Museums

French supermarket boss wants to put contemporary art in a countryside landscape

A major French patron says that he hopes to transform the French public’s perception of contemporary art by opening a new gallery in a former 17th-century convent in Brittany this summer. “Outside of... MORE

Published online: 15 May 2012

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Fire breaks out at Oslo's Astrup Fearnley Museum

The blaze on the new building's top floor was quickly put out Monday afternoon and no art or staff was in danger

Published online: 14 May 2012

Pompidou at war with its US friends

President of Paris museum and chairman of American fundraisers go head to head

Published online: 03 May 2012

Objects in Met’s Egyptian wing temporarily removed

Some of the most fragile antiquities have been taken off display as a precaution against vibrations caused by drilling under the galleries

Published online: 01 May 2012

Peabody Essex to get all dressed up

Iris Apfel donates highlights of her wardrobe to help create textiles gallery

Published online: 01 May 2012

Pompidou plans to go global: focus is Brazil, India, China

President looks to extend the brand through a network of rotating galleries

Published online: 30 April 2012

Champagne-and-humbug launch for Photographers’ Gallery

Sparks (sort of) flew last night at the opening of the newly revamped Photographers' Gallery in London on Thursday night, when arts...

Feline arty at the Hermitage

We have it on good authority from our sister paper in Russia that the Hermitage in St Petersburg has resident cats let loose at night to...

Keeping the Guggenheim in mind

Do you remember every work you ever saw in a museum? Ben Pridmore does. The 34-year-old Englishman and three-time winner of the World...