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16 Oct 2018
New “Hilltop Gallery” in China’s Yanshan mountains completes construction
A dramatic mountain-top arts centre has been built in the Yanshan mountains in China. The Hilltop Gallery – also known as the Phoenix Valley Summit Art Centre – was designed by the Chinese architecture studio, deep Architects (DA). The undulating structure follows the topography of the mountainside and has
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16 Oct 2018
New Westin resort touches down in the Maldives
The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo resort has opened in the Republic of the Maldives. The estimated US$40m (€34.5m, £30.3m) Marriott International development, which features 70 eco-friendly villas and suites, is the first Westin to launch in the tropical island nation, which has long been favoured by Western
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16 Oct 2018
Stockholm’s Nationalmuseum reopens following refurbishment
Larger exhibition areas across three floors will showcase more than 5,000 artworks including paintings, sculpture and photography at the reopened Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden following a revamp. With work on show ranging from the 16th century to the present day, Nationalmuseum will also display drawings,
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16 Oct 2018
Museums Association Conference and Exhibition heads to Belfast
‘Dissent: inspiring hope, embracing change’ will be the theme for the UK’s Museums Association (MA) Conference and Exhibition 2018, taking place at the newly renamed ICC Belfast – formerly Waterfront Hall. The theme has been chosen by the MA due to the current challenging times facing museums in the country and
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16 Oct 2018
V&A’s Photography Centre opens as part of its FuturePlan initiative
London’s V&A Museum has opened its new Photography Centre – a dedicated space showing works including the Royal Photographic Society collection, which it acquired in 2017 from the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, Yorkshire. Boasting images from the world’s first photographic experiments, work by
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16 Oct 2018
DCMS publishes action plan to back joint strategies for English museums
The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published an action plan that will enable joined-up strategic thinking for English museums at governmental and sector level in the wake of 2017’s Mendoza Review. The review was an independent study of museums in England, which was
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15 Oct 2018
British artists create Philadelphia warehouse Sea Monster installation
Twenty inflatable tentacles have appeared extending out from a disused warehouse in Philadelphia, giving the appearance that sea monsters have attacked the building. Located in the American city’s Navy Yard – a waterside development – the Sea Monsters installation is the largest inflatable sculpture ever
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12 Oct 2018
American Airlines CR Smith Museum reopens
The newly-renovated American Airlines CR Smith Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, has opened its doors following a redesign of the visitor attraction's permanent exhibitions. JRA provided master planning, concept design, schematic design, and executive media production for the museum alongside Columbus, Ohio-based ROTO
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12 Oct 2018
Canadian art gallery and library proposal seeks state permission for approval
The town of Smithers, BC, Canada might be about to get an art gallery-cum-library if planning is approved by the state council. Architect Jennifer Marshall, of the Space 2 Place Landscape team at Urban Arts Architecture, has submitted plans for the pluralistic mixed-use idea, which would see paintings hung in the library itself. The main focus for Marshall is
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12 Oct 2018
Kazakhstan’s first contemporary culture centre to open in 2020
Kazakhstan’s first private cultural institution will "participate in the development of contemporary culture in Kazakhstan and Central Asia" when it opens in 2020 in the city of Almaty, according to its project director, Jama Nurkalieva. The centre, which is supported by Moscow’s Garage Museum of Contemporary
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12 Oct 2018
Portrait talks and moves at New Zealand art gallery
An art gallery in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand has a surprise in store for visitors in the way of a seemingly still portrait that moves and talks when approached. Using facial recognition technology, the painting can map a human face in front of it and, when it does, the girl in the portrait – called
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12 Oct 2018
Steven Chilton Architects designs "bamboo forest" theatre in China
Steven Chilton Architects (SCA) have revealed their design for the Wuxi Show Theatre in Wuxi, China. The firm, which has been shortlisted for this year’s World Architecture Festival Future Project Award, were inspired by the largest bamboo forest in China: the Sea of Bamboo Park in Yixing. The 2,000-person
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12 Oct 2018
Largest museum in western Canada opens in Edmonton
The history of Alberta, Canada, is now on display at the newly rebuilt Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) in the state capital of Edmonton, following seven years of planning and development. The museum building – now the largest in western Canada – is somewhat of an exhibition itself, with glazed walls that glow and
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