Australia: Professional gambler David Walsh opened his 6,000 sq m Museum of Old and New Art outside the Tasmanian capital of Hobart last month. The £45m museum houses his collection of Egyptian mummies, Roman mosaics and more than 500 contemporary works by artists such as Wim Delvoye, Anselm Kiefer and Jannis Kounellis.
China: Work has begun on a museum in the southern province of Sichuan, which commemorates the 90,000 victims of the 2008 earthquake in the region. The $35m museum is scheduled to be finished by May.
India: Municipal authorities in Delhi have approved plans for the Indraprastha power station, on the banks of the Yamuna river, to be converted into an art gallery modelled on Tate Modern. The project will cost about £70m.
Finland: The city of Helsinki has asked the Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation to explore the possibility of creating a Guggenheim Museum in Finland. The study will be completed by the end of the year and will look at how a new museum might fit in with existing arts organisations, its economic impact and the Guggenheim’s involvement in its operation.
Oman: Tate has entered into a partnership with the government of Oman whereby the UK museum loans works to the Gulf state and offers technical assistance. The multimillion-pound deal will provide funds for Tate Modern’s £215m extension.
US: President Obama has signed into law the Museum and Library Services Act, which requires the Institute of Museum and Library Services to take an active role in research and data collection, as well as to advise Congress on museum and library facilities.
US: The Brooklyn Museum plans to return about 4,500 pre-Columbian artefacts to Costa Rica, which were taken from the country more than a century ago. Although the Costa Rican government made no claims on the works, the National Museum of Costa Rica has accepted them, but needs to raise $59,000 in shipping costs.
Seen in the Art Newspaper, New York Times, Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald and Associated Press
China: Work has begun on a museum in the southern province of Sichuan, which commemorates the 90,000 victims of the 2008 earthquake in the region. The $35m museum is scheduled to be finished by May.
India: Municipal authorities in Delhi have approved plans for the Indraprastha power station, on the banks of the Yamuna river, to be converted into an art gallery modelled on Tate Modern. The project will cost about £70m.
Finland: The city of Helsinki has asked the Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation to explore the possibility of creating a Guggenheim Museum in Finland. The study will be completed by the end of the year and will look at how a new museum might fit in with existing arts organisations, its economic impact and the Guggenheim’s involvement in its operation.
Oman: Tate has entered into a partnership with the government of Oman whereby the UK museum loans works to the Gulf state and offers technical assistance. The multimillion-pound deal will provide funds for Tate Modern’s £215m extension.
US: President Obama has signed into law the Museum and Library Services Act, which requires the Institute of Museum and Library Services to take an active role in research and data collection, as well as to advise Congress on museum and library facilities.
US: The Brooklyn Museum plans to return about 4,500 pre-Columbian artefacts to Costa Rica, which were taken from the country more than a century ago. Although the Costa Rican government made no claims on the works, the National Museum of Costa Rica has accepted them, but needs to raise $59,000 in shipping costs.
Seen in the Art Newspaper, New York Times, Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald and Associated Press
