A brush with… Beth Bate, director of Dundee Contemporary Arts
If you could live with just one work of art, what would it be? Friendship by Agnes Martin. The first time I saw it was at Tate Modern. I remember…
Workers at the Noguchi Museum push to form a union
Workers at New York City’s Noguchi Museum are unionising in a “wall-to-wall” effort to unite all staff irrespective of department or title, according to reporting by Hyperallergic. Noguchi Museum staff…
Robert Smithson’s famed Land art piece Spiral Jetty added to US National Register of Historic Places
Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970), arguably the most famous work of Land art in the world, has been added to the US’s National Register of Historic Places. The recognition means…
from Leigh Bowery in London to Michaelina Wautier in Vienna
From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce & Gabbana Grand Palais, Paris, 10 January-31 March Art meets fashion in a blockbuster show at the Grand Palais celebrating the enduring Italian…
Annabelle Selldorf brings a fresh angle to the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing
The architect Annabelle Selldorf felt the burden of place and of history in July 2021 when her New York-based practice won the commission to remodel and refurbish the Sainsbury Wing…
Controversial Ontario Place redevelopment and mega-spa could cost taxpayers billions
Ontario’s auditor general has found that the much-maligned decision to build a mega-spa at Ontario Place on the Toronto waterfront came at the end of a bidding process that was…
The most exciting art museum openings and expansions of 2025
Studio Museum in Harlem New York, US, opening autumn, cost $300M The Studio Museum in Harlem will unveil its brand new 82,000 sq. ft building on New York’s West 125th…
Could Israel’s shuttered embassy in Dublin become a gallery for Palestinian art?
The sudden closure of the Israeli Embassy in Dublin has created new possibilities for the Palestine Museum US. “We’d be interested in making the former offices of the Israeli Embassy…
Gaza Biennale seeks to provide support and relief for Palestinian artists
More than 50 Palestinian artists are staging a biennial in Gaza and at galleries and museums across the globe. The Gaza Biennale, announced on 20 November with sponsorship from Al…
Gérôme and Pakistan shows mark 20 years of museum building in Qatar
Two large-scale exhibitions in Qatar give a foretaste of the curatorial strategy in the Gulf emirate, whose ambitious museum-building programme marks its 20th anniversary next year. Qatar Museums (QM), led…