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Two design museums are part of a $1.55 slate of grants from the Getty Foundation that was announced by the institution yesterday. New York’s Cooper Hewitt and West Hollywood’s MAK Center for Art and Architecture were among the nineteen grant recipients on a list that included projects at... View full entry
A former mall in central Russia is being converted into a museum as part of a larger $2 billion development project that will give the isolated Siberian city of Norilsk what could potentially be the northernmost contemporary arts facility in the world. Images have been unveiled for the new... View full entry
The Tate Modern will turn into a mass walk-in Covid-19 vaccination centre this Friday night, offering first and second Pfizer jabs to anyone over 18.
The iconic venue will be hosting the pop-up vaccine site in its Turbine Hall, offering Londoners exclusive access to galleries for the night and a unique setting to get protected against Covid.
— City A.M.
Vaccination rates in London have fallen recently. All four Tate galleries have been fully reopened since May following a 14-month partial closure that reduced overall visitorship by 80%. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the reopening of the country on July 19th despite pushback from some... View full entry
A Richard Serra sculpture is coming to the Glenstone Museum, and today it has a new home. The 15-year-old private collection has announced plans for a new dedicated 4,000-square-foot space that will house a forthcoming installation by the artist on its 230-acre location in suburban Maryland next... View full entry
The new Peter Marino Art Foundation opened on Long Island’s East End last month, revealing to the public for the first time the famed collection of the prodigious architect known worldwide for his retail spaces and Leather Daddy aesthetic. The Foundation is housed in the former Rogers Memorial... View full entry
The Bronx Museum of Arts in New York City is seeking an architect for a planned expansion of its collection. The Bronx Times is reporting that the institution released a request for proposals this week that will add a new South Wing atrium to the museum located in the Bronx’s Grand Concourse... View full entry
The highly anticipated new satellite location of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center has finally opened this week in Sheboygan, Wisconsin following almost a year of Covid-related delays. Dubbed “The Art Preserve,” the fantastic new 56,000-square-foot facility will serve as the home for the... View full entry
Plans for the new home of Upstate New York’s Shaker Museum have been unveiled this week, offering the public a glimpse at the multimillion-dollar makeover that has given new life to a restored former Hudson Valley hotel. Selldorf Architects is responsible for the effort which will add some... View full entry
Frank Gehry’s latest cultural project has finally opened in Arles, leaving Southern France with a shimmering tribute that the famed architect says is inspired by its most famous resident. The LUMA Tower is opening today on the foundation’s 27-acre campus after a 13-year planning effort... View full entry
The Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) announced that its new $93 million building will open to the public on October 8, 2022 in time for the return of the California Biennial 2022 (CB22) exhibition. The 53,000-square-foot facility was designed by Los Angeles-based, Pritzker Prize-winning... View full entry
Oslo’s new National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design finally has an opening date. The much-anticipated project from Italian-German architect Klaus Schuwerk will open on June 11th of next year, more than a decade after being named the winner of an international competition to upgrade... View full entry
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum, California, has broken ground and will open in spring next year. [...] A public-private partnership between the Riverside Art Museum, the City of Riverside, and comedian Cheech Marin—one of the world’s foremost collectors of Chicano art—the center will be, as Marin says, the "center of Chicano art, not only painting, but sculpture, photography, and video arts." — The Construction Specifier
Interior rendering of The Cheech, view from the entrance. Nicknamed "The Cheech," the new art and culture center will find a home inside the transformed former public library building in Riverside, California. The adaptive-reuse conversion of this 1964 mid-century building is designed by Los... View full entry
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas announced today that it is planning an expansion overseen by its original architect, Moishe Safdie, that will allow significantly more room for showcasing its collection and for education, cultural programming and community events. — The Art Newspaper
Ten years after the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened in Bentonville, Arkansas, Safdie Architects has been tasked to lead a major expansion project that will increase the size of the institution by roughly 50%, adding new galleries, educational facilities, and community spaces... View full entry
While the Frick Collection's Gilded Age mansion in Manhattan undergoes a $160-million expansion and renovation project led by Selldorf Architects with Executive Architect Beyer Blinder Belle, highlights of the substantial art collection have found a temporary new home for the next two years... View full entry
Museums have lain dormant while pandemic restrictions aimed to keep the spread of COVID-19 low. However, with vaccine rollouts and cities entering new tier levels, museums are preparing to welcome back visitors in-person. On March 10th, the completion of Renzo Piano's long-awaited Academy Museum... View full entry
