Argentina: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has announced that a $20m museum honouring soldiers who died in the Falklands war will open late next year. The museum will be based in Buenos Aires’ former navy school, which served as a detention centre during Argentina’s military dictatorship of 1976 to 1983.
Australia: A new wing opened last month at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, providing 4,500 sq m of gallery space. The extension is named after the museum’s chairman, Simon Mordant, who contributed A$15m (£10m). The extension will house the National Centre for Creative Learning.
France: The Louvre is to open its branch in the northern French town of Lens in December with a show of Renaissance masterpieces. An exhibition devoted to works by Rubens will follow in 2013. The Louvre will lend works to the satellite venue, which will not house a collection.
India: Japanese architect Maki and Associates have won the competition to design the £45m Patna museum in Bihar, east India. However, the international jury initially recommended London-based architect Norman Foster. Panel member Martin Roth, director of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, said: “We felt it was the best design. At the last moment, officials questioned the result.”
Norway: Norwegian collector Petter Olsen plans to sell his version of Edvard Munch’s The Scream at Sotheby’s New York in May to raise funds for his own Munch museum. Olsen aims to open a private gallery in Vestby, south-west of Oslo, next year.
Saudi Arabia: The first exhibition of modern and contemporary British art will open this month at the National Museum of Riyadh (23 April-23 May). The show, drawn from the British Council collection, includes more than 50 works on the theme of British landscapes.
US: The Indianapolis Museum of Art will commission new works for a hotel being built in downtown Indianapolis. The museum’s contemporary art department will arrange for artists such as Jorge Pardo and Alyson Shotz to create bespoke pieces in exchange for a fee of $350,000.
Seen in the Art Newspaper, New York Times, Le Monde and BBC
Australia: A new wing opened last month at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, providing 4,500 sq m of gallery space. The extension is named after the museum’s chairman, Simon Mordant, who contributed A$15m (£10m). The extension will house the National Centre for Creative Learning.
France: The Louvre is to open its branch in the northern French town of Lens in December with a show of Renaissance masterpieces. An exhibition devoted to works by Rubens will follow in 2013. The Louvre will lend works to the satellite venue, which will not house a collection.
India: Japanese architect Maki and Associates have won the competition to design the £45m Patna museum in Bihar, east India. However, the international jury initially recommended London-based architect Norman Foster. Panel member Martin Roth, director of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, said: “We felt it was the best design. At the last moment, officials questioned the result.”
Norway: Norwegian collector Petter Olsen plans to sell his version of Edvard Munch’s The Scream at Sotheby’s New York in May to raise funds for his own Munch museum. Olsen aims to open a private gallery in Vestby, south-west of Oslo, next year.
Saudi Arabia: The first exhibition of modern and contemporary British art will open this month at the National Museum of Riyadh (23 April-23 May). The show, drawn from the British Council collection, includes more than 50 works on the theme of British landscapes.
US: The Indianapolis Museum of Art will commission new works for a hotel being built in downtown Indianapolis. The museum’s contemporary art department will arrange for artists such as Jorge Pardo and Alyson Shotz to create bespoke pieces in exchange for a fee of $350,000.
Seen in the Art Newspaper, New York Times, Le Monde and BBC
