Openings
Anger as Vienna's new Actionism museum shows child abuser's art
The inclusion of Otto Muehl, who was convicted of sexual abuses against minors, has triggered protests at the Vienna Actionism Museum, which opened in March
Gallery devoted to customs officer-turned-artist George Wyllie opens in Scotland
The Wyllieum is part of a new cruise ship visitor centre in Greenock
Nicolas Berggruen opens contemporary art space in Venice palazzo
It is the largest contemporary art venue to open in the city since the launch of François Pinault’s Punta della Dogana 15 years ago
Despite the no vote, Australia reinforces First Nations voices
While a referendum to recognise Indigenous people failed, the country’s cultural institutions are striving to reflect their lives
Former Victoria Miro senior director goes it alone with experimental London project
Matt Carey-Williams is looking to shake up the traditional gallery model by bringing “all the protagonists around the table in a slightly different way”
Jack Shainman goes big to start next chapter
Major expansion in historic Tribeca building inaugurates 40th year of gallerist’s career
The big museum openings and expansions of 2024
The Grand Egyptian Museum should open at last, while Masp in São Paulo gets a tower-block extension
'We want to excite people': Rugby star Maro Itoje and London dealer Khalil Akar on their new African art gallery
The gallerists aim to break down the white cube model and make the art world more accessible through their new roving venture
Austria confronts its Nazi past in refurbished Wien Museum
Following the British model, entry will be free for the newly expanded institution
Turkey opens new archaeology institute in quake-hit city
Researchers are hopeful the state-of-the-art Turkish Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Institute will enhance international collaboration in the field
Uzbekistan launches ambitious new cultural agenda
The former Soviet state, set to open the largest exhibition space in Central Asia, is also strengthening its international presence
Trigger warning! Museum of Censored Art in Barcelona to display banned works by Ai Weiwei and Goya
Museu de l’Art Prohibit is founded by the Catalan businessman Tatxo Benet
New £38.6m galleries at National Galleries Scotland to spotlight nation's art
The new spaces will bring together treasures by some of Scotland's best-loved artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries
New museum in Saudi Arabia bolsters collection after inking partnership deal with Centre Pompidou
The contemporary art institution is one of 15 “cultural assets” in development in the Arabian state’s AlUla heritage region
New Istanbul culture hub seeks to make art more public
ArtIstanbul Feshane opens in an expansive 19th-century military factory to reach more of the city’s 16 million inhabitants
Spain’s most ambitious museum project in decades unites royal collection in Madrid
Some are concerned that the new Royal Collections Gallery will be a blow to cultural tourism in the regions where a number of the works previously resided
A director's tour of the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery in London
Nicholas Cullinan shows us around the new-look museum after its three-year closure
Stormzy, Doreen Lawrence and Lucy Bronze: National Portrait Gallery reopens with a focus on the new faces of Britain
After a three-year closure and £41m redevelopment, the London institution aims to better acknowledge the UK’s history and diverse population
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum reveals its $230m transformation
More than three years after it closed, the museum in upstate New York has made major upgrades across its campus and added more than 500 works to its collection
Inside Malba: a tour of the largest museum dedicated to Latin American art in the world
On the edges of Buenos Aires, the Museum of Latin American Art has launched a second exhibition space. John Kampfner pays a visit.
New Istanbul Modern museum finally unveiled after five-year construction
Major new contemporary art space designed by Renzo Piano opens ahead of key elections
Cleaner's cupboard becomes a walk-in camera obscura: hidden backrooms of London's V&A transformed into new photography centre
Seven dedicated galleries will now exhibit the full range and depth of the museum world’s oldest photography collection
The curtain rises: London's Museum of Shakespeare opens in 2024 on the site of a long-hidden theatre
The new venue, in Shoreditch, will reveal the archaeological remains of the Curtain Playhouse for the first time
Los Angeles museums are conducting the US’s biggest free admission experiment
Multiple free-admission policies have been introduced in the Los Angeles area—and early results are looking promising
Goodbye pink marble, farewell 1980s office vibe: inside the Hammer Museum’s 24-year transformation
A radical renovation and expansion overseen by director Ann Philbin and architect Michael Maltzan is just weeks from completion
Bangalore's new Museum of Art & Photography looks to attract India's digital generation
While the pandemic held up MAP's construction it made 100 exhibits available online—a strategy that will continue beyond its physical opening
Charleston reckons with its role in the international slave trade through its museums
The historic Charleston Museum and the forthcoming International African American Museum will explore the city's painful past
Van Gogh in 2023: a bumper year of exhibitions, openings, books and an Amsterdam birthday party
The Van Gogh Museum is celebrating its 50th anniversary—and everyone is invited
The big museum openings to look out for in 2023
From the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery in London to the major expansion of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in the US, here is our pick of new museum projects in the coming year
East London art space Raven Row makes a comeback
Launched in 2009, the gallery took a five-year hiatus in 2017, but will return early next year with a TV archive show