amsterdam on 22 April 2022. Located in the historic former ... More

A new creative hub in Doha looks to position itself as the new heart of Qatar’s fashion and design industry – as well as a ... More

Laurence des Cars is to become the first female president of the Louvre, following her appointment by French president Emmanuel Macron. Art historian des Cars ... More

Jenny Waldman has been named the successor to Stephen Deuchar, as Art Fund director, with the former director of the highly-successful 14-18 NOW campaign set ... More

​ Wheeler Kearns Architects have transformed a decommissioned cheese factory in the US city of Bentonville, Arkansas, into a multidisciplinary space for visual, performing and ... More

citizenM is set to break ground on a second hotel in Seattle, which is due to open in April with Gensler and Concrete design inspired ... More

China's HE Art Museum (HEM) has postponed its planned opening in March due to ongoing concerns regarding the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The museum, ... More

Calgary's Centennial Planetarium has reopened as a contemporary art gallery following a major CA$25m (US$18.9m, €17.2m) renovation. Called Contemporary Calgary, the planetarium – which is ... More

Plans have been announced for a zero-carbon resort destination to be built by the Red Sea in northwest Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is ... More

The Spa at The Setai, Miami Beach, Florida, US is to be rebranded under an agreement with Swiss cellular skincare brand Valmont. Under the partnership, ... More

The first exhibition has opened at MICA, the contemporary art museum at the Changsha Meixihu International Culture & Arts Centre, which which was designed by ... More

The Ruby City contemporary art centre, designed by British architect Sir David Adjaye, has opened in San Antonio, Texas. So-called because of the ruby red ... More

London's Design Museum has named Tim Marlow – currently artistic director at the Royal Academy of Arts – as its new chief executive and director. ... More

The Kai Art Center, designed by KAOS Architects, has opened in a former submarine production plant in Tallinn, Estonia. Originally built in 1916 to house ... More

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, US on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The ... More

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) have released images of their latest design for the New Museum of Contemporary Art expansion in Manhattan, New York. ... More

Architecture office Henning Larsen have been chosen to revitalise a 30,000 sq m seafront park in Esbjerg, Denmark. The architects' plans will see the centuries-old ... More

The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)-designed Maison de l’Économie Créative et de la Culture en Nouvelle-Aquitaine (MÉCA) in the French city Bordeaux will open to the ... More

Pace Gallery’s new Manhattan headquarters is set to open its doors on 14 September. Designed by New York-based architecture firm Bonetti/Kozerski (B/K), and situated on ... More

Work has been completed on a contemporary art museum in San Antonio, Texas, designed by British architect Sir David Adjaye. Called Ruby City, the 14,000sq ... More

The Bjarke Ingels-designed "Twist" in Hønefoss, Norway, is set to make its debut on 18 September. Situated in the Kistefos Museum's 270,000 sq m sculpture ... More

The winners of the Museums + Heritage Awards were announced in London last night (15 May), with museums large and small being honoured and Sir ... More