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Gallery News MCA reopens following expansion


Te Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) in Sydney has reopened fol- lowing the completion of a “significant” AU$53m (£34.3m, €41.2m, US$55m) redevelopment. Sydney-based Sam Marshall


has worked with the New South Wales Government Architect on the design of the new-look attraction, which has added 4,500sq m (43,438sq ſt) of space. Te expansion has increased MCA’s size by


nearly 50 per cent and has included three new galleries, a refurbishment of existing facilities and a 120-seat lecture theatre. Work has also included the creation of the


National Centre for Creative Learning offering two studios, as well as the addition of rooſtop spaces overlooking Sydney Harbour. A spokesperson for the museum said that the redevelopment responds to the growing


Major revamp for Chrysler Museum of Art


Plans to undertake an “extensive” expansion and renovation of Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, US, have received the approval of the attraction’s board of trustees. Te H&A Architects-designed project is to form part of a US$45m (£28.2m, €33.7m) capital programme currently in its “quiet phase” and which has also included the new Chrysler Museum Glass Studio. Work will commence in July this year


Te expansion has increased MCA’s gallery space by nearly 50 per cent


audience for contemporary art in Australia. In advance of the opening, the MCA also announced a digital makeover that included the launch of a new website and smartphone apps in order to enhance core activities. MCA has worked with local wi-fi provider


Aruba Networks on a location awareness system that allows visitors to access informa- tion on artworks around them throughout the building.


October launch for US museum’s new home


Te Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA) in Ohio, US, has announced that its new building in the Uptown district of University Circle will open on 8 October. London, UK-based Farshid Moussavi Architecture are behind the design of the new


facility, which aims to provide a catalyst for “creativity and growth” in the area. Te 34,000sq ſt (3,159sq m) building is 44


per cent larger than MOCA’s current site and was designed with both financial and environ- mental sustainability in mind.


Reopening date announced for Stedelijk


Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will reopen to the public on 23 September following the completion of the most ambitious renova- tion and expansion project in its history. Famous for its collection


of modern and contem- porary art, the museum is located within Amsterdam’s Museumplein (Museum Plaza). It is housed in a his- toric building dating back to 1895, which has undergone a complete reno- vation. Nearly all of the building’s spaces have been converted into galleries, which will enable the first comprehensive display of Stedelijk’s permanent collection. Work also included the creation of a brand


18 A total of 8.9 million people visit Louvre each year


Louvre is world’s ‘most visited’ art museum


New research has found that the Louvre, one of the most iconic attractions in Paris, France, was the world’s most visited art museum last year aſter welcoming nearly 8.9 million people. According to an annual study under-


taken by Te Art Newspaper, the Louvre easily claimed the top spot with nearly 3 million more visitors than the second most visited art attraction. New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art,


US, welcomed six million people, with the British Museum, National Gallery and Tate Modern – all in London, UK – completing the top five.


Google unveils ‘major’ Art Project expansion


Work on the museum included the creation of a brand new building


new space will house the museum’s café and other amenities freeing up exhibition space in the main building. Te extension’s design means that the muse-


new 10,000sq m (107,000sq ft) building, designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects. Te


um’s entrance will face onto Amsterdam’s Museumplein, creating common ground with its neighbours – the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, and the Concertgebouw.


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Internet giant Google has announced a “major” international expansion of the Art Project, aſter it entered into more than 150 new partnerships with institutions across 40 countries. More than 30,000 objects are now avail-


able to view in high resolution, up from the 1,000 in the first version. Meanwhile, there are now 46 museums and galleries covered by Google Street View images.


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and will see 8,000sq ſt (743sq m) of new gallery space being created to comple- ment the museum’s existing 210,000sq ſt (19,510sq m) space.


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