Gallery News
Work starts on New York museum scheme
pete hayman
A groundbreaking ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction work on a new home for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, US. The attraction has already raised
US$508m (£309.5m, €350.8m) towards the total US$720m (£438.7m, €497.1m) cost of the Renzo Piano-designed scheme. Forming part of a public-private regen-
eration of Manhattan, the 200,000sq ſt (18,581sq m) museum is to be built on a site acquired from the City of New York.
Serpentine Sackler plans backed tom walker
Proposals for the extension of the Serpentine Gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens, UK, have been approved. The directors of the gal-
lery appointed architect Zaha Hadid to design and create the new gallery in 2010, with the planned extension now sched- uled to open in 2012. As part of the project, the
Grade II-listed Te Magazine building of the gallery will be renovated to house col- lections. The project, to be known as the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, was made possible by Te Dr Mortimer and Teresa Sackler Foundation, which gave the largest single giſt the Serpentine Gallery has received in its history. Due to open ahead of the 2012 Games, the
Te scheme will meet ‘sharpened’ legal demands
Van Gogh Museum to undergo renovation
pete hayman
Axel Rüger, director of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, has confirmed that the attraction is to undergo an renovation from the end of 2012. Te work is to comply with “sharpened”
legal requirements set out by the Dutch gov- ernment and will help ensure the condition of the building and the safety of visitors. Adjustments to meet greater security
needs for visitors and exhibits were partially completed in 2010, with the forthcoming renovation to comprise the second phase.
Wales’ new £6.5m National Museum of Art opens
pete hayman
Wales, UK’s new £6.5m (€7.4m, US$10.6m) National Museum of Art has opened its doors at the National Museum Cardiff. The new attraction has enabled the
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales’ collection of works go on show in a single series of integrated galleries for the first time in the institution’s history. Six new contemporary art galleries will
be housed in Te West Wing – the largest area of its kind in Wales, having only had one gallery on offer before.
20 Te proposed extension to the attraction is scheduled to open next year Te Serpentine Sackler Gallery aims to pres-
new art gallery will provide more than 880sq m (9,500sq ſt) of galleries and social space.
ent the “stars of tomorrow” across a range of disciplines, such as dance, design, music, per- formance and technology. Te gallery will also use the space as a “test site for new ideas” and forge new partnerships between the arts, cre- ative industries, sciences and education.
Sydney’s MCA to reopen in March 2012 pete hayman
A major art attraction in Sydney, Australia, is to reopen in March 2012, following a AU$53m (£35.4m, €40.1m, US$58m) overhaul. Construction work started
on the redevelopment of Te Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in August 2010, with architect Sam Marshall and the New South Wales Government Architect behind the design of the project. An additional 4,500sq m
(43,438sq ſt) of space is to be created as part of the develop- ment programme and will increase the MCA’s total size by nearly 50 per cent. Te project will comprise three new gal-
Te new-look Museum of Contemporary Art will launch in March 2012
leries, refurbished existing facilities and the National Centre for Creative Learning to
feature two studios and a 120-seat lecture theatre. Meanwhile, new venue spaces will be added to the top of the existing building to offer views overlooking Sydney Harbour and the city’s Opera House.
Bremen move for Tate Liverpool director pete hayman
Christoph Grunenberg is to leave Tate Liverpool, UK, to take up the post of director of Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany. During his decade-long tenure at Tate Liverpool, the attraction welcomed more than
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one million visitors during the city’s successful European Capital of Culture year in 2008. Grunenberg also chaired the Turner Prize
jury four years ago – the first time that the prestigious exhibition and award ceremony had been held outside London.
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