Openings

Rijksmuseum reopens with fanfare and fireworks

The finishing touches were being made today, 12 April, to Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum ahead of Saturday’s royal reopening. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands will lead the celebrations that are due to... MORE

Published online: 12 April 2013

 
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Louvre’s new wing gets royal seal of approval

Islamic art wing under billowing golden canopy funded by Arab rulers and Saudi prince

Published online: 21 September 2012

Stedelijk reopens after eight years’ of work

New building includes large glassed entrance opening onto Museumplein, upper-level galleries for temporary exhibitions in “bathtub” space and basement displays for permanent collection

Published online: 18 September 2012

Two new spaces for contemporary art in regional France

Frac Bretagne scheduled to open this month

Published online: 13 September 2012

Rijksmuseum announces spring 2013 reopening

Ten-year closure of main building involved wrestling with “a thousand dilemmas”, says Amsterdam museum’s director

Published online: 06 September 2012

Progress on the Uffizi expansion, at last

Eight new rooms house paintings by French, Dutch, Flemish and Spanish artists

Published online: 25 January 2012

V&A coins it with blockbuster Bowie show

The lure of David Bowie (The Art Newspaper's favourite musician, performer and art aficionado) was such that even as the issue went...

Camilla’s mad about “modern British” art

The Duchess of Cornwall told our correspondent on Wednesday that her favourite art is "modern British", that is 20th century. She was...

Nest down at Wales' new National Museum of Art

Wales will get a brand spanking new National Museum of Art at the National Museum Wales (Amgueddfa Cymru) in Cardiff this week when...