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Australia's largest contemporary art gallery to be built in Melbourne
New space will help National Gallery of Victoria to capitalise on blockbuster exhibitions
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Ingleby Gallery’s new Edinburgh home was once the HQ of a religious sect
A show of new works by the Scottish artist Callum Innes opens the refurbished venue
FeatureMichelangelo
The UK's only marble Michelangelo takes pride of place at new Royal Academy
The Taddei Tondo has not always been treated as a masterpiece
BlogThe Buck stopped here
From Shrimp Eyes to Tom Odell: Royal Academy's collection (and VIPs) serenaded at opening party
FeatureRoyal Academy of Arts
We go behind the scenes as the Royal Academy celebrates 250 years
Delve into the heart of the revamped London institution—expanded, embellished and eccentric as ever
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Sparks fly at topping out of Goldsmiths university's new contemporary art space
NewsArt Basel Hong Kong 2018
Arresting development: a peek at Hong Kong's Central Police Station
Long-awaited heritage and arts centre, Tai Kwun, is expected to open in May
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New York art and technology organisation announces new programmes for its 20th anniversary
Eyebeam plans residencies, fellowships and exhibitions for its new Brooklyn headquarters
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The Shed's opening commissions are all about cross-disciplinary collaboration
Visual artists including Gerhard Richter and Steve McQueen will work with performers like Sia, Quincy Jones and Steve Reich
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Tretyakov and Rem Koolhaas have designs on Moscow's vast Soviet exhibition space
The Central House of Artists is set to be the largest exhibition venue in Russia
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Ellsworth Kelly’s final work—and only building—opens in Texas
Artist donated his design for Austin to the Blanton Museum in 2015, the year he died
NewsBiennials & festivals
Prelude to a launch: New York’s new arts centre The Shed to host 12-day festival this May
Multi-disciplinary cultural centre is due to open in 2019
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Jamie Fobert Architects to transform London's National Portrait Gallery
Firm behind recent expansion of Tate St Ives and Kettle's Yard will lead major £35.5m development
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Royal College of Art's new £108m campus gets green light and will focus on art, technology and science
Building designed by Herzog & de Meuron will be a centre for robotics and drone technology
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Newly refurbished Hayward lights up after dark
Brutalist museum reopens with new skylights and glass pyramids
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Brutalist housing estate in Sheffield to host £21m art hub
Park Hill Art Space will include artists' studios and a research institute
NewsCommissions
Ai Weiwei and Antony Gormley in the running for Treasure Island commissions
The $50m San Francisco Bay redevelopment plan includes several large-scale public sculptures
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2018
Our guide to the most important new museums and expansions in 2018
From striking new spaces in France and the US to major revamps of old favourites in London and Los Angeles
NewsArt market
Mark Bradford to launch Hauser & Wirth’s Hong Kong gallery
The Los Angeles artist is creating a new series of large-scale paintings for the show
Architecture
In pictures: six global Guggenheim museums that never happened
As the Guggenheim Bilbao turns 20, we look back at some of the cities that considered, but abandoned, their own branch of New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
NewsMuseums
Post-Harvey, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston moves Glassell School of Art opening to May 2018
The first phase of the campus expansion master plan has been delayed and there will be an estimated $1m to $2m in hurricane-related expenses, but storm preparations saved the museum from more costly damage
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Norman Foster plans subtropical landscape for Norton Museum's $100m expansion
Florida museum will show sculptures by Keith Haring and Mark di Suvero in new 'garden rooms'
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Kettle's Yard to reopen in 2018 after £11m transformation
Cambridge house-museum and its art influenced the student Nicholas Serota to switch from economics to art history
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Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park launches $115m expansion
The successful $115m capital campaign for the Tod Williams and Billie Tsien-designed project includes funds for future acquisitions
BlogIn the frame
Ofili adds restaurant design to his CV
To celebrate its 50th birthday this year, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago has given itself a gift as part of a building redesign: a new restaurant
NewsZeitz MoCAA
Inside Zeitz Mocaa: our guide to Cape Town’s new mega-museum
From spectacular architecture to an army of curators, what you need to know about Africa’s landmark contemporary art institution
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Moscow’s Zaryadye Park opens to divided opinion
“New symbol of Russia” created by New York’s High Line architects is accused of being “catastrophically” out of place
FeatureYear Ahead 2017
Museum openings this autumn and winter
From Shenzhen to Cape Town, new or improved institutions prepare to open their doors in the second half of 2017
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Tate paid Herzog & de Meuron reduced fee for Switch House extension
Contract was renegotiated after project went over budget and was severely delayed
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Pinault’s (circular) designs on Paris
Billionaire seals deal to create museum in historic former stockmarket building
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National Gallery of Ireland’s grand reopening worth the protracted wait
Hundreds of works were restored during Dublin museum's refurbishment
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The Bass is back: Miami Beach museum set to reopen in October after $12m renovation (and multiple delays)
A trio of solo shows will inaugurate the restructured space, which aims to respect the building’s Art Deco roots
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Philadelphia Museum of Art breaks ground on Frank Gehry-designed core renovation
While the museum’s building is classical, the project is not "classic Frank Gehry"
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Another Tate Modern? Former power station to be converted by Herzog & de Meuron into art hub
New York building known as the Batcave has been occupied by graffiti artists and squatters
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Antwerp's Axel Vervoordt Gallery opens “art village” in former distillery
The Belgian art and design firm expands its operations with a long-planned, mixed-use building
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Henry Moore modelling Burberry? Luxury fashion brand teams-up with sculptor’s foundation for show
Revamp of Henry Moore Foundation for 40th anniversary also includes opening of new visitor centre
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Will the latest plans for Île Seguin finally turn it into a key Paris culture destination?
New project proposed by the Emerige group includes an art centre and art hotel
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Ferens Art Gallery reopens to celebrate Hull’s City of Culture year
Rare Renaissance paintings, Francis Bacon’s “Screaming Popes” and the Turner Prize will go on show in the refurbished space<br>
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Star Wars creator George Lucas picks Los Angeles over San Francisco to build $1bn museum
Filmmaker's personal collection will be on show, which includes works by Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth and Robert Crumb
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Grand Palais closure means that Fiac, Paris Photo and La Biennale Paris must move out
Dealers hope relocation of fairs will not prove disruptive during historic venue’s refurbishment<br> <br>
CommentLeaders
Sydney’s flagship museum is entirely focused on building a costly extension. Why?
Unless the Art Gallery of New South Wales begins to focus more on exhibitions, there is every reason to believe that Sydney Modern will be a gigantic and costly flop
John McDonald