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• Pace Gallery Opens Seoul Outpost with Group Exhibition institutional

  Pace Gallery will unveil its latest venue in Seoul on March 7, 2017, showcasing a collective exhibition featuring works from ten notable artists, including Donald Judd and Agnes…

• Julia Peyton-Jones Appointed Senior Global Director at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac institutional

  Julia Peyton-Jones, who led the Serpentine Galleries for 25 years, will assume a senior global director position at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac starting September 2017. Her…

• David Zwirner to open $50 million New York headquarters designed by Renzo Piano in 2020 institutional

  David Zwirner will establish a new five-story gallery at 540 West 21st Street in New York, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano with a $50 million budget. Scheduled to open…

• Cheng Ran Named Inaugural Artist for New Museum and K11 Foundation Residency institutional

  Cheng Ran, a film and video artist, has been selected as the initial participant in a residency program established by the New Museum in New York and the K11 Foundation based in…

• Rebecca Salter becomes first female president of Royal Academy in 251-year history institutional

  British artist Rebecca Salter has been elected as the next president of the Royal Academy, marking a historic milestone as the first woman to hold this position since the…

• Daniel Birnbaum appointed director of Acute Art, shifting from traditional institutions to digital art leadership institutional

  Next year, Daniel Birnbaum will take on the role of director at Acute Art, transitioning from his position at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, where he has been since 2010.…

• X Zhu-Nowell appointed artistic director of Rockbund Art Museum institutional

  X Zhu-Nowell has been named the new artistic director of Shanghai's Rockbund Art Museum, stepping in for Larys Frogier. Previously, Zhu-Nowell was a curator at the Solomon R.…

• Naomi Beckwith appointed artistic director for Documenta 16 in Kassel institutional

  Naomi Beckwith has been appointed to head Documenta 16 in Kassel, Germany, set to launch in 2027. A six-member committee unanimously chose her from a pool of five candidates.…

• Victoria Miro opens new Venice gallery in former Galleria il Capricorno space institutional

  Victoria Miro will launch a new gallery in Venice's San Marco district on 10 May 2017. The inaugural exhibition features Chris Ofili's 'Poolside Magic,' presenting his pastel,…

• Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada Announces 2017 Opening in Industrial Tower institutional

  The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada will launch on 2 May 2017, coinciding with Canada's 150th anniversary. Formerly called the Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art…

• New Museum launches $80 million expansion campaign for 40th anniversary institutional

  An $80 million fundraising initiative has been launched by the New Museum in New York to support program expansion. The campaign coincides with two significant milestones: the…

• Suhanya Raffel Appointed Director of Hong Kong's M+ Museum, Succeeding Lars Nittve institutional

  Suhanya Raffel, the current director of collections at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, has been appointed as the new director of M+, a visual culture museum located…

• CHANEL and Power Station of Art Open Espace Gabrielle Chanel in Shanghai institutional

  Espace Gabrielle Chanel, a new cultural initiative, has been unveiled on the third floor of Shanghai's Power Station of Art (PSA) in collaboration with CHANEL. This platform…

• Christiana Collu named director of Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice institutional

  Christiana Collu has been appointed as the new director of Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, a decision made unanimously by president Paolo Molesini and the board. With…

• Gavin Brown Closes Gallery to Partner with Barbara Gladstone, Bringing 10 Artists institutional

  On July 20, Gavin Brown revealed that he's closing his New York gallery to become a partner at Gladstone Gallery. He'll be taking ten artists along, including notable names like…

• MoMA Adds Gilbert Baker's 1978 Rainbow Flag to Design Collection institutional

  The Museum of Modern Art in New York has added the Rainbow Flag to its design holdings, joining other widely recognized symbols such as the @ sign and the recycling emblem.…

• Gregor Muir Appointed Director of Collection, International Art at Tate institutional

  Gregor Muir has been named the new Director of Collection, International Art at Tate, taking over from Frances Morris, who held the position since January 2017. Muir's career in…

• Roberto Cicutto appointed president of Venice Biennale, succeeding Paolo Baratta institutional

  Roberto Cicutto has been appointed as the new president of the Venice Biennale by Dario Franceschini, Italy's Culture Minister. He will oversee various cultural programs,…

• Royal Academy of Arts Announces Major Redevelopment for 250th Anniversary institutional

  A £12.7 million Heritage Lottery Fund grant supports the Royal Academy of Arts' ambitious redevelopment project. Architect Sir David Chipperfield CBE RA designed the plans, which…

• Berggruen Institute to establish European hub at Venice's Casa dei Tre Oci institutional

  The Berggruen Institute will acquire Venice's Casa dei Tre Oci from the Fondazione di Venezia, marking its first European base. A preliminary agreement has been signed, with the…

• Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev to Lead Merged Castello di Rivoli and GAM institutional

  Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev will assume the role of director for both the Galleria d’Arte Moderno (GAM) and the Castello di Rivoli in Turin starting January 1, 2016, effectively…

• Guillaume Désanges appointed president of Palais de Tokyo institutional

  Guillaume Désanges has been named the new president of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Europe’s largest contemporary art center. He succeeds Emma Lavigne, who left last year to…

• Documenta 14 Avoids Bankruptcy with Emergency Loans After Athens Expansion Strains Budget institutional

  Documenta 14 faced a projected €7 million deficit that threatened insolvency, requiring emergency intervention. The state of Hesse and the city of Kassel each provided €3.5…

• Garage Museum Expands to St. Petersburg with New Holland Island Exhibition Program institutional

  The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is launching a satellite location in St. Petersburg on New Holland Island, a historic triangular landmass constructed in 1719 for…

• MAXXI Opens L'Aquila Outpost in Earthquake-Damaged Palazzo Ardinghelli Amid Local Skepticism institutional

  MAXXI, Italy's premier public contemporary art institution, is launching a new museum in L'Aquila, central Italy, within the restored 18th-century Palazzo Ardinghelli. This…

• Brussels doctors to prescribe museum visits in mental health trial inspired by Quebec institutional

  A three-month trial in Brussels will allow doctors to prescribe museum visits to patients as a mental health intervention. City councillor Delphine Houba announced the initiative,…

• Christophe Cherix named new MoMA director institutional

  Christophe Cherix, MoMA's chief curator of drawings and prints, has been appointed the museum's next director, succeeding Glenn Lowry who stepped down in September after a 30-year…

• François Pinault's Bourse de Commerce museum in Paris sets January 2021 opening after pandemic delay institutional

  François Pinault's Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection will open to the public on 23 January 2021, marking the French collector's third and largest exhibition venue. The…

• MoMA acquires original 176 emoji set from 1999 as digital communication platform institutional

  The Museum of Modern Art has added the original 176 emoji set to its permanent collection, created by Shigetaka Kurita for the Japanese mobile company NTT DoCoMo in 1999.…

• William Kentridge launches Centre for the Less Good Idea arts foundation in Johannesburg institutional

  South African artist William Kentridge has established a new arts foundation called the Centre for the Less Good Idea, located in the Arts on Main complex in Maboneng,…

• V-A-C Foundation Opens Renzo Piano-Designed GES-2 Arts Centre in Moscow Featuring Ragnar Kjartansson's Performance institutional

  Founded in 2009 by Russian billionaire Leonid Mikhelson, the V-A-C Foundation has unveiled GES-2, an expansive arts center in Moscow located in a repurposed power station.…

• Diana Baldon to Lead New Modena Visual Arts Foundation institutional

  Diana Baldon, an Italian art historian and curator based in Copenhagen, has been appointed Director of Fondazione Modena Arti Visive. This new institution consolidates three major…

• MoMA Director Glen Lowry Announces Departure After Three Decades of Transformative Leadership institutional

  Glen Lowry is set to resign as the director of the Museum of Modern Art in September 2025, ending a remarkable three-decade journey that kicked off in 1995. Under his leadership,…

• François Pinault's Bourse de Commerce Opens in Paris After Two-Decade Journey institutional

  In May 2021, François Pinault's museum debuted at the Bourse de Commerce, a neoclassical structure revamped by Tadao Ando. Pinault obtained a 50-year lease from Anne Hidalgo, the…

• Centre Pompidou Expands to Saudi Arabia and Seoul institutional

  On 14 March, the Centre Pompidou in Paris announced a partnership with Saudi Arabia's Royal Commission for AlUla to establish a contemporary art museum in the historic city of…

• Kevser Güler Appointed Director of Istanbul Biennial Amid Controversy institutional

  Kevser Güler has been appointed as the new director of the Istanbul Biennial, taking over from Bige Örer, who resigned after a lengthy tenure of 15 years. Güler’s tenure begins on…

• Salma Tuqan Appointed Director of Nottingham Contemporary Starting March 2023 institutional

  In March 2023, Salma Tuqan will take on the role of Director at Nottingham Contemporary, transitioning from her position as Deputy Director at Delfina Foundation, where she has…

• New International Curatorial Platform Launches in Historic Venetian Palace institutional

  Atelier Quindici, a new international curatorial platform for contemporary art, has been established at Palazzo Zaguri in Venice. Founded and curated by artist Andrea Benetti, the…

• Madrid's Prado Museum Introduces Visitor Management System to Address Overcrowding institutional

  The Prado Museum in Madrid has launched new measures to manage visitor numbers following concerns about overtourism. In 2025, the institution recorded 3.5 million visitors,…

• Contemporary Art Society Acquires Adi Toch's 'By Association' for Reading Museum institutional

  The Contemporary Art Society has obtained 'By Association,' a 2025 creation by metalsmith Adi Toch, for Reading Museum's collection. This acquisition was made possible through the…