Private Museums
Zabludowicz collecting couple to close London gallery space after 16 years
The focus will now be on loaning works out to institutions
Couple behind Shanghai's Long Museum to sell part of their collection at Sotheby's
Paintings by Modigliani and Kusama among the 50 works to be offered in Hong Kong—with more potentially coming to the block in New York
For India's biggest private collector, David Adjaye designs his 'most advanced museum concept' yet
The architect's vision for the new Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in Delhi, opening 2026, honours India's multiple cultures and religions at a time of heightened nationalist politics
Germany has the most private contemporary art museums in the world, new report reveals
According to the art collector data company Larry's List, the burgeoning private museums sector now comprises 446 institutions worldwide, 111 of which have opened since 2016
Activist prevails over collector Sheldon Solow’s estate in intellectual property dispute related to satiric website
Since 2017, Ethan Arnheim has maintained a website critiquing the Sheldon Solow Foundation’s tax-exempt status, though it does not provide public access to its $500m art collection
Artists take to Instagram to criticise Gilbert & George’s claims that museums are now ‘woke’ and only focus on Black and women artists
Candice Breitz, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Ghada Amer and Athi-Patra Ruga all spoke out against the duo on social media
Dutch foundation plans to open major new contemporary art museum in Amsterdam—with a familiar face as director
The Hartwig Art Foundation's institutional space will be run by Beatrix Ruf, the former director of the Stedelijk Museum
A brush with... Glenn Brown
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Salvador Dalí to Maria Lassnig
One of China’s oldest private art museums to close as Covid lockdowns lead to economic slump
The Guangdong Times Museum in Guangzhou will shut its exhibition space on 9 October
Turin rooftop race track—featured in The Italian Job film—transformed into an art trail
Pinacoteca Agnelli art complex, housed in former Fiat factory, launches with Sylvie Fleury show and Picasso display
'We are under the water, but we can dream': Inside Madagascar's first contemporary art centre
Ambitious new gallery Hakanto Contemporary sets out to boost art scene of island nation—but with many of its residents experiencing the effects of devastating floods, is culture really top of their list?
Russian oligarch to open private museum in Riga
Institution will house Petr Aven’s collection of Russian and Latvian fine and decorative art
Museum of Star Wars creator George Lucas goes on buying spree with international, if not intergalactic, focus
Gearing up for 2023 opening, Lucas Museum adds works by Frida Kahlo, Robert Colescott and Artemisia Gentileschi to filmmaker's Norman Rockwell trove
All glitz and glamour? Hollywood’s new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Plus, the rise of private museums and Renaissance portraits at the Rijksmuseum
Book extract | What makes buyers want to create private museums for their collections?
In this adapted excerpt from her new book, The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museum, Georgina Adam examines the motivations of collectors who founded their own art spaces
Australian billionaire’s proposed museum for $380m art collection angers rural community
Planning application for Melbourne businessman Lindsey Hogg’s Rosemaur Gallery has international support but faces local opposition
Bourse de Commerce: opening of Pinault's long-awaited Paris museum is—pandemic permitting—finally around the corner
Two decades since the billionaire started planning a home for his collection in the French capital, the spectacular space is due to open on 23 January
Vacuum cleaner billionaire James Dyson plans to build art gallery in his garden
Planning permission has been submitted for a building in the grounds of Dodington Park
X-appeal: millennial collectors open private museum in Beijing
Founded by Michael Xufu Huang and Theresa Tse, the X Museum opens in the Chinese capital this weekend after Covid-19 delay
How Chinese museums are coping with coronavirus: an in-depth report
As museums remain on lockdown in China, we reveal the full extent of the crisis for both state and private institutions and their innovative short-term solutions
PinchukArtCenter employees claim to have been sacked after attempting to form trade union
Ukrainian institution says the 28 guides were dismissed to make way for innovation
Crystal Bridges launches satellite for living artists
Arkansas private museum’s cross-disciplinary new venue shines a spotlight on contemporary American art, from performance to cooking
Yuz Museum and Lacma confident they can show Middle Eastern art in China—despite crackdown on Islam
Joint exhibition programme under way between Shanghai and Los Angeles will soon involve Qatar Museums
The Marciano masquerade is exposed
The art foundation, which has closed its doors, was never more than the shell of a museum
Goulandris collection of Modern masterworks finally revealed in new Athens museum
Dream museum of collectors Basil and Elise Goulandris brought to life almost three decades after original proposal
Art trove belonging to Russian billionaire fugitive found hidden in village near Moscow
Investigators find paintings and rare books missing from private museum belonging to banker Alexei Ananyev accused of alleged financial crimes
Ruby City: collector Linda Pace's dream museum becomes reality in Texas
Wizard of Oz vision inspires new $15m contemporary art centre in San Antonio designed by David Adjaye
François Pinault's long-awaited Paris gallery will open next June
The refurbishment of the Bourse de Commerce space, designed by Tadao Ando, costs $170m
Global recession looms—but there's a new twist
Burgeoning private museums offer cause for hope among economic uncertainty and geopolitical turbulence
Norwegian sculpture park does the Twist with Bjarke Ingels extension
Kistefos's dramatic new exhibition gallery also functions as a panoramic bridge